Comparing food system sectoral changes in 2050 with historical transformations: A multi-model analysis

Food systems must transform in pursuit of health, sustainability, and justice goals. The scale and distribution of these profound changes across different food sectors is underexplored. We examine possible impacts on food sectors, contextualised with historical data, of a global food systems transfo...

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Main Authors: Gibson, Matthew, Sundiang, Marina, Mason-D’Croz, Daniel, Oliveira, Thais Diniz, Lotze-Campen, Hermann, Beier, Felicitas, Popp, Alex, van Zeist, Willem-Jan, van Meijl, Hans, de Lange, Thijs, van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique, Chepeliev, Maksym, Van Vuuren, Detlef, Stehfest, Elke, Doelman, Jonathan, Havlik, Petr, Kozicka, Marta, Wiebe, Keith D., Mishra, Abhijeet, Hasegawa, Tomoko, Fujimori, Shinichiro, Springmann, Marco, Sands, Ron, Hristov, Jordan, Dominguez, Igancio P., Herrero, Mario
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: Purdue University 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169873
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author Gibson, Matthew
Sundiang, Marina
Mason-D’Croz, Daniel
Oliveira, Thais Diniz
Lotze-Campen, Hermann
Beier, Felicitas
Popp, Alex
van Zeist, Willem-Jan
van Meijl, Hans
de Lange, Thijs
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
Chepeliev, Maksym
Van Vuuren, Detlef
Stehfest, Elke
Doelman, Jonathan
Havlik, Petr
Kozicka, Marta
Wiebe, Keith D.
Mishra, Abhijeet
Hasegawa, Tomoko
Fujimori, Shinichiro
Springmann, Marco
Sands, Ron
Hristov, Jordan
Dominguez, Igancio P.
Herrero, Mario
author_browse Beier, Felicitas
Chepeliev, Maksym
Doelman, Jonathan
Dominguez, Igancio P.
Fujimori, Shinichiro
Gibson, Matthew
Hasegawa, Tomoko
Havlik, Petr
Herrero, Mario
Hristov, Jordan
Kozicka, Marta
Lotze-Campen, Hermann
Mason-D’Croz, Daniel
Mishra, Abhijeet
Oliveira, Thais Diniz
Popp, Alex
Sands, Ron
Springmann, Marco
Stehfest, Elke
Sundiang, Marina
Van Vuuren, Detlef
Wiebe, Keith D.
de Lange, Thijs
van Meijl, Hans
van Zeist, Willem-Jan
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
author_facet Gibson, Matthew
Sundiang, Marina
Mason-D’Croz, Daniel
Oliveira, Thais Diniz
Lotze-Campen, Hermann
Beier, Felicitas
Popp, Alex
van Zeist, Willem-Jan
van Meijl, Hans
de Lange, Thijs
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
Chepeliev, Maksym
Van Vuuren, Detlef
Stehfest, Elke
Doelman, Jonathan
Havlik, Petr
Kozicka, Marta
Wiebe, Keith D.
Mishra, Abhijeet
Hasegawa, Tomoko
Fujimori, Shinichiro
Springmann, Marco
Sands, Ron
Hristov, Jordan
Dominguez, Igancio P.
Herrero, Mario
author_sort Gibson, Matthew
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description Food systems must transform in pursuit of health, sustainability, and justice goals. The scale and distribution of these profound changes across different food sectors is underexplored. We examine possible impacts on food sectors, contextualised with historical data, of a global food systems transformation by 2050. We do this through modelling a transformation scenario composed of dietary change, productivity growth, and reduction of food loss and waste using a multi-model ensemble of 8 global economic models. Preliminary results show substantial food sector restructuring, including a decline in the economic value of agricultural production (-$1.4tn) by 2050 under a transformation scenario versus current trends. Within this, the value of livestock production collapses (-$1tn) with declines also in cereal and sugar crop values of $800bn, partially offset by increases in the value of vegetable, fruit, and nut production ($700bn). Preliminary results also show changes to growth rates of agricultural land expansion from 0.56%/year on average for grazing land over the last 250 years to -0.87%/year from 2020 to 2050 in a food systems transformation scenario, compared to 0.12%/year under business-as-usual trends. The restructuring of global agriculture and food systems suggests a critical role for food policy to both catalyse such a transformation, as well as navigate the political economic consequences of its impacts.
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spelling CGSpace1698732025-12-08T09:54:28Z Comparing food system sectoral changes in 2050 with historical transformations: A multi-model analysis Gibson, Matthew Sundiang, Marina Mason-D’Croz, Daniel Oliveira, Thais Diniz Lotze-Campen, Hermann Beier, Felicitas Popp, Alex van Zeist, Willem-Jan van Meijl, Hans de Lange, Thijs van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique Chepeliev, Maksym Van Vuuren, Detlef Stehfest, Elke Doelman, Jonathan Havlik, Petr Kozicka, Marta Wiebe, Keith D. Mishra, Abhijeet Hasegawa, Tomoko Fujimori, Shinichiro Springmann, Marco Sands, Ron Hristov, Jordan Dominguez, Igancio P. Herrero, Mario models food systems econometric models history Food systems must transform in pursuit of health, sustainability, and justice goals. The scale and distribution of these profound changes across different food sectors is underexplored. We examine possible impacts on food sectors, contextualised with historical data, of a global food systems transformation by 2050. We do this through modelling a transformation scenario composed of dietary change, productivity growth, and reduction of food loss and waste using a multi-model ensemble of 8 global economic models. Preliminary results show substantial food sector restructuring, including a decline in the economic value of agricultural production (-$1.4tn) by 2050 under a transformation scenario versus current trends. Within this, the value of livestock production collapses (-$1tn) with declines also in cereal and sugar crop values of $800bn, partially offset by increases in the value of vegetable, fruit, and nut production ($700bn). Preliminary results also show changes to growth rates of agricultural land expansion from 0.56%/year on average for grazing land over the last 250 years to -0.87%/year from 2020 to 2050 in a food systems transformation scenario, compared to 0.12%/year under business-as-usual trends. The restructuring of global agriculture and food systems suggests a critical role for food policy to both catalyse such a transformation, as well as navigate the political economic consequences of its impacts. 2024-06-05 2025-01-24T19:53:46Z 2025-01-24T19:53:46Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169873 en Open Access Purdue University Gibson, Matthew; Sundiang, Marina; Mason-D’Croz, Daniel; Oliveira, Thais Diniz; Lotze-Campen, Hermann; et al. 2024. Comparing food system sectoral changes in 2050 with historical transformations: A multi-model analysis. Presented during the 27th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis at Fort Collins in Colorado, USA. https://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/resources/res_display.asp?RecordID=7313
spellingShingle models
food systems
econometric models
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Gibson, Matthew
Sundiang, Marina
Mason-D’Croz, Daniel
Oliveira, Thais Diniz
Lotze-Campen, Hermann
Beier, Felicitas
Popp, Alex
van Zeist, Willem-Jan
van Meijl, Hans
de Lange, Thijs
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
Chepeliev, Maksym
Van Vuuren, Detlef
Stehfest, Elke
Doelman, Jonathan
Havlik, Petr
Kozicka, Marta
Wiebe, Keith D.
Mishra, Abhijeet
Hasegawa, Tomoko
Fujimori, Shinichiro
Springmann, Marco
Sands, Ron
Hristov, Jordan
Dominguez, Igancio P.
Herrero, Mario
Comparing food system sectoral changes in 2050 with historical transformations: A multi-model analysis
title Comparing food system sectoral changes in 2050 with historical transformations: A multi-model analysis
title_full Comparing food system sectoral changes in 2050 with historical transformations: A multi-model analysis
title_fullStr Comparing food system sectoral changes in 2050 with historical transformations: A multi-model analysis
title_full_unstemmed Comparing food system sectoral changes in 2050 with historical transformations: A multi-model analysis
title_short Comparing food system sectoral changes in 2050 with historical transformations: A multi-model analysis
title_sort comparing food system sectoral changes in 2050 with historical transformations a multi model analysis
topic models
food systems
econometric models
history
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169873
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