Sustainable food systems and healthy diets in Europe and Central Asia
Channel: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Date: 2020-10-28

Poor diets are a major contributory factor to the rising prevalence of malnutrition in all its forms, and the way food is produced and consumed is taking a toll on the environment and natural resource base. While the food and agriculture sector has performed impressively across the Europe and Central Asia region (ECA-region) during recent decades, there is growing evidence globally and in the ECA-region that the sector’s performance needs to improve to overcome multiple challenges related to food insecurity and malnutrition; to provide access to affordable, safe and nutritious food; and to minimize environmental costs. As articulated in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a food systems approach is considered essential to responding to these issues and thus to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 2 to “end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.” Diets connect food systems with nutrition and health outcomes and their environmental, social and economic impacts. 

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