CSOs Feeback on Sustanable Food Systems and Heathy Diets
Feedback from the CSOs, to FAO presentation on Sustainable Food Systems and Healthy Diets in Europe and Central Asia during Virtual CSO Consultation prior to FAO’s 32nd Regional Conference Europe and Central Asia. October 21, 2020 Ceyhan Temürcü Food systems and their functionality in delivering healthy diets are shaped by many factors, forces, drivers and decisions. Hence, in order to improve nutrition, contextual changes are needed across multiple socioeconomic and policy areas related to food and agriculture. We cannot speak of one single food system at national, regional or global levels, especially in our diverse Region. In particular, it is necessary to recognize the profound differences between the industrial food system and the agroecological, small scale, local, traditional and indigenous food systems. The industrial food system needs to be addressed with its problems and weaknesses, while the agroecological, small scale, local, traditional, indigenous ones need to ...