Data for evidence-based policies

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Under this cross-cutting theme, IFPRI aims to build a comprehensive geo-referenced database that captures the different features of food systems, categorized into three main layers: i) national food systems, which comprise multiple (food and nonfood) value chains contributing to food and nutrition security and other outcomes, such as job creation and poverty alleviation; ii) individual food value chains ranging from local to national levels whose dynamics explain the diverse outcomes of food systems; and iii) the perspective of food system stakeholders (producers, processors, distributors, etc.) and the specific outcomes that concern them, such as livelihoods, food security, and health.

Activities will include:

Working with countries to carry out country diagnostics for food systems and, at the country level, building solid statistics systems, appropriate institutional capacity for policy design and implementation, and a high degree of coordination across ministries and food system sectors.
Developing metrics and indicators to analyze status and performance of food systems along with dashboards that allow countries to easily track progress.
Strengthening capacities for data collection and for monitoring and evaluating progress in food systems and in the use of tools for diagnostics and impact evaluation.
Working with countries to identify what data needs to be collected based on in-country priorities, with guidance from existing accountability mechanisms including the SDGs. This allows for better monitoring of food system transformation as it occurs.
Develop analytical capabilities to collect, analyze, and interpret data to guide policy.
Build coalitions at the country level for fostering collective decision-making, brokering between different views and values and addressing questions of justness and more.