Addis Ababa hosted the 2nd United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktake, uniting policymakers, researchers, and community leaders around a shared truth: food systems shape our future.
The summit responded to the growing global consensus that resilient food systems are key to human development and planetary health.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Group System-wide Evaluation Office (SWEO) contributes evaluative insights to support follow-up to the Food Systems Summit Stocktake through the Evaluation Evidence Food Systems Summary.
Drawing on independent United Nations evaluations from 2021–2024, this evidence summary informs system-wide decision-making and strengthens pathways toward sustainable food systems.
The summary highlights 3 transformative factors:
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Resilience in agricultural communities and value chains transforms outcomes
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Advanced data analysis enables structural shifts
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Technical innovation drives sustainable production and nutrition
Sustainable financing for food systems change is scarce and rarely strategic. Private and public sector financing is needed to catalyse action and sustain transformation.
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