Advancing food system sustainability: multi-systems integration and emerging knowledge gaps

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Implementing a comprehensive metacoupling framework and leveraging the agrarian production-consumer-research (PCR) nexus are essential for identifying socioecological tradeoffs and developing long-term sustainable and resilient food systems. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Hubert Hirwa; Léonidas Hashakimana; Jules Ngango; Fabien Muhirwa; Claudien Habimana Simbi; Giulio Castelli; Alphonse Kayiranga; Sylvestre Habimana; Nsanzumukiza Martin Vincent; Gang Chen

doi:10.1080/23311932.2026.2709108

August 19, 2026Cogent Food & AgricultureOpen Access

Advancing food system sustainability: multi-systems integration and emerging knowledge gaps

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Evaluate how multi-systems integration and metacoupling frameworks can address compounding climate and non-climate pressures on global food systems to secure long-term sustainability.
Conceptualized a comprehensive metacoupling framework to track climate sensitivity hotspots, cross-scale flows, and magnifying feedback loops across supply chain activities.
Framed the agrarian production-consumer-research (PCR) nexus across life cycle stages, including production, processing, distribution, consumption, storage, and recycling.
Identified hidden socio-ecological trade-offs and synergies across complex supply chain networks to prevent cascading failure loops under environmental stress.
Demonstrated that combining advanced technologies with collaborative governance in the PCR nexus supports coherent, resilient food policy frameworks.

Implication

Perspective review proposes a multi-system metacoupling framework for global food systems, highlighting pathways to mitigate compound climate risks and bolster socio-ecological resilience.

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Hirwa et al. (2026) studied this question.

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