Improving diets through food systems in low- and middle-income countries: Metrics for analysis
Taking a food systems approach is a promising strategy for improving diets. Implementing such an approach would require the use of a comprehensive set of metrics to characterize food systems, set meaningful goals, track food systems performance, and evaluate the impacts of food systems interventions...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2019
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| author | Melesse, Mequanint B. Van den berg, Marrit Béné, Christophe de Brauw, Alan Brouwer, Inge D. |
| author_browse | Brouwer, Inge D. Béné, Christophe Melesse, Mequanint B. Van den berg, Marrit de Brauw, Alan |
| author_facet | Melesse, Mequanint B. Van den berg, Marrit Béné, Christophe de Brauw, Alan Brouwer, Inge D. |
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| description | Taking a food systems approach is a promising strategy for improving diets. Implementing such an approach would require the use of a comprehensive set of metrics to characterize food systems, set meaningful goals, track food systems performance, and evaluate the impacts of food systems interventions. Food systems metrics are also useful to structure debates and communicate to policy makers and the general public. This paper provides an updated analytical framework of food systems and uses this to systematically identify relevant metrics and indicators based on data availability in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The list of indicators partly overlaps with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators, but these do not cover all aspects of the food system. We conclude that public data are relatively available on food systems drivers and outcomes, and on some, but not all, of the activities. With only minor additional investments, existing surveys could be extended to cover a large part of the required additional data. For some indicators, targeted data collection efforts are needed. Because of the overlap with the SDG indicators, part of the collected data could serve not only to describe and monitor food systems, but to track progress towards attaining the SDGs. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1472372025-11-06T06:38:08Z Improving diets through food systems in low- and middle-income countries: Metrics for analysis Melesse, Mequanint B. Van den berg, Marrit Béné, Christophe de Brauw, Alan Brouwer, Inge D. food environment sustainable development goals indicators diet food systems dietary diversity Taking a food systems approach is a promising strategy for improving diets. Implementing such an approach would require the use of a comprehensive set of metrics to characterize food systems, set meaningful goals, track food systems performance, and evaluate the impacts of food systems interventions. Food systems metrics are also useful to structure debates and communicate to policy makers and the general public. This paper provides an updated analytical framework of food systems and uses this to systematically identify relevant metrics and indicators based on data availability in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The list of indicators partly overlaps with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators, but these do not cover all aspects of the food system. We conclude that public data are relatively available on food systems drivers and outcomes, and on some, but not all, of the activities. With only minor additional investments, existing surveys could be extended to cover a large part of the required additional data. For some indicators, targeted data collection efforts are needed. Because of the overlap with the SDG indicators, part of the collected data could serve not only to describe and monitor food systems, but to track progress towards attaining the SDGs. 2019-08-09 2024-06-21T09:12:31Z 2024-06-21T09:12:31Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147237 en https://doi.org/10.2499/1032568455 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133156 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-020-01091-2 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Melesse, Mequanint B.; Van den berg, Marrit; Béné, Christophe; Brouwer, Inge D; and de Brauw, Alan. 2019. Improving diets through food systems in low- and middle-income countries: Metrics for analysis. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1858. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147237 |
| spellingShingle | food environment sustainable development goals indicators diet food systems dietary diversity Melesse, Mequanint B. Van den berg, Marrit Béné, Christophe de Brauw, Alan Brouwer, Inge D. Improving diets through food systems in low- and middle-income countries: Metrics for analysis |
| title | Improving diets through food systems in low- and middle-income countries: Metrics for analysis |
| title_full | Improving diets through food systems in low- and middle-income countries: Metrics for analysis |
| title_fullStr | Improving diets through food systems in low- and middle-income countries: Metrics for analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving diets through food systems in low- and middle-income countries: Metrics for analysis |
| title_short | Improving diets through food systems in low- and middle-income countries: Metrics for analysis |
| title_sort | improving diets through food systems in low and middle income countries metrics for analysis |
| topic | food environment sustainable development goals indicators diet food systems dietary diversity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147237 |
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