System · Rationale

Food processing

Stage of the food system in which raw agricultural products are transformed into food products through cleaning, preservation and manufacturing.

Definition source: FAO food value chains (food processing)

Synonyms

agro-processing, value addition

Broader

Top concept of the scheme

Narrower

none

Relations

part-of Food system

Counts as adaptation

System is exposed to a climate hazard, OR is acted on by a hazard-addressing intervention, OR benefits from a qualifying outcome or an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when named only as the sector or commodity of work, with no exposure and no hazard-addressing action on it.

Example of use

Climate context: exposed to climate hazards affecting input supply, quality, energy and water.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

SYS_058 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_058
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_058)