Our food systems are bankrupting our health systems, accelerating climate change and using natural resources in an unsustainable way.  Most people agree they need to be transformed to change this.  But how?  Food systems are complex and offer many entry points for change.  In addition, the data to describe food systems and their performance is scattered and not interoperable.  In effect we are flying blind in our journey to change food systems for the better.

The Food System Dashboard, developed by GAIN, and Johns Hopkins University, in collaboration with iTech Mission, Michigan State University (MSU), University of Michigan, and Euromonitor, responds to this challenge. It brings together extant data from public and private sources to help decision makers diagnose their food systems and identify all their levers of change and the ones that need to be pulled first. Following presentation of the Food Systems Dashboard, commentators will reflect on data and indicators as well as on implications for developing countries.

Speakers

• Jessica Fanzo, Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Global Food & Agricultural Policy and Ethics; Director for Johns Hopkins Global Food Ethics and Policy Program, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) (Presentation)
• Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) (Presentation)
• Arun Kapuria, CEO, iTech Mission

Discussants

• Inge Brouwer, Associate Professor of Food and Nutrition Security, Wageningen University & Research, and A4NH Flagship Leader of Food Systems for Healthier Diets
• Olivier Ecker, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
• Gina Kennedy, Theme leader, Diet Diversity for Nutrition and Health, Bioversity International

Moderator

• John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)