Sustainable Food Systems - Maximising Irish Impact
This paper, compiled on behalf of Dóchas (the Network of Irish International NGOs) and published in June 2023, explores the path to sustainable food systems and makes key recommendations for getting there.
The global food system is not working, hundreds of millions of people are under fed and even more are overweight. Nutritious food is not easily accessible - even in the richest countries in the world. Small producers struggle to access markets where they can sell their food, while large commercial interests influence policy and donor spending decisions in their own interests. Our environment and climate are suffering as we continue to produce food in ways that damage the long-term viability of the planet.
But the seeds of a way forward are there. The world has committed to ending hunger by 2030, and governments across the world are adopting policy positions that commit them to sustainability in the food system. Food systems thinking offers a way to navigate that journey.