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Data for decision-making for sustainable food systems transformation in the Eastern Cape of South Africa: what is needed?

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Title Data for decision-making for sustainable food systems transformation in the Eastern Cape of South Africa: what is needed?
 
Creator Karan, Romyne
Mowlds, Sinead
McKeown, Peter C.
Lundy, Mark
Spillane, Charles
 
Subject food systems
transformation
nutrition
indicators
decision support-decision aid
decision support systems-decision support tools
 
Description Transforming global food systems to promote food and nutritional security can help alleviate both poverty and ill-health, and support sustainable development. Such transformations need to be tailored and sensitive to the vulnerabilities and needs of marginalized communities yet are hindered by knowledge gaps. In particular, the food and nutrition security needs of the most vulnerable are often poorly understood, as are the policy frameworks and resource requirements associated with meeting their needs. To aid the development of frameworks to address these gaps, we review the current state of indicators relating to food systems for the improvement of food and nutrition security at the national and sub-national levels in South Africa. We identify gaps in the decision-making data in South Africa, including absence of food and nutrition security indicators. Integration of the South African Multidimensional Poverty Index and Food System Dashboard indicators could help address this, especially if applied at a sub-national level. Participatory food system mapping could also link data collection with system-level interactions and feedback loops to inform sub-national stakeholders in achieving food and nutritional security.
 
Date 2023-09-29
2023-10-04T09:31:15Z
2023-10-04T09:31:15Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Karan, R.; Mowlds, S.; McKeown, P.C.; Lundy, M.; Spillane, C. (2023) Data for decision-making for sustainable food systems transformation in the Eastern Cape of South Africa: what is needed?. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 7:1243466. ISSN: 2571-581X
2571-581X
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132112
https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1243466
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 10 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher FRONTIERS MEDIA
 
Source Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems