Candel Jeroen, Sietsma Anne J, Biesbroek Robbert
Public Administration and Policy Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Climate Policy Radar, London, UK.
Nat Food. 2025 Jul 22. doi: 10.1038/s43016-025-01206-y.
The 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) marked a key moment in deliberating a transformation of the global food system. At the same time, the UNFSS process received considerable criticism for alleged industry capture and high symbolism. Here we assess the extent to which the summit has contributed to ambitious policy follow-up at national level. Using natural language processing tools, we systematically analyse and compare the content of 124 national food system pathway documents. We find that food production dominates these pathways, while issues such as food distribution, processing, consumption, environmental impacts, labour conditions and animal welfare receive minimal attention. Despite different national food system challenges, the pathways show limited variation in topics raised, closely following predefined global agendas. Our results suggest that the policy directions of UNFSS national pathways are mainly within the current food system, while more fundamental critiques of the food system are not raised.
2021年联合国粮食系统峰会（UNFSS）是审议全球粮食系统转型的一个关键时刻。与此同时，联合国粮食系统峰会进程因被指受行业影响和高度形式主义而受到诸多批评。在此，我们评估该峰会在推动国家层面雄心勃勃的政策后续行动方面所做贡献的程度。我们使用自然语言处理工具，系统地分析和比较了124份国家粮食系统路径文件的内容。我们发现，粮食生产在这些路径中占据主导地位，而诸如粮食分配、加工、消费、环境影响、劳动条件和动物福利等问题受到的关注极少。尽管各国粮食系统面临不同挑战，但这些路径所涉及的主题差异有限，紧密遵循预先确定的全球议程。我们的结果表明，联合国粮食系统峰会国家路径的政策方向主要局限于当前的粮食系统，而未对粮食系统提出更根本性的批评。
