Shenggen Fan SPECIAL EVENT Investing for Reshaping Food Systems Official Side Event of the 2018 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development JUL 11, 2018 - 01:15 PM TO 02:30 PM EDT

1. Shenggen Fan, July 2018
Shenggen Fan | Director General
International Food Policy Research Institute
New York, NY | July 11, 2018
RESHAPING
FOOD SYSTEMS:
Key policies and investments
United Nations High-level Political Forum
Side Event

2. Shenggen Fan, July 2018
Over half of SDGs relate to
food security and nutrition
The food system must be reshaped to achieve SDGs
New food system
Nutrition- & health-driven
Productive & efficient
Environmentally sustainable
& climate-smart
Inclusive
Business friendly

3. Shenggen Fan, July 2018
Prioritize policies for nutrition & health
Promote nutritious, sustainable, and healthy diets
• Tax nutrient-poor foods and subsidize nutrient-rich foods
‒ Divert funds to promote carbon neutral or low carbon food
production (e.g. Brazil’s carbon neutral beef)
• Taxing emissions-intensive foods (e.g. meat and dairy) could avoid
more than 100,000 deaths in 2020
Source: Tiffin and Arnoult 2010, WRI 2016, Springmann et al. 2016
Changes in prices and consumption
by food commodity (%)
Reform subsidies for agricultural inputs and staple crops
• Subsidies should not crowd out other public investments with
greater returns
• Convert funds to
‒ Support production of fruits and vegetables, and other nutrient-
rich foods
‒ Provide income support for vulnerable groups, including
smallholders, women, and youth

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Picture sources: IRRI, New Agriculturist, and Zen Gardner
Promote evidence-based technologies
• Yield enhancing technologies (e.g. Remote sensing, precision agriculture)
• Improved, climate-resilient varieties (e.g. New Rice for Africa “NERICA”)
• Nutrition-driven and nutrition-sensitive technologies (e.g. Biofortification)
Photos: Ageitec, HarvestPlus, WEF, ICRAF
Scale up new multiple-win technologies
• Alternative proteins to reduce GHGs, environmental impact, health risks
• Gene editing for seed improvements
• Big data and analytics to lower transaction costs, improve monitoring
• Blockchain-enabled traceability
Support farmer-led innovations
• E.g. planting basins to conserve water and improve food safety
Invest in innovations to achieve multiple wins

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Close gender gap in agriculture
• Ensure agriculture technologies benefit women
• Reform institutions to strengthen resource rights
• Enhance access to inputs and credit
Support inclusive institutions & effective governance
Source: Theis et al. 2017, Meinzen-Dick et al. 2017, Olney et al. 2016, Malapit and Quisumbing 2015
Encourage inclusive value chains
• Support inclusive marketing in food value chains, e.g. India’s improved
dairy chain
• Strengthen rural-urban linkages to aid food security, nutrition, and
livelihoods
Promote effective governance mechanisms
• Integrate and coordinate relevant sectors
• Enhance monitoring and accountability with data
• Consider a scientific platform for food systems
Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard

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Upcoming global learning event bringing
together decision makers, practitioners,
researchers, and other stakeholders
Cooperation and mutual learning will be key

7. Shenggen Fan, July 2018
To ensure human and planetary health,
we must reshape food systems –
this will require robust evidence, good
governance, and strong commitment
from the international community