News & Events
September 29, 2026
The Food Systems Countdown Initiative 2026 Webinar: Assessing Performance, Driving Change
August 28, 2026
New research shows the world isn’t doing nearly enough to fix its food problem
Emissions from agriculture are trending up, but experts say progress must continue even as we blow past global deadlines.
August 30, 2026
Of 30 Global Food Goals, We're on Track to Hit Just One
On a day-to-day, local level, it can be all too easy to forget the perilous state that our planet is in – but the sobering reality checks from science are only getting more frequent and more serious.
August 10, 2026
World off-track on nearly every food system goal, latest assessment reveals
The 2026 Food Systems Countdown analysis reveals that progress is too slow and insufficient to meet 2030 goals, but 2050 could still be achievable, provided actions are consistent and accelerated
May 7, 2025
Webinar: 2025 Food Systems Countdown Initiative
Feb 14, 2025
Reasons To Be Cheerful…. & Fearful
New Food Systems Countdown analysis offers hope as well as concerns
January 29, 2025
Key crop yields on the rise and more can afford healthy diet, report suggests
In spite of factors such as climate change and the global cost-of-living crisis, a new report has many positive findings about the global food system.
January 14, 2025
New report highlights critical food system trends and challenges in countdown to 2030
The Food Systems Countdown Initiative report identifies governance and resilience as pivotal leverage points for food system transformation.
February 5, 2024
Webinar: The State of the World's Food System
Presenting the Food Systems Countdown to 2030 Initiative and its first assessment of global food systems.
February 2, 2024
This is what data tells us about transforming our food
The UN report, State of Food Systems Worldwide in the Countdown to 2030, is the first of its kind and ranks global agricultural systems by 50 key indicators.
January 26, 2024
The Initial Countdown
The State of the Food Systems Worldwide… plus Thin Ink turns 3!
January 2024
The state of food systems worldwide in the countdown to 2030
This article presents the Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) framework, established to monitor global food systems transformations following the UN global development, health and sustainability goals.
December 19, 2023
New research urges data-driven action for agriculture and food systems change
The data shows urgent need for improvement, as well as the potential for shared learnings.
December 19, 2023
Op-Ed | Food Systems Must Change, and Change Must Be Measured
Lawrence Haddad, Jessica Fanzo, Kate Schneider, Mario Herrero, and Jose Rosero Moncayo write an opinion piece for Food Tank.
July 24, 2023
UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment: Measuring Food Systems Transformations
This session introduces the work of the FSCI on developing a rigorous, science-based information system to track progress and guide action. It also highlights the potential of using the FSCI’s indicator framework as a point of reference for the development of national monitoring systems to track the FS Transformation Pathways.
October 1, 2021
Agri-food Systems Transformation: New, Ambitious Framework Proposed to Monitor Progress
Prof. Fanzo seeks rigorous metrics system in piece published by the Food Policy Journal.
September 24, 2021
UN Food Systems Summit side event on Food Systems Monitoring, Sept. 24, 2021
Rigorous monitoring is necessary to guide food system transformation in the countdown to 2030 global goals and beyond.