Food policy analyses and prioritisation of food systems to achieve safer food for South Africa

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dc.contributor.author Dama, Tshilidzi Isaac
dc.contributor.author Loki, Olwethu
dc.contributor.author Fitawek, Wegayehu
dc.contributor.author Mpuzu, Sikwela M.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-09-11T13:19:34Z
dc.date.available 2024-09-11T13:19:34Z
dc.date.issued 2024-12
dc.description DATA AVAILABILITY : I have shared the link to the data sets. en_US
dc.description.abstract Food safety has become an important international public health and economic issue since the first and only publication of global estimates on the burden of food borne diseases by the World Food Organisation in 2015. The consumption of unsafe food has had a detrimental effect on public health and economic development due to productivity loss, chronic diseases, and death because of the consumption of unsafe food. The challenges that constrain the provision of safe food in South Africa's food systems and potential solutions were identified through a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Identified potential solutions were then ranked through stakeholder interviews. Twelve actions from various thematic focuses were prioritised as no-regret solutions using Best-Worst scaling. The prioritised no-regret actions include research and technology actions such as the multi-sectoral collaboration of researchers to develop strategies to deal with the complexity of food systems and identify priorities for interventions, adopting technological innovations throughout the value chain to improve food safety, strengthen laboratory diagnostic services, and conducting more research studies on the use of easy-to-understand food safety labels to improve awareness. The no-regret options prioritised are feasible and provide the basis for policy interventions to improve food safety and achieve developmental goals. This study recommended harmonising the legislative framework to improve stakeholder collaboration and accelerate the much-needed transformation of the food systems. en_US
dc.description.department Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development en_US
dc.description.librarian hj2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-02:Zero Hunger en_US
dc.description.uri https://www.elsevier.com/locate/afres en_US
dc.identifier.citation Dama, T.I., Loki, O., Fitawek, W. et al. 2024, 'Food policy analyses and prioritisation of food systems to achieve safer food for South Africa', Applied Food Research, vol. 4, no. 2, art. 100476, pp. 1-10, doi : 10.1016/j.afres.2024.100476. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2772-5022 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1016/j.afres.2024.100476
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/98138
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Elsevier en_US
dc.rights © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by- nc/4.0/). en_US
dc.subject Food safety en_US
dc.subject Food systems en_US
dc.subject Food-borne diseases en_US
dc.subject No-regret options en_US
dc.subject Transformation en_US
dc.subject SDG-02: Zero hunger en_US
dc.title Food policy analyses and prioritisation of food systems to achieve safer food for South Africa en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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