Sistemas Alimentarios Sostenibles: hacia una recuperación justa y resiliente en México

The document argues that Mexico's food systems can drive a just recovery by integrating sustainable practices in the primary sector, shortening distribution chains, and improving public nutrition. It highlights the vulnerability of the sector to the climate crisis and the exacerbation of food insecurity and malnutrition caused by the pandemic. Key recommendations include reorienting agricultural subsidies toward crop diversification, implementing sustainability certifications for exporters, supporting small and medium producers with organic fertilizers and digital commerce, and aligning public food procurement with nutritional health standards.

• The Mexican agricultural sector is both a significant contributor to environmental degradation and highly vulnerable to the climate crisis, with projections suggesting most crops may not be suitable for the environment by 2030.
• Agricultural emissions in Mexico are heavily driven by methane, with 65.17% of emissions corresponding to CH4, primarily from soil manipulation (28.77%) and manure management (5.77%).
• The pandemic exposed the vulnerability of long food supply chains, leading to significant waste of perishable goods like fruits and vegetables, and highlighted the need for regionalized, shorter distribution circuits.
• Small and medium producers, who represent a growing share of agricultural employment (80.1% in units of fewer than 5 people by 2015), are better positioned to implement sustainable practices and crop diversification but face barriers in financing and market access.
• Mexico faces a severe public health crisis characterized by a 'double or triple burden' of malnutrition, where 55.5% of the population experiences food insecurity, and high rates of obesity coexist with chronic malnutrition in children.
• There is a critical need to align public food procurement for vulnerable populations with nutritional legislation, as some basic baskets provided by SEGALMEX contain products with warning labels for poor nutritional quality.

APA

Transforma (2020). Sistemas Alimentarios Sostenibles: hacia una recuperación justa y resiliente en México. https://transforma.global/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Brief-Sistemas-Alimentarios.pdf

Chicago

Transforma. Sistemas Alimentarios Sostenibles: hacia una recuperación justa y resiliente en México. 2020. https://transforma.global/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Brief-Sistemas-Alimentarios.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{transforma2020sistemas, author = {{Transforma}}, title = {{Sistemas Alimentarios Sostenibles: hacia una recuperación justa y resiliente en México}}, institution = {Transforma}, year = {2020}, month = nov, url = {https://transforma.global/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Brief-Sistemas-Alimentarios.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }