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Innovation with a Purpose: The role of technology innovation in accelerating food systems transformation

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Global food systems today are in need of transformation. Billions of people are poorly nourished, millions of farmers live at subsistence level, enormous amounts of food go to waste and poor farming practices are taking a toll on the environment. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 will require food systems that are inclusive, sustainable, efficient, nutritious and healthy.
Achieving a true transformation of food systems requires a holistic approach – one engaging all stakeholders and deploying a wide array of actions such as improved policy, increased investment, expanded infrastructure, farmer capacity-building, consumer behaviour change and improved resource management. Technology innovations, combined with other interventions, can play an important role in enabling and accelerating food systems transformation.
Keywords: 
2018, Disruptive innovation, Food Economy, Food production, Food Security, Technological innovation, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable Development
Country of publication: 
Switzerland
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Publication date: 
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Number of pages: 
42