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Water for food systems and nutrition. Food Systems Summit Brief

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Title Water for food systems and nutrition. Food Systems Summit Brief
 
Creator Ringler, Claudia
Agbonlahor, Mure
Baye, Kaleab
Barron, Jennie
Hafeez, Mohsin
Lundqvist, Jan
Meenakshi, J.V.
Mehta, Lyla
Mekonnen, Dawit
Rojas Ortuste, Franz
Tankibayeva, Aliya
Uhlenbrook, Stefan
 
Subject water security
food systems
nutrition
food security
sustainable development goals
goal 6 clean water and sanitation
goal 2 zero hunger
agriculture
water management
irrigation
water scarcity
water pollution
malnutrition
health
climate change
environmental sustainability
ecosystems
 
Description In von Braun, J.; Afsana, K.; Fresco, L. O.; Hassan, M. (Eds.). Science and innovations for food systems transformation and summit actions: papers by the Scientific Group and its partners in support of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021. Bonn, Germany: University of Bonn. Center for Development Research (ZEF).
Access to sufficient and clean freshwater is essential for all life. Water is also essential for food system functioning: as a key input into food production, but also in processing and preparation, and as a food itself. Water scarcity and pollution are growing, affecting poorer populations, particularly food producers. Malnutrition levels are also on the rise, and this is closely linked to water scarcity. The achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 and SDG 6 are co-dependent. Solutions to jointly improve food systems and water security outcomes that the United Nations Food Security Summit (UNFSS) should consider include: 1) strengthening efforts to retain water-based ecosystems and their functions; 2) improving agricultural water management for better diets for all; 3) reducing water and food losses beyond the farmgate; 4) coordinating water with nutrition and health interventions; 5) increasing the environmental sustainability of food systems; 6) explicitly addressing social inequities in water-nutrition linkages; and 7) improving data quality and monitoring for water-food system linkages, drawing on innovations in information and communications technology (ICT).
 
Date 2021-08
2023-01-08T18:08:05Z
2023-01-08T18:08:05Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Ringler, C.; Agbonlahor, M.; Baye, K.; Barron, J.; Hafeez, Mohsin; Lundqvist, J.; Meenakshi, J. V.; Mehta, L.; Mekonnen, D.; Rojas-Ortuste, F.; Tankibayeva, A.; Uhlenbrook, Stefan. 2021. Water for food systems and nutrition. Food Systems Summit Brief. In von Braun, J.; Afsana, K.; Fresco, L. O.; Hassan, M. (Eds.). Science and innovations for food systems transformation and summit actions: papers by the Scientific Group and its partners in support of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021. Bonn, Germany: University of Bonn. Center for Development Research (ZEF). pp.251-259.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126689
https://sc-fss2021.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ScGroup_Reader_UNFSS2021.pdf#page=264
H050672
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 251-259