This is a complex systems map depicting the food system activities embedded in human and environmental systems, influenced by a range of drivers, and resulting in a set of outcomes. There is a feedback loop connecting the outcomes back to the drivers.

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Strengths:

• Provides a simplified view of the key components of a food system.

• Indicates the central role of multiple food system activities in a food system.

Weaknesses:

• Does not unpack and detail the drivers and impacts.

• Suggests a degree of directionality and linearity and may not be helpful for considering complex driver interactions.

Useful for:

• Presenting a canvas to develop more detailed food systems maps and identifying drivers and outcomes relevant to specific contexts.

• Providing a general picture of most food systems maps in terms of key components.