THE FOOD SYSTEMSCOUNTDOWN2023 THE STATE OF FOOD SYSTEMS WORLDWIDEBrFood and AgricultureOrganization of theCOLUMBIA CLIMATE SCHOOLUnited NationsCollege of Agriculture and Life SciencesClimate,Earth,and SocietyRecommended citationFood Systems Countdown Initiative.2023.The food systems countdown report 2023:The state of food systems worldwide.NewYork:Columbia University;lthaca:Cornell University;Rome:Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations(FAO);Geneva:Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).https://doi.org/10.36072/fsci2023.AcknowledgmentsThis report was written by Stella Nordhagen,Ty Beal,and Kate Schneider and reflects the work of the peer-reviewed publicationco-authored by collaborators and colleagues of the Food Systems Countdown Initiative.Input was provided by AndreaCattaneo,Piero Conforti,Francesco Tubiello,Patrick Webb,and the Food Systems Countdown Initiative co-chairs:JessicaFanzo,Lawrence Haddad,Mario Herrero,and Jose Rosero Moncayo.Editing is by Heidi Fritschel.Graphic design is by DanielleDeGarmo.Photo credits:cover-page1@Unsplash;pages 2-3 GAIN;page 5@Images of Empowerment;pages 7-8 GAIN;page9©Pexels,page11@GAIN;page13©Stella Nordhagen;page14©Unsplash:back cover©GAINThe report is based on the following peer-reviewed publication:Schneider,K.R.,Fanzo,J.,Haddad,L.et al.The state of food systems worldwide in the countdown to 2030.Nat Food4,1090-1110(2023).htps:/doi.org/h10.1038/s43016-023-00885-9This work was funded by contributions from FAO,the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,the CornellAtkinson Center for Sustainability,the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Distinguished Professorship program,and the DutchMinistry of Foreign Affairs.The funders had no role in data analysis,report preparation,or the decision to publish.All authors hadaccess to the data presented.The findings and conclusions contained within are those of the authors and do not necessarilyreflect positions or policies of Columbia University,Cornell University,FAO,or GAIN.2023 Columbia University,Comell University,FAO,and GAIN0This work is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 IGO license(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0IGO;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4,0/).Under the terms of this license,you may copy,redistribute,and adaptthe work for non-commercial purposes,provided the work is appropriately cited,as indicated above.In any use of this work,there should be no suggestion that the Food Systems Countdown Initiative,Columbia University,Comell University,FAO,orGAIN endorses any specific organization,products,or services.No use of the organizations'logos is permitted.If you adapt thework,then you must license your work under the same or equivalent Creative Commons license.CONTACTwww.foodcountdown.orgGlobal Alliance for Improved Nutrition(GAIN)Rue de Varembe 71202 Geneva,Switzerlandinfo@gainhealth.orgwww.gainhealth.org