Our current food systems cannot fulfill their purpose to provide nutritious and healthy food to all and contribute to enhanced livelihood opportunities in an environmentally sustainable way. They are being challenged by several factors, including changing diets, technology, urbanization and climate change.

In many instances, the problem lies in the constraints of the system, far beyond agricultural production. There may be enough food to potentially feed everyone - preventing the dual healthy burdens of malnutrition and obesity-, however, the economic and territorial imbalances are such that food systems do not generate fair economic returns for all actors, particularly for small-scale producers, triggering an endless cycle of precariousness and poverty. 

Under a partnership between the European Union, FAO, and CIRAD, in cooperation with national and food systems stakeholders, a large-scale assessment and consultation on food systems was initiated in more than 50 countries, as a first step towards transforming them.

The assessments are based on a systemic approach that takes into consideration food systems as a whole and examine the many interactions across four key sectors: nutrition and food security, economic well-being, territorial equity, and environmental protection. The evidence and knowledge gathered so far has identified key sustainability questions that will help define innovative policy and investments solutions in view of transforming food systems to make them more sustainable and inclusive. The results of the assessments also contribute to the national dialogues organized in the framework of the UN Food System Summit held in September 2021.

Articles

• Article: CSOs Private Sector Discuss Sustainable Agri-Food Systems in Sierra Leone (In English, Salone Times, New Age, 2022)
• Article: FAO Ends Four Day Workshop on Sustainable & Inclusive Agri-Food Systems (In English, The Calabash newspaper, 2022)
• Article:MIREX junto a la FAO y el PMA conmemoran el Día Mundial de la Alimentación (In Spanish, Noticias MIREX, 2022)
• Article: Overcoming a climate crisis and minimizing its contribution to malnutrition in Somalia (In English, FAO in Somalia, 2022)
• Article: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations warns: “Lebanon is in a hotspot for hunger.” Haddad for “An-Nahar”: More Lebanese into poverty (interview) (In Arabic, Annahar Newspaper, 2022)
• Article: “Lebanon is in a hotspot for hunger” (interview) (In Arabic, Lebanon Files, 2022)
• Article: UN official: The worsening food security crisis in Lebanon (interview) (In Arabic, Anadole Agency, 2022)
• Article:The living crisis has affected the health of Lebanese (interview) (In Arabic, El Markazia, 2022)
• Article: FAO classifies Lebanon among 20 “hunger hotspots” (interview) (In Arabic, Al Quds El Araby, 2022)
• Article: Hunger duplicity in Lebanon (interview) (In Arabic, Al Liwaa, 2022)
• Article: According to FAO, Lebanon is a hotspot for hunger (interview) (In Arabic, Exclusive interview MTV, 2022)
• Article: Lebanese women return to agriculture after long "immigration." Stories of successful women in the countryside (In Arabic, Lebanon 24, 2022)
• Article: Food security is in danger for these reasons. Are solutions possible? (In Arabic, Lebanon 24, 2022)
• Article: 'Unequal, inefficient and unsafe': UN report on Lebanon food sector (In English, The New Arab, 2022)
• Article: Results of the food assessment in Lebanon (In Arabic, LBCTV, 2022)
• Article: Here are the poverty rates, health and nutritional problems in Lebanon (In Arabic, MTV, 2022) 
• Article: Check out the figures related to Lebanon's nutritional reality and poverty rates (In Arabic, Janoubia, 2022)
• Article: Check out the figures related to poverty rates and health problems in Lebanon - Many challenges of the food system (In Arabic, Alliwaa, 2022)
• Article: Results of the food asssessment in Lebanon (In Arabic, Addiyar, 2022)
• Article: From malnutrition to high rates of obesity. A report by FAO on the worsening situation of the Lebanese food system (In Arabic, Annahar, 2022)
• Article: Here are poverty rates, health and nutritional problems in Lebanon (In Arabic, Akhbar Beirut, 2022)
• Article: FAO Worsening of the food system situation in Lebanon (In Arabic, Nidaa Al Watan, 2022)
• Article: Check the results of the food assessments in Lebanon: Poverty rates more than 50% (In Arabic, Aljoumhouria, Nabd, 2022)
• Article: Cultivated lands in Lebanon cover less than 25 percent of its area (In Arabic, AlAhed, 2022)
• Article: The situation of Lebanon's food system is catastrophic (In Arabic, IMLebanon, 2022)
• Article: FAO: This is the reality of the food system in Lebanon (In Arabic, Al Markazia, 2022)
• Article: Here are the poverty rates, health and nutritional problems in Lebanon (In Arabic, Hadathonline, 2022) 
• Article: Joint Initiative Assessing Food System in Lebanon Warns Against Failure to Provide Nutritious, Healthy Food for All (In English and Arabic, National News Agency, 2022)
• Article: FAO issues food security recommendations for Lebanon (In English, L'Orient Today, 2022)
• Article: La FAO émet des recommandations en matière de sécurité alimentaire pour le Liban (In French, L'Orient-Le Jour, 2022)
• Article: Jamaica to launch wheat flour substitution program (In English, Caribbean National Weekly, 2022)
• Article: Gov’t targets breadfruit, cassava as wheat flour substitutes (In English, Loop Jamaica, 2022)
• Article: Breadfruit and cassava for gov't's wheat flour substitution programme (In English, The Gleaner Jamaica, 2022)
• Article: Belize FAO Representative hands Food System Profile-Belize to Ministry of Agriculture (In English, Breaking Belize News, 2022)
• Article: Belize produces 60% of its food according to recently presented extensive Belize Food Systems Profile (In English, Breaking Belize News, 2022)
• Article: Vital challenge! (In French, La Vérité, 2022)
• Article: Agriculture – The challenge of food self-sufficiency revived  (In French, L'Express de Madagascar, 2022)
• Article: Food self-sufficiency in Madagascar, at the heart of a national conference  & Madagascar plans to improve its agricultural sector to achieve food self-sufficiency  (In French, Agence Afrique, 2022)
• Article: The Gambia Needs a Stronger Focus on Nutrition to Improve Food Security (In English, The Alkamba Times, KERRFATOU, BOJÚRÍ, allAfrica, The Point, 2022)
• Article: Renforcement de la productivité du vivrier: Les perspectives sont bonnes pour la Côte d’Ivoire (In French, Fraternité Matin, 2022)
• Article: Un atelier de la FAO consacré à la transformation durable et inclusive des systèmes alimentaires à Abidjan (In French, Agence Ivoirienne de Presse, 2022)
• Article: Crise ukrainienne: évaluation des systèmes alimentaires ivoiriens (In French, Agence de Presse Africaine, 2022)
• Article: Côte d'Ivoire-AIP/ A general consultation on the assessment of food systems opens on March 11 in Abidjan (In English, Agence Ivoirienne de Presse AIP, 2022)
• Article: La feminización de la agricultura (In Spanish, El Peruano, 2022)
• Article: Systèmes alimentaires : le scan de la FAO sur la RDC (In French, Business et Finances, 2022)
• Article: Bolivia: Mujeres, el nexo entre los sistemas alimentarios del pasado y los del futuro (In Spanish, FAO Bolivia, 2022)
• Article: Mujeres, el nexo de los sistemas alimentarios (In Spanish, Revista Escape- Diario La Razón, 2022)
• Article: Ministry of Agriculture, National Food and Nutrition Security Commission to conduct assessment of food systems in Belize (In English, Breaking Belize News, 2021)
• Article: Belize undertakes assessment of its food systems ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit (In English, Caribbean News Global, 2021)
• Article: Jamaica Hailed For Commitment To Building Sustainable Food Systems (In English, Jamaica Information Service, 2021)
• Article: Gov’t Working To Transform Country’s Food Systems (In English, Jamaica Information Service, 2021)
• Article: Gov't working to transform country's food systems — Green (In English, Jamaica Observer, 2021)
• Article: Jamaica undertaking major assessment of its food systems (In English, Our Today, 2021)
• Article: Reshaping Food Systems Requires Multi-Stakeholder Approach (In English, Jamaica Information Service, 2021)
• Article: Gambia: FAO, EU and CIRAD Reaffirm Commitment to Support Efforts to Combat Food Insecurity, Malnutrition (In English, The Point, 2021)

Blog/Radio/Podcast/Television

• Video: Catalysing the Transition to Sustainable Agrifood Systems (In English, Born 2 Blog, 2022)
• Blog: CSOs Private Sector Discuss Sustainable Agrifood Systems (In English, Born 2 Blog, 2022)
• Video: Catalysing the Transition to Sustainable Agrifood Systems (In English, Multimedia Plus, 2022)
• Video: Live broadcast of main event (In English, Multimedia Plus, 2022)
• TV: News at 9 - Starting at 2’54’’ (In English, Multimedia Plus, 2022)
• Radio: With us, Monday is always better (In Arabic, Radio Liban, 2022)
• TV: Jamaica Urged to Boost Food Security   (In English, CVM TV Jamaica, 2022)
• TV: Belize receives a report on its agro-productive sector (In English, CTV3 News, 2022)
• TV: Parvenir à l’autosuffisance alimentaire à travers l’amélioration des systèmes alimentaires (In French, 02 :45 to 05 :45, kolo.tv, 2022)
• TV: L’agriculture est l’outil pour regagner la place de grenier alimentaire dans l’Océan Indien (In French, 02:23 to 05:15, 2022)
• TV: African ministers address hunger crisis in Malabo (In English, CNBCAFRICA, 2022) 
• TV: RTI News Report – Debrief of the assessment  -Starting at 11'40" (In French, Radio Television Ivoirienne, 2022)
• TV: Announcement consultation -Starting at 40'50" (In French, Radio Television Ivoirienne, 2022)
• Radio: News Report Ivory Coast assessment -Starting at 1'30" (In French, Radio de la Paix, 2022)
• Blog: Jamaica undertakes major assessment of its food systems ahead of global UN Food Systems Summit (In English, Petchary’s blog, 2021)
• Radio: Hitz 100 - OYE FM Interview -Starting at 23'20" (In English, Hitz 100, 2021)
• Podcast: FAO al aire: Programa 20 (In Spanish, FAO Perú, 2021)
• TV: An Assessment of Jamaica’s Food Systems | News | CVMTV (In English, CVM Television, 2021)
• TV: Plus TV Interview -Starting at 15'44" (In English, Plus TV Belize, 2021)
• TV: CTV3 Interview - Starting at 1 17'30" (In English, CTV3 News, 2021)
• TV: Love TV Interview -Starting at 2'30" (In English, Love TV, 2021)
• TV: CNBC Africa interview (In English, CNBC Africa, 2021)
• TV: News | 14-12-2021 - YouTube (In English, Eswatini Broadcasting and Information Service, 2021)

Latest European Union and CIRAD Stories

• Press release: CIRAD’s commitment to food system transformation at the United Nations Summit (In English, CIRAD, 2021)
• Article: Diagnoses and debates, for more sustainable food systems (In English, CIRAD, 2021)
• Article: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture-ROSA (In English, Capacity4Dev EU, 2021)

Events in the press

• Article: Moving ahead with the sustainable and inclusive transformation of agri-food systems (In English, FAO Investment Centre, 2022)
• Article: World Food Forum (WFF) – a youth-led movement and network to transform our food systems (In English, Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development, 2021)
• Article: World Food Forum - Investing in knowledge to empower the youth to transform global agri-food systems (In English, FAO Investment Centre, 2021)

Press releases

• Press release: Catalysing the transition to sustainable agrifood systems (In English, 2022)
• Press release: Producing and eating healthy, balanced and diverse food: why is it such a challenge for our world agrifood systems today? (In English, 2022)
• Press release: Remise officielle du document sur le profil des systèmes alimentaires de Madagascar (In French, FAO Representation Office for Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius and Seychelles, 2022)
• Press release: Barbados and The Eastern Caribbean States launch of Stakeholders (In English, FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2021)
• Press release: Jamaica undertakes major assessment of its food systems ahead of global UN Food Systems Summit (In English, FAO in Jamaica, Bahamas and Belize, 2021)
• Press release: Lancement d’une évaluation des systèmes alimentaires dans le cadre du Dialogue national et global sur les systèmes alimentaires (In French, FAO en République démocratique du Congo, 2021)
• Press release: Somalia Launch of Stakeholders Consultation Workshop on the Assessment of Food Systems ahead of the Global UN Food Systems Summit (In English, FAO in Emergencies, 2021)
• Press release: Somalia Launch of Stakeholders Consultation Workshop on the Assessment of Food Systems ahead of the Global UN Food Systems Summit (In English, reliefweb, 2021)
• Press release: FAO, EU and CIRAD reaffirm commitment to support The Gambia’s efforts to combat food insecurity and malnutrition (In English, FAO in Gambia, 2021)