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National food systems: Inclusive transformation for healthier diets

In: 2020 Global food policy report: Building inclusive food systems

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  • McDermott, John
  • de Brauw, Alan

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National food systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are transforming rapidly from traditional to modern. This is part of a larger story of rural transformation, urbanization, and development that can offer new opportunities for inclusion of poor and marginalized people. In addition to creating employment and income-generating opportunities, transformation can also support improvements in nutrition that are associated with long-term impacts on health, cognitive capacity, educational attainment, income, and development. The tools and policies for making food system value chains more inclusive have been described in the previous chapters, as have the particular obstacles and opportunities facing smallholders, women, youth, and refugees. Here we identify some of the challenges of ensuring that national food system transformations contribute to better diets and nutrition outcomes for all.

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  • McDermott, John & de Brauw, Alan, 2020. "National food systems: Inclusive transformation for healthier diets," IFPRI book chapters, in: 2020 Global food policy report: Building inclusive food systems, chapter 6, pages 54-65, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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