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When we talk about #FoodEquity and food shortages around the world, we often hear the term 'Food Systems' 🔄
But what exactly are food systems? And how are current #FoodSystems limiting our ability to #LeaveNoOneBehind?
A 🧵 ahead of #WorldFoodDay2022 👇
But what exactly are food systems? And how are current #FoodSystems limiting our ability to #LeaveNoOneBehind?
A 🧵 ahead of #WorldFoodDay2022 👇
The global food system is a complex web of activities involving all the production, processing, transport storage and consumption and disposal of food (1)
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It includes not only the basic elements of how we get our food from farm to fork, but all of the processes and infrastructure involved in feeding a population, including policy and cultural norms around food (2) 🍴🍴
Throughout this week and in the run up to #WorldFoodDay2022 , we'll be talking *a lot* about the concept of 'Food Equity'
But first things first
What does Food Equity actually mean? A short 🧵
#LeaveNoOneBehind
But first things first
What does Food Equity actually mean? A short 🧵
#LeaveNoOneBehind
Food systems are pervaded with inequities, from production to consumption
These structural inequalities mean that some groups are disadvantaged, or prevented from accessing healthy and affordable foods (1/4)
These structural inequalities mean that some groups are disadvantaged, or prevented from accessing healthy and affordable foods (1/4)
These inequities concern:
🌾the uneven access to land and natural resources by large, industrialised farms and small, peasant holdings that results in the unequal distribution of wealth and income (2/4)
🌾the uneven access to land and natural resources by large, industrialised farms and small, peasant holdings that results in the unequal distribution of wealth and income (2/4)
