The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) published the Food Systems Countdown Report 2024. This groundbreaking report is based on the peer-reviewed publication in Nature Food titled: Governance and resilience as entry points for transforming food systems in the countdown to 2030. 

Food systems are under significant pressure, grappling with widespread malnutrition, low wages and poor working conditions in food-related jobs, and the environmental toll of food production on planetary health. To address these challenges, a fundamental transformation of food systems is urgently required to better align them with social and environmental objectives.

The Food Systems Countdown Initiative is a global, interdisciplinary scientific collaboration that monitors this transformation. It regularly updates data on 50 food system indicators and conducts thematic analyses on critical food system issues. Such monitoring can help align decision-makers around key priorities, incentivise action, hold stakeholders accountable, sustain commitment by demonstrating progress, and enable course corrections.

The 2024 Countdown publications assess changes in indicator values since 2000, highlighting trends that reflect progress—or setbacks—towards desired outcomes. The findings reveal some reasons for optimism: globally, 20 of the 42 indicators with available time trends have improved on average. However, seven indicators have significantly worsened, and 15 show no notable progress, underscoring the need for accelerated efforts to achieve key global targets.

To read more, visit The Food System Countdown Initiative 2024 Publications page on the GAIN website.