Tracking Financial Flows to Food Systems (3FS)
Following the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit, the UN Secretary-General tasked the Rome-based Agencies with supporting the Summit follow-up through the United Nations Food Systems Coordination Hub and the biannual food systems stocktaking moments.
At the first Food Systems Stocktake (UNFSS+2), a major gap became clear: there was no reliable or comparable way to track financial flows to food systems. Without this financial intelligence, governments and partners face challenges in identifying funding gaps, anticipating risks, and designing effective financing strategies.
In response, IFAD and the World Bank, in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, developed the Tracking Financial Flows to Food Systems (3FS) framework.
The 3FS provides comparable data and analytics on food systems financing at both country and global levels, helping governments, development partners, and stakeholders in making evidence-based decisions to mobilize, unlock, and repurpose financing for food systems transformation.
The framework tracks expenditures across five interconnected components:
COUNTRY DATA
The 3FS has been completed in four countries—Kenya, Niger, Peru, and Rwanda—and is now scaling up to 10 more countries.
Country data, reports, methodology, dashboards, and additional technical resources can be accessed through the full 3FS platform.
Supported by a strong partnership ecosystem, including Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), AKADEMIYA2063, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the 3FS is a useful source of financial intelligence for food systems transformation—helping countries move from ambition to action.
