Achieving Sustainable Food Systems in a Global Crisis: Summary Report

This executive summary outlines evidence-based and costed roadmaps for transforming agriculture and food systems in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Nigeria to combat hunger, improve nutrition, increase small-scale producer incomes, and address climate change.

• Transforming food systems in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Nigeria to meet sustainable development goals requires an average additional public investment of USD 10 billion per year from 2023 to 2030. This total is split between an average donor share of USD 5.8 billion and a country share of USD 4.2 billion per year.
• There is a significant funding imbalance where short-term emergency food assistance has increased, but longer-term investment needs to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 remain underfunded, which increases vulnerability to shocks and raises the number of people facing hunger and poverty.
• Closing the USD 10 billion annual financing gap is projected to reduce the prevalence of undernourishment to under 3% by 2030 in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Nigeria, down from current projections of 22%, 25%, and 21% respectively.
• Successful implementation of the roadmaps would enable 248 million people (approximately 60% of the population in the three countries) to transition to healthier diets and would double the average incomes of 29 million small-scale producers by 2030 compared to 2015 levels.

APA

Smaller,, L. B. D. B. E. R. L. M. M. P. P. (2023). Achieving Sustainable Food Systems in a Global Crisis: Summary Report. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/sustainable-food-systems-global-crisis-summary

Chicago

Smaller,, Livia Bizikova,Alan De Brauw,Mali Eber Rose,David Laborde,Kulthoum Motsumi,Mike Murphy,Marie Parent,Francine Picard,Carin. Achieving Sustainable Food Systems in a Global Crisis: Summary Report. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2023. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/sustainable-food-systems-global-crisis-summary.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{smaller2023achieving, author = {Smaller,, Livia Bizikova,Alan De Brauw,Mali Eber Rose,David Laborde,Kulthoum Motsumi,Mike Murphy,Marie Parent,Francine Picard,Carin}, title = {{Achieving Sustainable Food Systems in a Global Crisis: Summary Report}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2023}, month = jan, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/sustainable-food-systems-global-crisis-summary}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }