The role of water in transforming food systems

The United Nations Food Systems Summit aimed to chart a path toward transforming food systems toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Despite the essentiality of water for food systems, however, the Summit has not sufficiently considered the role of water for food systems transformation....

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Autores principales: Ringler, Claudia, Agbonlahor, Mure Uhunamure, Barron, Jennie, Baye, Kaleab, Meenakshi, J. V., Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework, Uhlenbrook, Stefan
Formato: Journal Article
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Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119586
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author Ringler, Claudia
Agbonlahor, Mure Uhunamure
Barron, Jennie
Baye, Kaleab
Meenakshi, J. V.
Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
Uhlenbrook, Stefan
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Barron, Jennie
Baye, Kaleab
Meenakshi, J. V.
Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
Ringler, Claudia
Uhlenbrook, Stefan
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Agbonlahor, Mure Uhunamure
Barron, Jennie
Baye, Kaleab
Meenakshi, J. V.
Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
Uhlenbrook, Stefan
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description The United Nations Food Systems Summit aimed to chart a path toward transforming food systems toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Despite the essentiality of water for food systems, however, the Summit has not sufficiently considered the role of water for food systems transformation. This focus is even more important due to rapidly worsening climate change and its pervasive impacts on food systems that are mediated through water. To avoid that water “breaks” food systems, key food systems actors should 1) Strengthen efforts to retain water-dependent ecosystems, their functions and services; 2) Improve agricultural water management; 3) Reduce water and food losses beyond the farmgate; 4) Coordinate water with nutrition and health interventions; 5) Increase the environmental sustainability of food systems; 6) Explicitly address social inequities; and 7) Improve data quality and monitoring for water-food system linkages.
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spelling CGSpace1195862025-10-26T13:01:10Z The role of water in transforming food systems Ringler, Claudia Agbonlahor, Mure Uhunamure Barron, Jennie Baye, Kaleab Meenakshi, J. V. Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework Uhlenbrook, Stefan food systems transformation water security water systems water management food security nutrition security ecosystems environmental sustainability climate change sustainable development goals goal 2 zero hunger goal 6 clean water and sanitation public health diets monitoring data quality social aspects water food systems transformation nutrition ecosystem resilience un The United Nations Food Systems Summit aimed to chart a path toward transforming food systems toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Despite the essentiality of water for food systems, however, the Summit has not sufficiently considered the role of water for food systems transformation. This focus is even more important due to rapidly worsening climate change and its pervasive impacts on food systems that are mediated through water. To avoid that water “breaks” food systems, key food systems actors should 1) Strengthen efforts to retain water-dependent ecosystems, their functions and services; 2) Improve agricultural water management; 3) Reduce water and food losses beyond the farmgate; 4) Coordinate water with nutrition and health interventions; 5) Increase the environmental sustainability of food systems; 6) Explicitly address social inequities; and 7) Improve data quality and monitoring for water-food system linkages. 2022-06 2022-05-19T03:46:53Z 2022-05-19T03:46:53Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119586 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107267 https://doi.org/10.48565/scfss2021-tg56 Open Access Elsevier Ringler, C.; Agbonlahor, M.; Barron, J.; Baye, K.; Meenakshi, J. V.; Mekonnen, D. K.; Uhlenbrook, Stefan. 2022. The role of water in transforming food systems. Global Food Security, 33:100639. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2022.100639]
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transformation
water security
water systems
water management
food security
nutrition security
ecosystems
environmental sustainability
climate change
sustainable development goals
goal 2 zero hunger
goal 6 clean water and sanitation
public health
diets
monitoring
data quality
social aspects
water
food systems transformation
nutrition
ecosystem resilience
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Ringler, Claudia
Agbonlahor, Mure Uhunamure
Barron, Jennie
Baye, Kaleab
Meenakshi, J. V.
Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
Uhlenbrook, Stefan
The role of water in transforming food systems
title The role of water in transforming food systems
title_full The role of water in transforming food systems
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title_short The role of water in transforming food systems
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transformation
water security
water systems
water management
food security
nutrition security
ecosystems
environmental sustainability
climate change
sustainable development goals
goal 2 zero hunger
goal 6 clean water and sanitation
public health
diets
monitoring
data quality
social aspects
water
food systems transformation
nutrition
ecosystem resilience
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url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119586
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