TY - JOUR

T1 - Articulating the effect of food systems innovation on the Sustainable Development Goals

AU - Herrero, Mario

AU - Thornton, Philip K.

AU - Mason-D'Croz, Daniel

AU - Palmer, Jeda

AU - Bodirsky, Benjamin L.

AU - Pradhan, Prajal

AU - Barrett, Christopher B.

AU - Benton, Tim G.

AU - Hall, Andrew

AU - Pikaar, Ilje

AU - Bogard, Jessica R.

AU - Bonnett, Graham D.

AU - Bryan, Brett A.

AU - Campbell, Bruce M.

AU - Christensen, Svend

AU - Clark, Michael

AU - Fanzo, Jessica

AU - Godde, Cecile M.

AU - Jarvis, Andy

AU - Loboguerrero, Ana Maria

AU - Mathys, Alexander

AU - McIntyre, C. Lynne

AU - Naylor, Rosamond L.

AU - Nelson, Rebecca

AU - Obersteiner, Michael

AU - Parodi, Alejandro

AU - Popp, Alexander

AU - Ricketts, Katie

AU - Smith, Pete

AU - Valin, Hugo

AU - Vermeulen, Sonja J.

AU - Vervoort, Joost

AU - van Wijk, Mark

AU - van Zanten, Hannah HE

AU - West, Paul C.

AU - Wood, Stephen A.

AU - Rockström, Johan

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - Food system innovations will be instrumental to achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, major innovation breakthroughs can trigger profound and disruptive changes, leading to simultaneous and interlinked reconfigurations of multiple parts of the global food system. The emergence of new technologies or social solutions, therefore, have very different impact profiles, with favourable consequences for some SDGs and unintended adverse side-effects for others. Stand-alone innovations seldom achieve positive outcomes over multiple sustainability dimensions. Instead, they should be embedded as part of systemic changes that facilitate the implementation of the SDGs. Emerging trade-offs need to be intentionally addressed to achieve true sustainability, particularly those involving social aspects like inequality in its many forms, social justice, and strong institutions, which remain challenging. Trade-offs with undesirable consequences are manageable through the development of well planned transition pathways, careful monitoring of key indicators, and through the implementation of transparent science targets at the local level.

AB - Food system innovations will be instrumental to achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, major innovation breakthroughs can trigger profound and disruptive changes, leading to simultaneous and interlinked reconfigurations of multiple parts of the global food system. The emergence of new technologies or social solutions, therefore, have very different impact profiles, with favourable consequences for some SDGs and unintended adverse side-effects for others. Stand-alone innovations seldom achieve positive outcomes over multiple sustainability dimensions. Instead, they should be embedded as part of systemic changes that facilitate the implementation of the SDGs. Emerging trade-offs need to be intentionally addressed to achieve true sustainability, particularly those involving social aspects like inequality in its many forms, social justice, and strong institutions, which remain challenging. Trade-offs with undesirable consequences are manageable through the development of well planned transition pathways, careful monitoring of key indicators, and through the implementation of transparent science targets at the local level.

U2 - 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30277-1

DO - 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30277-1

M3 - Review

C2 - 33306994

AN - SCOPUS:85098151026

VL - 5

SP - e50-e62

JO - The Lancet Planetary Health

JF - The Lancet Planetary Health

SN - 2542-5196

IS - 1

ER -