System · Rationale

Local food system

Food system in which food is produced, processed, and distributed within a defined local area through short supply chains linking nearby producers and consumers.

Definition source: FAO/HLPE Report 12 (2017)

Synonyms

local food network

Broader

Food system

Narrower

none

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 local production and supply.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

SYS_089 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_089
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_089)