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Equitable livelihoods must underpin food systems transformation

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The Sustainable Development Goals cannot be achieved without a transformation towards equitable livelihoods. Governments and businesses have an onus to protect and improve the livelihoods of people living in vulnerable situations by creating innovative institutions, policies and investments.

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  1. China Center for Agricultural Policy, Peking University, Beijing, China

    Jikun Huang

  2. Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, Geneva, Switzerland

    Lynnette M. Neufeld

  3. AKADEMIYA2063, Kigali, Rwanda

    Ousmane Badiane

  4. University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

    Patrick Caron

  5. Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Stockholm, Sweden

    Lisa S. Forsse

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Huang, J., Neufeld, L.M., Badiane, O. et al. Equitable livelihoods must underpin food systems transformation. Nat Food 3, 394–396 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00529-4

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