Sustainable food systems for healthy diets

FAO has developed or contributed to the development of a number of geospatial and socio-economic tools and guidance materials to gauge the extent to which a specific food system is capable of enabling people to choose healthier diets:

Tools and publications

Mapping of territorial markets - Methodology and guidelines for participatory data collection

Technical report on Improving food retail and green spaces for better health in cities: methodology and practice (coming soon)

Innovative markets for sustainable agriculture. How innovations in market institutions encourage sustainable agriculture in developing countries

Constructing markets for agroecology. An analysis of diverse options for marketing products from agroecology

Enabling sustainable food systems – Innovators’ Handbook

Interventions and projects

Territorial markets initiative

Capacity development and data collection on territorial markets within the framework of the project for “Transforming the face of agriculture: promoting socio-economic inclusion” (FMM/GLO/136/MUL)

Technical guidance for the analysis of urban food systems within the framework of the projects “Appui technique à l’alimentation des villes” (TCP/MAG/3703) and “Food and Green Environment”

Technical guidance for the analysis of territorial food systems within the framework of the project on “Strengthening interinstitutional coordination mechanisms to enhance food systems” (TCP/INS/3703) and in a number of Portuguese-speaking countries, through partnership with the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP)

Technical guidance on scaling up innovative and sustainable businesses within the framework of the project on “Integrated actions for innovative food systems across rural–urban communities” (GCP/KEN/089/ITA)