When we talk about #FoodEquity and food shortages around the world, we often hear the term 'Food Systems' 🔄

But what exactly are food systems? And how are current #FoodSystems limiting our ability to #LeaveNoOneBehind?

A 🧵 ahead of #WorldFoodDay2022 👇 The global food system is a complex web of activities involving all the production, processing, transport storage and consumption and disposal of food (1)

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🇿🇦Despite being an upper-middle-income country, hunger is widespread in South Africa 🇿🇦

Why?

A short thread on FoodEquity in #SouthAfrica 👇@FoodEquityCtr South Africa presents significant prevalence rates of all three forms of malnutrition:
- undernutrition
- overnutrition
- micronutrient deficiencies (1)

🇧🇷The link between inequities and poor diets in Brazil🇧🇷

A short 🧵on #FoodEquity in #Brazil Following decades of promising results in the fight against hunger and poverty, a political and economic crisis which started in 2014 has reversed much progress in the fight against hunger and poverty in Brazil (1)

Throughout this week and in the run up to #WorldFoodDay2022 , we'll be talking *a lot* about the concept of 'Food Equity'

But first things first

What does Food Equity actually mean? A short 🧵

#LeaveNoOneBehind Food systems are pervaded with inequities, from production to consumption

These structural inequalities mean that some groups are disadvantaged, or prevented from accessing healthy and affordable foods (1/4)