Integrating climate change, food safety, nutrition, and health outcomes in food systems policies and programs in Africa

Integrating climate change, food safety, nutrition, and health outcomes in food systems policies and programs is crucial for addressing the multifaceted challenges African countries encounter. Climate change significantly impacts food production, food safety, and the provision of nutritious and healthy diets. Existing interventionist policies in Africa have not taken a comprehensive approach to addressing the bidirectional relationships among climate change, food safety, nutrition, and health outcomes. This hinders the formulation of comprehensive policies and programs that effectively address these interconnected issues. Also, limited evidence supports understanding the interplay among climate change, food safety, nutrition, and health outcomes within the African context. Thus, the study explores the pathways of interlinkages and complementarities among these factors and identifies the barriers to their effective implementation. In achieving its objective, this study adopts a food systems approach to examine the interrelaionships among climate change, food safety, nutrition, and health programs and policies. The study uses a comprehensive analysis of existing literature and empirical data to better understand these interrelationships within the food system. By identifying the interdependencies, the study is relevant for the development of integrative policies and programs that address these interconnected issues.Á 摘要 将气候变化、食品安全、营养和健康结果纳入食品系统政策和计划, 对于应对非洲国家面临的多方面挑战至关重要。气候变化严重影响粮食生产、食品安全以及营养健康膳食的提供。非洲现有的干预政策尚未采取全面的方法来应对气候变化、食品安全、营养和健康结果之间的双向关系。这阻碍了用于有效解决这些相互关联问题的全面政策和计划的制定。此外, 鲜有研究聚焦于理解非洲情境下气候变化、食品安全、营养和健康结果之间的相互作用。因此, 本研究探讨了这些因素相互联系和互补的途径, 并识别了其有效实施的障碍。为实现研究目标, 本研究采用一项食品系统方法来分析气候变化、食品安全、营养、健康计划以及政策之间的相互关系。本研究对现有文献和实证数据进行了全面分析, 以更好地理解食品系统内的这些相互关系。通过识别相互依存关系, 本研究对于“制定解决这些相互关联问题的综合性政策和计划”一事具有相关性。 Resumen Integrar el cambio climático, la inocuidad de los alimentos, la nutrición y los resultados de salud en las políticas y programas de sistemas alimentarios es crucial para abordar los desafíos multifacéticos que enfrentan los países africanos. El cambio climático tiene un impacto significativo en la producción de alimentos, la seguridad alimentaria y el suministro de dietas nutritivas y saludables. Las políticas intervencionistas existentes en África no han adoptado un enfoque integral para abordar las relaciones bidireccionales entre el cambio climático, la seguridad alimentaria, la nutrición y los resultados de salud. Esto dificulta la formulación de política