Context
The recently released Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) 2021 State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report – Making agrifood systems more resilient to shocks and stresses contains some shocking revelation.
To deal with the situation it proposes urgent reform to the ‘agri-food systems’ of the world.
Background
Analysis
Key-findings of the Report
Why sustainable Agri-food system is essential?
What are the challenges to agri-food systems?
What needs to be done?
Conclusion
In the light of the current challenges in the food system, building resilient agri-food systems should be a key policy objective and must ensure that all agri-food systems’ components function well over time. This requires mainstreaming resilience in agri-food policies and greater coordination across all relevant sectors and layers of government institutions to ensure policy coherence.
Verifying, please be patient.