The practice by which international actors consider and engage with negotiations that influence the food system — food systems diplomacy — has the potential to reframe the global food governance narrative to balance the health, social, environmental and economic domains of food systems.
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Garg, D.H., Spiker, M.L., Clark, J.K. et al. Food systems governance should be preceded by food systems diplomacy. Nat Food 3, 667–670 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00595-8
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