Innovation can accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system

Mario  Herrero; Philip K.  Thornton; Daniel Mason-D’Croz; Jeda Palmer; Tim G. Benton; Benjamin L. Bodirsky; Jessica Bogard; Andrew Hall; Bernice Lee; Karine Nyborg; Prajal Pradhan; Graham Bonnett; Brett A. Bryan; Bruce Campbell; Svend Christensen; Michael Clark; Mat Cook; Imke J.M. de Boer; Chris Downs; Kanar Dizyee; Christian Folberth; Cécile Godde; James Gerber; Michael Grundy; Petr  Havlík; Andrew Jarvis; Richard King; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Mauricio A. Lopes; C. Lynne McIntyre; Rosamond Naylor; Javier Navarro; Michael Obersteiner; Alejandro Parodi; Mark B. Peoples; Ilje Pikaar; Alexander Popp; Johan Rockström; Michael Robertson; Pete Smith; Elke  Stehfest; Steve M. Swain; Hugo Valin; Mark van Wijk; Hannah H.E. van Zanten; Sonja Vermeulen; Joost Vervoort; Paul  West

doi:10.1038/s43016-020-0074-1

Innovation can accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system

Mario Herrero^*, Philip K. Thornton, Daniel Mason-D’Croz, Jeda Palmer, Tim G. Benton, Benjamin L. Bodirsky, Jessica Bogard, Andrew Hall, Bernice Lee, Karine Nyborg, Prajal Pradhan, Graham Bonnett, Brett A. Bryan, Bruce Campbell, Svend Christensen, Michael Clark, Mat Cook, Imke J.M. de Boer, Chris Downs, Kanar DizyeeChristian Folberth, Cécile Godde, James Gerber, Michael Grundy, Petr Havlík, Andrew Jarvis, Richard King, Ana Maria Loboguerrero, Mauricio A. Lopes, C. Lynne McIntyre, Rosamond Naylor, Javier Navarro, Michael Obersteiner, Alejandro Parodi, Mark B. Peoples, Ilje Pikaar, Alexander Popp, Johan Rockström, Michael Robertson, Pete Smith, Elke Stehfest, Steve M. Swain, Hugo Valin, Mark van Wijk, Hannah H.E. van Zanten, Sonja Vermeulen, Joost Vervoort, Paul West

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Abstract

Future technologies and systemic innovation are critical for the profound transformation the food system needs. These innovations range from food production, land use and emissions, all the way to improved diets and waste management. Here, we identify these technologies, assess their readiness and propose eight action points that could accelerate the transition towards a more sustainable food system. We argue that the speed of innovation could be significantly increased with the appropriate incentives, regulations and social license. These, in turn, require constructive stakeholder dialogue and clear transition pathways.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	266-272
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nature Food
Volume	1
Early online date	19 May 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-0074-1
Publication status	Published - May 2020

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M.H., D.M.-D., J.P.J., J.R.B., G.D.B., M.T.C., C.D., C.M.G., M.G., C.L.M., J.N., M.B.P., M.J.R. and S.M.S. acknowledge funding from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; P.T., B.M.C., A.J. and A.M.L. acknowledge funding from the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), which is carried out with support from the CGIAR Trust Fund and through bilateral funding agreements (see https://ccafs.cgiar.org/donors). The views expressed in this document cannot be taken to reflect the official opinions of these organizations. B.L.B. acknowledges funding from the NAVIGATE project of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 821124, and by the project SHAPE, which is part of AXIS, an ERA-NET initiated by JPI Climate, and funded by FORMAS (SE), FFG/BMWFW (AT), DLR/BMBF (DE, grant no. 01LS1907A-B-C), NWO (NL) and RCN (NO) with co-funding by the European Union (grant no. 776608); P.P. acknowledges funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (grant agreement no. 01DP17035); M.C. acknowledges funding from the Wellcome Trust, Our Planet Our Health (Livestock, Environment and People), award number 205212/Z/16/Z; J.S.G., P.S. and P.C.W. acknowledge funding from the Belmont Forum/FACCE-JPI DEVIL project (grant no. NE/M021327/1); A.P. acknowledges funding from the NAVIGATE project of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 821124, and by the project SHAPE, which is part of AXIS, an ERA-NET initiated by JPI Climate, and funded by FORMAS (SE), FFG/BMWFW (AT), DLR/BMBF (DE, grant no. 01LS1907A-B-C), NWO (NL) and RCN (NO) with co-funding by the European Union (grant no. 776608).

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Herrero, M., Thornton, P. K., Mason-D’Croz, D., Palmer, J., Benton, T. G., Bodirsky, B. L., Bogard, J., Hall, A., Lee, B., Nyborg, K., Pradhan, P., Bonnett, G., Bryan, B. A., Campbell, B., Christensen, S., Clark, M., Cook, M., de Boer, I. J. M., Downs, C., ... West, P. (2020). Innovation can accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system. Nature Food, 1, 266-272. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-0074-1

Herrero, M, Thornton, PK, Mason-D’Croz, D, Palmer, J, Benton, TG, Bodirsky, BL, Bogard, J, Hall, A, Lee, B, Nyborg, K, Pradhan, P, Bonnett, G, Bryan, BA, Campbell, B, Christensen, S, Clark, M, Cook, M, de Boer, IJM, Downs, C, Dizyee, K, Folberth, C, Godde, C, Gerber, J, Grundy, M, Havlík, P, Jarvis, A, King, R, Loboguerrero, AM, Lopes, MA, McIntyre, CL, Naylor, R, Navarro, J, Obersteiner, M, Parodi, A, Peoples, MB, Pikaar, I, Popp, A, Rockström, J, Robertson, M, Smith, P, Stehfest, E, Swain, SM, Valin, H, van Wijk, M, van Zanten, HHE, Vermeulen, S, Vervoort, J & West, P 2020, 'Innovation can accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system', Nature Food, vol. 1, pp. 266-272. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-0074-1

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