Measuring agrifood systems: New indicators and global estimates

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dc.creatorThurlow, James
dc.creatorHoltemeyer, Brian
dc.creatorJiang, Shiyun
dc.creatorPauw, Karl
dc.creatorRandriamamonjy, Josee
dc.date2025-05-27
dc.date2025-05-27T18:33:32Z
dc.date2025-05-27T18:33:32Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:07:04Z
dc.descriptionTransformation of the agrifood system is a cornerstone of many governments’ national development plans. This reflects the importance of agrifood systems for the livelihoods and wellbeing of poor populations as well as the continued strong association of agricultural transformation with longer-term economic development and structural change. Agrifood transformation is also key to healthier diets and more sustainable production systems. However, adopting an agrifood system perspective is not trivial—it requires looking “beyond agriculture” when prioritizing policies and tracking outcomes by also considering upstream and downstream agrifood-related activities, such as agro-processing and food distribution. Measuring transformation therefore requires economywide data and innovative metrics. This study introduces two such metrics: AgGDP+, which captures the total value-added across the on- and off-farm sectors of the agrifood system, and AgEMP+, which reflects the employment generated across its various components. It further explains how consistent estimates of AgGDP+ and AgEMP+ were produced for 211 and 186 countries, respectively, over the period between 2000 and 2021, and demonstrates how this Agri-Food System Dashboard—a publicly available resource—can be used to monitor transformation, prioritize investments, and better understand the evolving role of agrifood systems in national economies or at regional or global scales.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/174848
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/95050
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/140316
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/152282
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/125302
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceThurlow, James; Holtemeyer, Brian; Jiang, Shiyun; Pauw, Karl; and Randriamamonjy, Josee. 2025. Measuring agrifood systems: New indicators and global estimates. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2339. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174848
dc.subjectagrifood systems
dc.subjecteconomic development
dc.subjectinvestment
dc.subjectlivelihoods
dc.subjecthealthy diets
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.titleMeasuring agrifood systems: New indicators and global estimates
dc.typeWorking Paper

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