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Elodie Becquey is a Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, based in IFPRI’s West and Central Africa office in Senegal. She has over 15 years of research experience in diet, nutrition, and food security in Africa, including countries such as Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, and Tanzania.

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What Do We Know About the Future of Food Systems?

IFPRI Book published in July 2025

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Food systems have achieved remarkable progress in recent decades, but moving forward, they will face significant challenges in delivering the many outputs and services—such as poverty alleviation, nutrition and health, livelihoods, and environmental sustainability—we expect and need. By combining sophisticated analysis and close engagement with stakeholders, we can identify and explore the likely impacts of different future scenarios based on alternative development pathways and external factors. These results can help inform the decisions we make about food systems today.

This book, What Do We Know About the Future of Food Systems?, is a collection of short chapters that synthesize current knowledge about different aspects of the future of food systems. Written by more than 100 scientists from around the world with expertise in a wide range of related disciplines and regions, these chapters provide accessible overviews of the latest foresight research on each topic, guide readers toward more detailed information, and offer insights into how our knowledge of future trends can be improved.

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Introduction / Overview 

Chapter 1. What are food systems and what can we know about their future? 

By Keith Wiebe (IFPRI) and Elisabetta Gotor (Bioversity International)

Permanent link – https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175020 (Chapter) / https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175019 (Full Book)

Part One: What do we know about the future of food systems drivers and impacts? 

Part Two: What do we know about the future of food systems in selected regions? 

Part Three: What do we know about the future of food systems in selected countries?

Part Four: What do we know about the future of selected food commodities?

Part Five: What do we know about the future of foresight data and analytical tools?

Note: You can also order a printed copy of the book from Amazon here.

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  • What Do We Know About the Future of Food Systems?
    July 23, 2025, 9:30 – 11:00 am

    What Do We Know About the Future of Food Systems?

    Food systems have achieved remarkable progress in recent decades, but moving forward, they will face significant challenges in delivering the many outputs and services—such as poverty alleviation, nutrition and health, livelihoods, and environmental sustainability—we expect and need. By combining sophisticated analysis and close engagement with stakeholders, we can identify and explore the likely impacts of…