Eco-agri-food systems: today's realities and tomorrow's challenges

PENGUE W; GEMMILL-HERREN B; BALÁZS B; ORTEGA E; VIGLIZZO E; ACEVEDO F; DIAZ DN; DÍAZ DE ASTARLOA D; FERNANDEZ R; GARIBALDI LA; GIAMPETRO M; GOLDBERG A; KHOSLA A; WESTHOEK H

TEEB for Agriculture & Food: Scientific and Economic Foundations

UN Envirnoment

Año: 2018; p. 57 - 109

Chapter 3 providesan overview of the diversity of agriculture and food systems, eachwith different contributions to global food security, impacts on thenatural resource base and ways of working through food system supplychains. We describe ?eco-agri-food systems? and further identifytheir many manifestations through a review of typologies. We identifychallenges ahead with existing systems due to prevailing economic andpolitical pressures resulting in patterns of invisible flows andimpacts across global food systems. We describe pathways to ensuresustainability by securing the benefits from working with, ratherthan against, natural systems and ecosystem processes and thechallenges for farmers, communities and societies to reorient foodvalue chains and build resilience in eco-agri-food systems.p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; }