Assessing Food Systems Sustainability

Learn about food sustainability assessment and mapping, and then examine a specific case/food system and conduct the first steps of a participatory food system assessment and identification of leverage points. Breakout groups co-created a common understanding of a specific food system, evaluated a set of sustainability indicators for assessing the state of sustainability within a specific food system, and considered how to design, plan and implement effective interventions. The video concludes with a plenary where we compared and discussed our different outcomes.

Johanna Jacobi

Johanna Jacobi has been coordinating the “Towards Food Sustainability” project at the University of Bern since 2015. Based in Bolivia, she conducts research on food sustainability and resilience and is a member of the Latin American Scientific Society of Agroecology (SOCLA).

Theresa Tribaldos

Dr. Theresa Tribaldos is a senior research scientist at the University of Bern’s Center for Development and Environment. Her work experience includes consultancy in agricultural and regional development in Switzerland and her research focuses on the sustainability of food systems and inequality and justice aspects in their transformations.

We have co-developed and refined this new methodology together with partners in six countries in Latin America and Africa in a transdisciplinary research project (“Towards Food Sustainability”). Food system transformation is not only key to achieving several of the Sustainable Development Goals, but also addresses normative questions such as cultural traditions or individual food preferences.