Global Food Outlook First Year Map Now Available
Food sustains and nourishes us, but it also increasingly connects us to a global food web that is intertwined with politics, economics, environmental concerns, culture, and science. This global food web is undergoing rapid change, presenting considerable challenges and significant opportunities.
In this, the first set of publications from the Global Food Outlook Program, we have painted a picture of these challenges and opportunities that we invite you to explore.
Every one of six broad areas of activity in the food system—agriculture and stewardship, manufacturing and branding, distribution and logistics, retail and information, consumption and taste, and disposal and renewal—are affected. As the impacts of disruptive forces are felt over the next decade, strategic responses will be required from your organization and other stakeholders in the food system. This map (and its companion report, which will be released publicly in early 2011) identify the forces reshaping the food web, share examples of innovative responses, forecast key shifts in direction, and prescribe principles for long-term business decision making that will confer competitive advantage while increasing the resilience of the food web by 2020.
In addition to our print version map, we have also produced an interactive digital map. In the interactive map, you can immerse yourself more deeply in the stories told on the print version of the map. With the interactive map you can dig in past the headlines, view charts and graphics, and follow direct links to source material and resources to learn more.
To download the Food Web 2020 Interactive Digital Map files please go here. To download the PDF file of the map please go here. Stay tuned for the companion report of these maps, which will be released in early 2011.
The Global Food Outlook Program is continuing its work in 2010 and 2011 with a deep dive into the shifting futures of acquiring food—from food retail to the contexts of culture and decision making around buying food—in four specific countries to ground regional and global implications. We will conduct on-the-ground research examining the range of response strategies that consumers in China, Brazil, Southern Europe, and the United States are taking to navigate the increasingly complex marketplace and manage their food choices.
To learn more about the Global Food Outlook Program please contact Dawn Alva at dalva@iftf.org.
