Food systems change across space and time. Lessons to steer food systems towards sustainability can be drawn from studying the drivers and implications of these changes through a systems-based food system classification (typology).
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Alemu, R. The race towards more sustainable food systems. Nat Food 3, 679–680 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00598-5
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