Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Through Sustainable Food Systems

This publication offers a systemic analysis of sustainability in the food system, taking as its framework the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations. Targeted chapters from experts in the field cover main challenges in

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ng the Sustainable Development Goals Through Sustainable Food Systems

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Through Sustainable Food Systems

Riccardo Valentini  •  John L. Sievenpiper Marta Antonelli • Katarzyna Dembska Editors

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Through Sustainable Food Systems

Editors Riccardo Valentini Department for Innovation on Biological Agro-Food and Forest Systems University of Tuscia Viterbo, Italy Division on Impacts on Agriculture Forests and Ecosystem Services (IAFES) Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) Viterbo, Italy RUDN University, Moscow Head of Smart Urban Nature Laboratory Moscow, Russia Marta Antonelli Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition Parma, Italy

John L. Sievenpiper Faculty of Medicine Department of Nutritional Sciences University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism Department of Medicine St. Michael’s Hospital Toronto, ON, Canada Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute St. Michael’s Hospital Toronto, ON, Canada Katarzyna Dembska Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition Parma, Italy

Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Lecce, Italy

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To present and future generations. Everyone can contribute to build a more sustainable world.

Foreword

The food system stands today at crossroads. It is an integral component of the biological, social, economic, cultural, and environmental systems in which we live and operate but is currently faced with major challenges that include climate change, depletion