Challenges to operationalizing sustainable diets: Perspectives from Kenya and Vietnam
Despite the urgent need for comprehensive food systems strategies, the challenge lies in defining feasible, evidence-based intervention points. Too little is known about issues food systems decision-makers and other change agents are running up against, particularly in low- and middle-income countri...
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| author | Hoey, Lesli Khoury, Colin K. Osiemo, Jamleck Shires, Anna Binge, Brenda Duong, Thi Thanh Jalang’o Anyango, Dorcas Trinh, Huong Th Huynh, Tuyen Judelsohn, Alexandra Haan, Stef de Heller, Martin C. Chege, Christine G. Kiria Jones, Andrew D. |
| author_browse | Binge, Brenda Chege, Christine G. Kiria Duong, Thi Thanh Haan, Stef de Heller, Martin C. Hoey, Lesli Huynh, Tuyen Jalang’o Anyango, Dorcas Jones, Andrew D. Judelsohn, Alexandra Khoury, Colin K. Osiemo, Jamleck Shires, Anna Trinh, Huong Th |
| author_facet | Hoey, Lesli Khoury, Colin K. Osiemo, Jamleck Shires, Anna Binge, Brenda Duong, Thi Thanh Jalang’o Anyango, Dorcas Trinh, Huong Th Huynh, Tuyen Judelsohn, Alexandra Haan, Stef de Heller, Martin C. Chege, Christine G. Kiria Jones, Andrew D. |
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| description | Despite the urgent need for comprehensive food systems strategies, the challenge lies in defining feasible, evidence-based intervention points. Too little is known about issues food systems decision-makers and other change agents are running up against, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where food systems are the most vulnerable to a growing number of intertwined crises. We look at this question through the lens of sustainable diets, a growing area of research and a concept that is the basis of over 30 sets of national guidelines that aim to simultaneously address health, economic and environmental dimensions of food systems. Based on 114 interviews carried out in Kenya and Vietnam, we examine the extent to which food systems researchers, business and project managers and policy actors are attempting to intervene in food systems in ways that mirror the concept of sustainable diets. We also consider how they are managing two key ingredients that are critical to systems-change—interdisciplinary data and cross-sector collaboration. Most stakeholders we interviewed were carrying out systems-based projects, oriented—even if not explicitly—around many of the sustainable diets domains: agriculture, livelihoods, food security/access/nutrition and/or environment. The majority faced formidable challenges with both data and collaborations, however, showing why it can be so difficult to move from normative ideals like “sustainable diets” to practical realities, regardless of the context. To support more comprehensive food systems policies and interventions, our findings suggest the need for strategies that can improve the collection and accessibility of actionable, cross-sector data, and mechanisms to overcome institutional barriers that limit collaboration. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1154092025-11-11T17:45:24Z Challenges to operationalizing sustainable diets: Perspectives from Kenya and Vietnam Hoey, Lesli Khoury, Colin K. Osiemo, Jamleck Shires, Anna Binge, Brenda Duong, Thi Thanh Jalang’o Anyango, Dorcas Trinh, Huong Th Huynh, Tuyen Judelsohn, Alexandra Haan, Stef de Heller, Martin C. Chege, Christine G. Kiria Jones, Andrew D. food systems dietary diversity sustainable livelihoods policies collaboration sistemas alimentarios diversidad de la alimentación medios de vida sostenibles horticulture ecology food science Despite the urgent need for comprehensive food systems strategies, the challenge lies in defining feasible, evidence-based intervention points. Too little is known about issues food systems decision-makers and other change agents are running up against, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where food systems are the most vulnerable to a growing number of intertwined crises. We look at this question through the lens of sustainable diets, a growing area of research and a concept that is the basis of over 30 sets of national guidelines that aim to simultaneously address health, economic and environmental dimensions of food systems. Based on 114 interviews carried out in Kenya and Vietnam, we examine the extent to which food systems researchers, business and project managers and policy actors are attempting to intervene in food systems in ways that mirror the concept of sustainable diets. We also consider how they are managing two key ingredients that are critical to systems-change—interdisciplinary data and cross-sector collaboration. Most stakeholders we interviewed were carrying out systems-based projects, oriented—even if not explicitly—around many of the sustainable diets domains: agriculture, livelihoods, food security/access/nutrition and/or environment. The majority faced formidable challenges with both data and collaborations, however, showing why it can be so difficult to move from normative ideals like “sustainable diets” to practical realities, regardless of the context. To support more comprehensive food systems policies and interventions, our findings suggest the need for strategies that can improve the collection and accessibility of actionable, cross-sector data, and mechanisms to overcome institutional barriers that limit collaboration. 2021-10-13 2021-10-14T08:18:43Z 2021-10-14T08:18:43Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115409 en Open Access application/pdf Frontiers Media Hoey, L.; Khoury, C.K.; Osiemo, J.; Shires, A.; Binge, B.; Duong, T.T.; Jalango, D.; Trinh, H.; Huynh, T.; Judelsohn, A.; de Haan, S.; Heller, M.C.; Chege, C.; Jones, A.D. (2021) Challenges to operationalizing sustainable diets: Perspectives from Kenya and Vietnam. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5: 690028. ISSN: 2571-581X |
| spellingShingle | food systems dietary diversity sustainable livelihoods policies collaboration sistemas alimentarios diversidad de la alimentación medios de vida sostenibles horticulture ecology food science Hoey, Lesli Khoury, Colin K. Osiemo, Jamleck Shires, Anna Binge, Brenda Duong, Thi Thanh Jalang’o Anyango, Dorcas Trinh, Huong Th Huynh, Tuyen Judelsohn, Alexandra Haan, Stef de Heller, Martin C. Chege, Christine G. Kiria Jones, Andrew D. Challenges to operationalizing sustainable diets: Perspectives from Kenya and Vietnam |
| title | Challenges to operationalizing sustainable diets: Perspectives from Kenya and Vietnam |
| title_full | Challenges to operationalizing sustainable diets: Perspectives from Kenya and Vietnam |
| title_fullStr | Challenges to operationalizing sustainable diets: Perspectives from Kenya and Vietnam |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges to operationalizing sustainable diets: Perspectives from Kenya and Vietnam |
| title_short | Challenges to operationalizing sustainable diets: Perspectives from Kenya and Vietnam |
| title_sort | challenges to operationalizing sustainable diets perspectives from kenya and vietnam |
| topic | food systems dietary diversity sustainable livelihoods policies collaboration sistemas alimentarios diversidad de la alimentación medios de vida sostenibles horticulture ecology food science |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115409 |
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