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Introduction

The Food Systems Dashboard (FSD) aims to gather indicator data on a single platform that allows for the monitoring of different sectors and subsectors of global food systems and presents this data in a visually user-friendly way so that different stakeholders can understand the situation in their territories, identify key challenges, and prioritize actions towards the sustainability of these systems. This tool supports the description, diagnosis, and decision-making regarding national food systems, as well as enabling the identification of priority leverage points for public policies and intersectoral actions.

The Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) is an international scientific effort created following the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit that monitors the transformation of food systems until 2030 through 50 key indicators on diet, health, environment, livelihoods, governance, and resilience, aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals and other global targets.

The data, indicators, levels of disaggregation, and visualizations can be adapted to the specific circumstances and needs of each country. In Brazil, ahead of other countries that have already gone through or are going through the process of prioritizing indicators for a monitoring panel, there is a guiding document: The Framework on Food Systems and Climate for Public Policies.

The Framework, launched at COP 30 in Belém, seeks to analyze the relationship between food systems and climate, highlighting the multiplicity of approaches, based on the systematization of knowledge and reflections on possible paths. It is an invitation for convergence and articulation between different sectors and spaces of formulation and execution of public policy, strengthening a comprehensive vision of the stages of the food system, without overriding any other initiatives.

The Framework is based on four premises, developed from scientific evidence: (1) climate change is a reality and its effects are already being felt across the planet; (2) food systems contribute to climate change and also suffer its impacts; (3) climate change exacerbates injustices, widens inequalities, and primarily affects vulnerable populations; (4) the current development model contributes to the climate crisis while simultaneously being affected by it.

Based on principles such as the Human Right to Adequate Food, Food Sovereignty, Climate Justice, Social Participation, Sustainability, among others, the Framework proposes pathways for transformation along two axes.

The first axis addresses democratic and multidimensional governance, with pathways for intersectoral articulation, social participation, and shared commitments among different levels of government. It also focuses on the coordination and cooperation of international technical and political agendas in intergovernmental and multilateral forums, such as this event.

The second axis addresses the transition to healthy, sustainable, and resilient food systems, including the promotion of agroecology, water security, strengthening socio-biodiversity, building resilient cities, promoting adequate and healthy food, and reducing food loss and waste, among others.

Following the launch of the Framework, the focus is on its implementation. The induction of its implementation occurs through the "Alimenta Cidades" (Feed Cities) Strategy, an initiative to support municipalities in promoting and transforming their urban food systems into fairer and more sustainable systems. The Strategy gives concrete form to the implementation of the Framework's 15 pathways. Today, 102 cities participate, distributed across all regions of the country, totaling more than 76 million inhabitants. This Strategy is being expanded to 1,000 cities – "Alimenta Mil" (Feed 1,000).

In this sense, the present project aims to promote debate and prioritization of indicators for monitoring the transition of food systems in the context of the climate crisis, using the Framework on Food Systems and Climate for Public Policies as a reference. To this end, engagement with Ministries, Institutes, Agencies, Civil Society Organizations and relevant partners is especially important to guide the work and ensure that it is as relevant and useful as possible for Brazil.

The Project​

Through a widely publicized public call, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), responsible for conducting the FSCI, selected the Brazilian company Domingos & Figueroa Consultoria to lead the prioritization of indicators for monitoring food systems in Brazil, continuing the collaboration established since May 2025 within the framework of the Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition (I-CAN) in the country.

Between October and November 2025, the following were carried out:

  • Mapping of relevant actors in the food systems and climate scenario in Brazil, as well as official data sources for calculating a broad catalog of FSD indicators at the subnational level (macro-regions, states, or municipalities);

  • Situational survey of other food systems monitoring initiatives in the country; and

  • Rigorous technical curation of the indicators, starting from a vast universe of data to select approximately 130 indicators that met essential criteria: available and frequent data, good geographic coverage in Brazil, and transparent methodologies.

The next stage of the project consists of conducting an in-depth technical discussion process on food system indicators aimed at monitoring the transformation pathways foreseen in the Food Systems and Climate Framework for Public Policies. The objective is to support the prioritization and refinement of the set of indicators, based on the pathways of the Framework, incorporating contributions from experts and institutions with relevant activity in the food systems and climate agenda in Brazil.

This process will be conducted through two complementary strategies:

  • Application of an electronic questionnaire for the systematic collection of perceptions, evaluations, and contributions from strategic actors linked to the food systems and climate agendas in the country;

  • Holding a face-to-face technical workshop on June 22nd and 23rd in Brasília, bringing together representatives from governmental institutions, academia, civil society, the productive sector, and international organizations, with the objective of deepening the analysis, discussion, and prioritization of the selected indicators.

This documentation​

This documentation provides technical information on the indicator curation process in the "Indicator Curation" tab, the process of dividing indicators into thematic areas in the "Thematic Areas and Framework Pathways" tab, and presents the "Technical Data Sheets" for all indicators, organized by thematic areas.