Source: IOM 2015, A Framework for Assessing the Effects of a Food System

UN SCN Side Event, Rome, 14 October 2015

What does a food system look like?

Indicators that help define food systems• Urbanization reflects evolving demographic dynamics such as changes

in fertility rates, lifestyles and occupations, and land use patterns.• Agricultural productivity reflects technology use, especially

mechanization, in agriculture. • Food supply diversity derives from relatively fixed natural resource

assets, investments in agricultural R&D, and agricultural policies. • Soil quality and change in land use are suggestive of the stress placed

on the food production system from agriculture• Level of food prices and share of the consumer budget spent on food

reveal the burden on consumers of meeting their food needs.

Food System Outcomes Indicators Industrial Mixed Transitioning Emerging Rural

Food Diversity and Availability

Fresh Food, Kg Retail Sales per Capita (Euromonitor, 2014)

280 276 294 212 226

% of Protein Supply Derived from Animal Origin (g/capita/day) (FAO, 2011, 3-year average)

59 56 48 33 21

Food Affordability

% Share of Food Budget Spent on Fruits and Vegetables (Euromonitor, 2014)

19 17 17 22 29

Depth of the Food Deficit (kcal/capita/day) (FAO 2014, 3-year average)

27 19 55 132 155

Health and Nutrition Status

% of Children under 5 who are Overweight (WHO) 8 9 11 7 5

% of Children under 5 who are Stunted (WHO) 8 7 15 27 41

% Anemia in WRA (World Bank, 2011) 19 22 24 33 38

Environmental SustainabilityTotal Emissions (CO2eq) from Agriculture, Kg per Capita (FAO, 2011 & WB Population data 2011)

1492 643 1109 1275 810