A systems learning approach is a distinctive way of building change-making capacities through learning and adaptation towards more sustainable, healthy, nutritional and equitable food systems.

• The approach is centred on empirical experiments and place-based case studies across sectors and scales (i.e. local, national, international.)

• It generates evidence-based guidance to bridge the gap between knowing what needs to change and understanding how to make it happen. And it’s a platform that others can contribute to!

• We’ve investigated agri-food systems and their intersections with energy, environment, and international development, as a way of developing a platform of frameworks, insights and options that can be scaled to other domains where systems innovation is needed to improve economic, social and environmental performance.  

• By using and reflecting on real-world cases, the systems learning approach forefronts systematic learning – as an enabler of capacity building in uncertain environments. This helps us working in system change, anticipate challenges, and adapt interventions over time.