Capacity development for resilient food systems: Issues, approaches, and knowledge gaps
Food systems face shocks varying in breadth and duration from a wide array of sources. These shocks can affect all aspects of a country’s food system, threatening the food security of its citizens. Low levels of capacity to address food system shocks are a major development challenge. This paper pre...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Babu, Suresh Chandra Blom, Sylvia |
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| description | Food systems face shocks varying in breadth and duration from a wide array of sources. These shocks can affect all aspects of a country’s food system, threatening the food security of its citizens. Low levels of capacity to address food system shocks are a major development challenge. This paper presents a conceptual framework for assessing the capacity of a food system to become more resilient, regardless of what kind of threat it faces. It suggests that food systems can be categorized into three subsystems: a policy system; markets, trade, and institutions; and a production system. Within each of these systems, three dimensions of capacity are analyzed: individual capacity, organizational capacity, and system capacity. The paper explores examples of building capacity within this framework and identifies key knowledge and research gaps. It also presents a typology as a possible tool for prioritizing investments in capacity building for resilience across countries. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1511662025-11-06T07:16:12Z Capacity development for resilient food systems: Issues, approaches, and knowledge gaps Babu, Suresh Chandra Blom, Sylvia nutrition security shock capacity development institutions food security resilience food systems Food systems face shocks varying in breadth and duration from a wide array of sources. These shocks can affect all aspects of a country’s food system, threatening the food security of its citizens. Low levels of capacity to address food system shocks are a major development challenge. This paper presents a conceptual framework for assessing the capacity of a food system to become more resilient, regardless of what kind of threat it faces. It suggests that food systems can be categorized into three subsystems: a policy system; markets, trade, and institutions; and a production system. Within each of these systems, three dimensions of capacity are analyzed: individual capacity, organizational capacity, and system capacity. The paper explores examples of building capacity within this framework and identifies key knowledge and research gaps. It also presents a typology as a possible tool for prioritizing investments in capacity building for resilience across countries. 2014 2024-08-01T02:55:42Z 2024-08-01T02:55:42Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151166 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Babu, Suresh Chandra and Blom, Sylvia. 2014. Capacity development for resilient food systems: Issues, approaches, and knowledge gaps. 2020 Conference Paper 6. May 17-19, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151166 |
| spellingShingle | nutrition security shock capacity development institutions food security resilience food systems Babu, Suresh Chandra Blom, Sylvia Capacity development for resilient food systems: Issues, approaches, and knowledge gaps |
| title | Capacity development for resilient food systems: Issues, approaches, and knowledge gaps |
| title_full | Capacity development for resilient food systems: Issues, approaches, and knowledge gaps |
| title_fullStr | Capacity development for resilient food systems: Issues, approaches, and knowledge gaps |
| title_full_unstemmed | Capacity development for resilient food systems: Issues, approaches, and knowledge gaps |
| title_short | Capacity development for resilient food systems: Issues, approaches, and knowledge gaps |
| title_sort | capacity development for resilient food systems issues approaches and knowledge gaps |
| topic | nutrition security shock capacity development institutions food security resilience food systems |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151166 |
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