Determining Key Research Areas For Healthier Diets And Sustainable Food Systems In Viet Nam

Author : Jessica E. Raneri,Gina Kennedy,Trang Nguyen,Sigrid Wertheim-Heck,Ha Do,Stef de Haan,Nguyen Phuong
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 127 pages
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Release : 2019-10-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Determining key research areas for healthier diets and sustainable food systems in Viet Nam by Jessica E. Raneri,Gina Kennedy,Trang Nguyen,Sigrid Wertheim-Heck,Ha Do,Stef de Haan,Nguyen Phuong Pdf

Vietnamese food systems are undergoing rapid transformation, with important implications for human and environmental health and economic development. Poverty has decreased, and diet quality and undernutrition have improved significantly since the end of the Doi Moi reform period (1986-1993) as a result of Viet Nam opening its economy and increasing its regional and global trade. Yet poor diet quality is still contributing the triple burden of malnutrition, with 25 percent stunting among children under age 5, 26 percent and 29 percent of women and children, respectively, anemic, and 21 percent of adults overweight. Agricultural production systems have shifted from predominantly diverse smallholder systems to larger more commercialized and specialized systems, especially for crops, while the ‘meatification’ of the Vietnamese diet is generating serious trade-offs between improved nutrition and sustainability of the Vietnamese food systems. The food processing industry has developed rapidly, together with food imports, resulting in new and processed food products penetrating the food retail outlets, trending towards an increase in the Westernized consumption patterns that are shifting nutrition-related problems towards overweight and obesity and, with it, an increase of non-communicable disease-related health risks. While regulatory policies exist across the food system, these are not systematically implemented, making food safety a major concern for consumers and policy makers alike. Where data exists, it is not easy to aggregate with data from across food system dimensions, making it difficult for Viet Nam to make an informed analysis of current and potential food system trade-offs. In our research, we reviewed existing literature and data, and applied a food systems framework to develop an initial food systems profile for Viet Nam and to identify a comprehensive set a of research questions to fill current data gaps identified through the review. Insights on these would provide the comprehensive evidence needed to inform policy makers on how to develop new food systems policies for Viet Nam, and further refine and improve existing policies to achieve better quality diets and more sustainable food systems in Viet Nam. Based on these, we then engaged with stakeholders to develop research priorities in the Viet Nam context and identified 25 priority research questions. This paper aims to stimulate such reflections by clearly outlining key areas for research, government policy, and development programs on priority investment to build the evidence base around inclusive food systems interventions that aim to result in healthier diets and more sustainable food systems for Viet Nam

Author : Jessica E. Raneri,Gina Kennedy,Trang Nguyen,Sigrid Wertheim-Heck,Ha Do,Stef de Haan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1353288705

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Determining Key Research Areas for Healthier Diets and Sustainable Food Systems in Viet Nam by Jessica E. Raneri,Gina Kennedy,Trang Nguyen,Sigrid Wertheim-Heck,Ha Do,Stef de Haan Pdf

Author : Élodie Valette,Alison Blay-Palmer,Beatrice Intoppa,Amanda Di Battista,Ophélie Roudelle,Géraldine Chaboud
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000966206

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Evaluating Sustainable Food System Innovations by Élodie Valette,Alison Blay-Palmer,Beatrice Intoppa,Amanda Di Battista,Ophélie Roudelle,Géraldine Chaboud Pdf

This book presents URBAL, an approach that applies impact pathway mapping to understand how food system innovations in cities, and their territories, change and impact food system sustainability. Around the world, people are finding innovative ways to make their food systems more sustainable. However, documenting and understanding how these innovations impact the sustainability of food system can be a challenge. The Urban Driven Innovations for Sustainable Food Systems (URBAL) methodology responds to these constraints by providing innovations with a simple, open-source, resource-efficient tool that is easily appropriated and adaptable to different contexts. URBAL is designed to respond to the demands of field stakeholders, whether public or private, to accompany and guide them in their actions and decision-making with regard to sustainability objectives. This book presents this qualitative and participatory impact assessment method of food innovations and applies it to several cases of food innovation around the world, including the impact of agricultural districts in Milan, chefs and gastronomy in Brasilia, e-commerce in Vietnam, eco-friendly farm systems in Berlin and The Nourish to Flourish governance process in Cape Town. The book demonstrates how food innovations can impact different dimensions of sustainability, positively and negatively, and identify the elements that facilitate or hinder these impacts. The volume reflects on how to strengthen the capacity of these stakeholders to disseminate their innovations on other scales to contribute to the transition towards more sustainable food systems. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars working on sustainable food systems, urban food, food innovation and impact assessment, as well as policymakers, practitioners and funders interested in these areas.

Author : de Brauw, Alan,Waid, Jillian,Meisner, Craig A.,Akter, Fahmida,Khan, Bushra Ferdous
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Food systems for healthier diets in Bangladesh: Towards a research agenda by de Brauw, Alan,Waid, Jillian,Meisner, Craig A.,Akter, Fahmida,Khan, Bushra Ferdous Pdf

The national food system of Bangladesh has made substantial progress since experiencing famine in 1974, soon after independence. After the famine, the government placed a strong emphasis on policies required to attain grain self-sufficiency; since attaining self-sufficiency, the production system, policies related to it, and resulting diets have begun to diversify. Nonetheless, undernutrition remains a problem, and fruit and vegetable consumption are inadequate for most people relative to international recommendations. Moreover, as the food system has begun to transition towards a modern one, challenges related to food safety and perceived food adulteration have begun to rise. Further, increased processed food intakes are potentially associated with existing rising overweight and obesity status. Both government interventions and innovations are needed to help shift the national food system to improve nutrient-dense food availability, particularly among the poor, and to limit the increase in processed food consumption.

Author : Arve Hansen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031141676

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Consumption and Vietnam’s New Middle Classes by Arve Hansen Pdf

This book studies the dramatic changes in consumption patterns in Vietnam over the past decades, combining a focus on everyday practices and societal transformations. Zooming in on the new urban middle classes, and through in-depth case studies in the realms of mobility, food and energy, the book brings new insights to some of the most urgent global sustainability challenges. Based on a decade of research in Vietnam, the book aims to contribute to better understanding one of the most fascinating ‘development success stories’ in the world. It introduces the term ‘consumer socialism’ to analyse some of the contradictions embedded in the socialist market economy. Simultaneously, the book aims to contribute to strengthening consumption research in and on emerging economies, and for this purpose develops a theoretical approach focusing on social practices and the political economy of consumption.

Author : Arve Hansen,Karen Lykke Syse
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781538142660

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Changing Meat Cultures by Arve Hansen,Karen Lykke Syse Pdf

This collection explains changing meat cultures through studies of both everyday food practices and the political economy of industrialized animal husbandry. We do this through case studies from 'affluent' and 'developing' countries. These contributions will shed light on global food connections and show how global, industrialized food and fodder systems have changed the way we relate to animals, their meat, and what kind of animals’ meat we eat. In the past few years, controversies around meat have arisen around industrialization and globalization of meat production, often pivoting around health, environmental problems, and animal welfare issues. Although meat increasingly figures as a problem, most consumers’ knowledge of animal husbandry and meat is more absent than ever. How is meat produced today, and where? How do we consume meat, and how have our consumption habits changed? Why have these changes occurred, and what are the social and cultural consequences of these changes? This book takes the reader on a geographic, ethnographic and historical journey to rural and urban areas and arenas across the world, and tells a series of stories of the dramatic changes in meat consumption.

Author : De Groote, Bram,Olaerts, Astrid,Herens, Marion,Dengerink, Just,Namugumya Shenute, Brenda,ten Hove, Hermine
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Food systems governance e-course – SHiFT work package 5 evaluation report by De Groote, Bram,Olaerts, Astrid,Herens, Marion,Dengerink, Just,Namugumya Shenute, Brenda,ten Hove, Hermine Pdf

The food systems approach is increasingly being used to understand the dynamics of how food is produced and consumed, with an optimal outcome for human health, social justice, economic endeavors, and the preservation of planetary resources. Since the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) in September 2021, the food systems approach has become central to policy and practice of many international development and research organizations, multilateral organizations, and in (national) programs and policies aiming at improving food and nutrition security.

Author : de Brauw, Alan,Van den berg, Marrit,Brouwer, Inge D.,Snoek, Harriette,Vignola, Raffaele,Melesse, Mequanint B.,Lochetti, Gaia,Van Wagenberg, Coen,Lundy, Mark,Maître d'Hôtel, Eloide,Ruben, Ruerd
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Food system innovations for healthier diets in low and middle-income countries by de Brauw, Alan,Van den berg, Marrit,Brouwer, Inge D.,Snoek, Harriette,Vignola, Raffaele,Melesse, Mequanint B.,Lochetti, Gaia,Van Wagenberg, Coen,Lundy, Mark,Maître d'Hôtel, Eloide,Ruben, Ruerd Pdf

Malnutrition in all its forms is a major challenge everywhere in the world, and particularly in low and middle income countries. To reduce malnutrition, innovations in food systems are needed to both provide sufficient options for consumers to obtain diets with adequate nutritional value, and to help consumers make conscious and unconscious choices to choose healthier diets. A potential solution to this challenge is food systems innovations designed to lead to healthier diets. In this paper, we lay out a multidisciplinary framework for both identifying and analyzing innovations in food systems that can lead to improvements in the choices available to consumers and their diets from a health perspective. The framework identifies entry points for the design of potential food systems innovations, highlighting potential synergies, feedback, and tradeoffs within the food system. The paper concludes by providing examples of potential innovations and describes future research that can be developed to support the role of food systems in providing healthier diets.

Author : Michelle Cristine Medeiros Jacob,Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030691394

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Local Food Plants of Brazil by Michelle Cristine Medeiros Jacob,Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque Pdf

There has been growing academic interest in local food plants. This is a subject that lies at the frontiers of knowledge of various areas, such as environmental sciences, nutrition, public health, and humanities. To date, however, we do not have a book bringing these multi-disciplinary perspectives to bear on this complex field. This book presents the current state of knowledge on local Brazilian food plants through a multidisciplinary approach, including an overview of food plants in Brazil, as well as comprehensive nutritional data. It compiles basic theories on the interrelationship between biodiversity and food and nutrition security, as well as ethnobotanical knowledge of local Brazilian food plants. Additionally, this title provides various methods of learning and teaching the subject, including through social media, artificial intelligence, and through workshops, among others.

Author : Habermann, Birgit,Nehring, Ryan,Zhang, Wei,Hettiarachchi, Upeksha,Leñero, Eva Marina-Valencia,Falk, Thomas,Rietveld, Anne M.,Woltering, Lennart,Kumar, Praveen,Wang, Xinxin,Zhou, Yunyi,Chen, Kevin Z.,Pham, Thuy Thu,Rodríguez, Luz Ángela,Venegas, Martha
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A conceptual framework of living labs for people for sustainable food systems by Habermann, Birgit,Nehring, Ryan,Zhang, Wei,Hettiarachchi, Upeksha,Leñero, Eva Marina-Valencia,Falk, Thomas,Rietveld, Anne M.,Woltering, Lennart,Kumar, Praveen,Wang, Xinxin,Zhou, Yunyi,Chen, Kevin Z.,Pham, Thuy Thu,Rodríguez, Luz Ángela,Venegas, Martha Pdf

Innovation spaces are often dominated by linear, top-down approaches, with the transfer of technology being seen as the solution to many problems rather than trying to understand which innovation processes people are engaging with themselves. In other words, barriers to progress are typically viewed as issues of technology adoption, not as part of the innovation process itself. This study contributes to changing the paradigm by proposing a living lab approach, which considers innovation as an adaptive process where stakeholders co-produce knowledge and collaborate based on inclusivity and empowerment. Our specific concept for this approach is called a Living Lab for People (LL4P). This conceptual paper outlines a framework to guide the development of a LL4P that remains flexible to be adapted for specific sites. While we seek to identify common denominators, we recognize the necessity for such a framework to remain open enough to be adaptable for varied contexts. Consequently, the framework draws on the living lab literature but tailors existing approaches for sustainable food system transformation and puts people (men, women, and marginalized groups among key food system actors) at the center of innovation processes with a clear intention to address power and social inequity. We draw on specific cases in China, Colombia, Kenya and Vietnam as learning grounds for formulating LL4Ps through locally led innovation processes. Based on our learnings and consultations, we define a LL4P as an inclusive and diverse space for people to advance their socio-technical innovation processes and associated modes of governance within a facilitated organizational structure. The principles of LL4Ps include co-production, gender equality and social inclusion, governance and institutional sustainability to advance existing and novel innovation processes. The practical experiences from applying this framework in the four case studies indicate alternative pathways for transforming the food system toward a sustainable and socially equitable trajectory through the establishment of a LL4P.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,World Health Organization
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251318751

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Sustainable healthy diets by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,World Health Organization Pdf

Considering the detrimental environmental impact of current food systems, and the concerns raised about their sustainability, there is an urgent need to promote diets that are healthy and have low environmental impacts. These diets also need to be socio-culturally acceptable and economically accessible for all. Acknowledging the existence of diverging views on the concepts of sustainable diets and healthy diets, countries have requested guidance from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) on what constitutes sustainable healthy diets. These guiding principles take a holistic approach to diets; they consider international nutrition recommendations; the environmental cost of food production and consumption; and the adaptability to local social, cultural and economic contexts. This publication aims to support the efforts of countries as they work to transform food systems to deliver on sustainable healthy diets, contributing to the achievement of the SDGs at country level, especially Goals 1 (No Poverty), 2 (Zero Hunger), 3 (Good Health and Well-Being), 4 (Quality Education), 5 (Gender Equality) and 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) and 13 (Climate Action).

Author : Melesse, Mequanint B.,Van den berg, Marrit,Béné, Christophe,Brouwer, Inge D,de Brauw, Alan
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Improving diets through food systems in low- and middle-income countries: Metrics for analysis by Melesse, Mequanint B.,Van den berg, Marrit,Béné, Christophe,Brouwer, Inge D,de Brauw, Alan Pdf

Taking a food systems approach is a promising strategy for improving diets. Implementing such an approach would require the use of a comprehensive set of metrics to characterize food systems, set meaningful goals, track food systems performance, and evaluate the impacts of food systems interventions. Food systems metrics are also useful to structure debates and communicate to policy makers and the general public. This paper provides an updated analytical framework of food systems and uses this to systematically identify relevant metrics and indicators based on data availability in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The list of indicators partly overlaps with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators, but these do not cover all aspects of the food system. We conclude that public data are relatively available on food systems drivers and outcomes, and on some, but not all, of the activities. With only minor additional investments, existing surveys could be extended to cove

Author : CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A4NH 2019 annual report highlights by CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) Pdf

Author : International Food Policy Research Institute
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Synopsis: Global food policy report 2024: Food systems for healthy diets and nutrition by International Food Policy Research Institute Pdf

Food systems and diets underpin many critical challenges to public health and environmental sustainability, including malnutrition, noncommunicable diseases, and climate change, but sustainable healthy diets have the unique potential to reshape the future for both human and planetary well-being. The 2024 Global Food Policy Report draws on recent evidence to examine the role of food systems in driving nutrition outcomes and opportunities for transforming food systems to ensure healthy diets for all. Chapters by IFPRI researchers and partners evaluate proven and innovative ways to sustainably improve diet quality and reduce malnutrition, including ways to make healthy diets more affordable, accessible, and desirable, how to improve food environments, the role of both agricultural crops and animal-source foods, and governance for better diets and nutrition, all with a major focus on the most vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries. Regional sections explore the diverse challenges countries face and promising policy responses for transforming food systems for sustainable healthy diets.

Author : de Brauw, Alan,Ceballos, Francisco,Le, Ly,Soneja, Payal
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Description of MSME Survey in Viet Nam by de Brauw, Alan,Ceballos, Francisco,Le, Ly,Soneja, Payal Pdf

During the first half of 2023, researchers associated with Work Package 2 (WP2) of the CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT) conducted three linked surveys to learn more about micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that currently supply foods within urban, peri-urban, and rural locations in Viet Nam and contribute to developing ways to foster their supply of sustainable nutritious foods. 1 Therefore, the surveys had three linked goals—to better characterize the business environment in which MSMEs operate; to understand any constraints they face in selling more sustainable nutritious foods; and to help inform interventions with scaling potential that could increase the availability of sustainable nutritious foods for consumers. The first survey was a listing exercise (or a short audit, as it is called by Work Package 1 of SHiFT). This listing exercise was almost exclusively an observational exercise, taking place within selected areas of the urban, peri-urban, and rural sites. The idea was to understand the proportion of different types of businesses available, what was sold at those businesses, and to understand if people could sit down at the establishment or not (particularly for restaurants). The second survey was a longer survey targeting outlets from the listing exercise that had a higher chance of being MSMEs and could potentially modify their food offerings. This MSME survey inquired about labor use, sources of foods or ingredients for foods sold, asset holdings of the business, access to and use of financial instruments, degree of formality, and perceptions of and desire to sell more sustainable nutritious foods. The MSME survey, in turn, was used to seed a third survey, targeted at suppliers, with the objective of identifying any potential constraints at the supplier level for expanding the offering of sustainable nutritious foods. Outlets participating in the MSME survey were asked to share the contact information of some of their suppliers, and a subset of these were reached by phone and administered a reduced version of the MSME questionnaire, inquiring about their businesses and perceptions. A secondary goal of the survey was to understand to what extent employment of women and youth relates to MSME activity. In particular, when devising interventions to help MSMEs offer more sustainable nutritious foods, we want to ensure that those interventions have either a positive or neutral effect on employment among women and youth; in other words, we want to ensure that they do not have a negative effect on employment among these populations.