Global map and indicators of food system sustainability

This paper presents the first global map of food systems sustainability based on a rigorous protocol. The choice of the metric dimensions, as well as the individual indicators included in the metric, were initially identified from a thorough review of the existing literature. A rigorous inclusion/ex...

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Autores principales: Béné, Christophe, Prager, Steven D., Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando, Álvarez Toro, Patricia, Lamotte, Lea, Bonilla, Camila, Mapes, Brendan Robert
Formato: Data Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105990
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author Béné, Christophe
Prager, Steven D.
Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando
Álvarez Toro, Patricia
Lamotte, Lea
Bonilla, Camila
Mapes, Brendan Robert
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Béné, Christophe
Lamotte, Lea
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Prager, Steven D.
Álvarez Toro, Patricia
author_facet Béné, Christophe
Prager, Steven D.
Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando
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Mapes, Brendan Robert
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description This paper presents the first global map of food systems sustainability based on a rigorous protocol. The choice of the metric dimensions, as well as the individual indicators included in the metric, were initially identified from a thorough review of the existing literature. A rigorous inclusion/exclusion protocol was then used to refine the list and shorten it to a sub-set of 27 indicators. An aggregate sustainability score was then computed based on those 27 indicators organized into four dimensions: environment, social, food security & nutrition and economic. The paper shows how the availability of data (or lack therefore) results in an unavoidable trade-off between number of indicators and number of countries, and highlights how optimization can be used to present the most robust metric possible given the existence of this trade-offs in the data space. The process results in the computation of a global sustainability map covering 97 countries and 20 indicators. The sustainability scores obtained for each country are made available over the entire range of indicators.
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spelling CGSpace1059902025-04-17T08:26:30Z Global map and indicators of food system sustainability Béné, Christophe Prager, Steven D. Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando Álvarez Toro, Patricia Lamotte, Lea Bonilla, Camila Mapes, Brendan Robert sustainability food systems indicators dimensions This paper presents the first global map of food systems sustainability based on a rigorous protocol. The choice of the metric dimensions, as well as the individual indicators included in the metric, were initially identified from a thorough review of the existing literature. A rigorous inclusion/exclusion protocol was then used to refine the list and shorten it to a sub-set of 27 indicators. An aggregate sustainability score was then computed based on those 27 indicators organized into four dimensions: environment, social, food security & nutrition and economic. The paper shows how the availability of data (or lack therefore) results in an unavoidable trade-off between number of indicators and number of countries, and highlights how optimization can be used to present the most robust metric possible given the existence of this trade-offs in the data space. The process results in the computation of a global sustainability map covering 97 countries and 20 indicators. The sustainability scores obtained for each country are made available over the entire range of indicators. 2019-11-25 2019-12-02T20:45:21Z 2019-12-02T20:45:21Z Data Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105990 en Open Access Springer Béné, Christophe; Prager, Steven D.; Achicanoy, Harold A.E.; Toro Alvarez, Patricia; Lamotte, Lea; Bonilla, Camila & Mapes, Brendan R. (2019). Global map and indicators of food system sustainability. Scientific Data. 6:279 1-15
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Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando
Álvarez Toro, Patricia
Lamotte, Lea
Bonilla, Camila
Mapes, Brendan Robert
Global map and indicators of food system sustainability
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