Food Forward NBSAPs: From Global Biodiversity Targets to National Action on Agrifood Systems

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) has generated unprecedented global engagement, yet national biodiversity targets remain insufficient to achieve the framework’s goals. National commitments often lack concrete actions, measurable indicators, institutional arrangements, and financing mechanisms.

This report examines how agrifood systems are reflected in the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and national targets of 104 Parties across the GBF targets most relevant to agrifood systems.

The findings show positive trends in how agrifood systems are integrated within biodiversity policy and where challenges and gaps remain between recognition, ambition, and delivery plans:

• Recognition of agrifood systems in biodiversity policy is high, but implementation plans consistently lag.
• Sustainable production systems are far more advanced than sustainable consumption and market transformation.
• Agrobiodiversity, climate adaptation, and ecosystem management are among the strongest areas with implementation plans.
• Participation, traditional knowledge, and social inclusion are widely recognized but remain weakly operationalized.
• Weak financing and monitoring systems continue to constrain implementation and accountability.

The report concludes that policymakers need to translate commitments into measurable, accountable action; strengthen monitoring, data, and accountability systems; mobilize and align finance for implementation; empower inclusive participation, traditional knowledge systems, and capacity development; and drive systemic transformation through coordinated public and private action.

This brief was prepared in collaboration with WWF, Biovision, and the FAIRR Initiative.