Global map and indicators of food system sustainability
This paper presents the first global map of food systems sustainability based on a rigorous protocol. The choice of the metric dimensions, as well as the individual indicators included in the metric, were initially identified from a thorough review of the existing literature. A rigorous inclusion/ex...
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| author | Béné, Christophe Prager, Steven D. Achicanoy, Harold A. Alvarez Toro, Patricia Lamotte, Lea |
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| description | This paper presents the first global map of food systems sustainability based on a rigorous protocol. The choice of the metric dimensions, as well as the individual indicators included in the metric, were initially identified from a thorough review of the existing literature. A rigorous inclusion/exclusion protocol was then used to refine the list and shorten it to a sub-set of 27 indicators. An aggregate sustainability score was then computed based on those 27 indicators organized into four dimensions: environment, social, food security & nutrition and economic. The paper shows how the availability of data (or lack therefore) results in an unavoidable trade-off between number of indicators and number of countries, and highlights how optimization can be used to present the most robust metric possible given the existence of this trade-offs in the data space. The process results in the computation of a global sustainability map covering 97 countries and 20 indicators. The sustainability scores obtained for each country are made available over the entire range of indicators. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1712222025-12-08T10:29:22Z Global map and indicators of food system sustainability Béné, Christophe Prager, Steven D. Achicanoy, Harold A. Alvarez Toro, Patricia Lamotte, Lea maps indicators food systems sustainability environment social indicators food security nutrition economic indicators This paper presents the first global map of food systems sustainability based on a rigorous protocol. The choice of the metric dimensions, as well as the individual indicators included in the metric, were initially identified from a thorough review of the existing literature. A rigorous inclusion/exclusion protocol was then used to refine the list and shorten it to a sub-set of 27 indicators. An aggregate sustainability score was then computed based on those 27 indicators organized into four dimensions: environment, social, food security & nutrition and economic. The paper shows how the availability of data (or lack therefore) results in an unavoidable trade-off between number of indicators and number of countries, and highlights how optimization can be used to present the most robust metric possible given the existence of this trade-offs in the data space. The process results in the computation of a global sustainability map covering 97 countries and 20 indicators. The sustainability scores obtained for each country are made available over the entire range of indicators. 2019 2025-01-29T12:57:52Z 2025-01-29T12:57:52Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171222 en Open Access Nature Publishing Group Béné, Christophe; Prager, Steven D.; Achicanoy, Harold A. E.; Toro, Patricia Alvarez; Lamotte, Lea; et al. 2019. Global map and indicators of food system sustainability. Scientific Data 6: 279. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0301-5 |
| spellingShingle | maps indicators food systems sustainability environment social indicators food security nutrition economic indicators Béné, Christophe Prager, Steven D. Achicanoy, Harold A. Alvarez Toro, Patricia Lamotte, Lea Global map and indicators of food system sustainability |
| title | Global map and indicators of food system sustainability |
| title_full | Global map and indicators of food system sustainability |
| title_fullStr | Global map and indicators of food system sustainability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global map and indicators of food system sustainability |
| title_short | Global map and indicators of food system sustainability |
| title_sort | global map and indicators of food system sustainability |
| topic | maps indicators food systems sustainability environment social indicators food security nutrition economic indicators |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171222 |
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