Policy Pathways to Sustainable Food Systems

Abstract

Over the last two decades, there has been an increasing focus on unsustainable practices and structures in the current food system. Modern farming practices are associated with a number of negative environmental impacts such as water pollution, threats to biodiversity, emission of greenhouse gasses. The memories of the food crises a decade ago combined with an increasing world population and at the same a growing obesity crisis has resulted in food security has becoming a major issue in transnational as well as domestic debates. It is increasingly realised that the food system has to be transformed to applying more sustainable production methods and to encourage change in consumption practices. Further, urban centres have become aware of the challenges in feeding an ever growing urban population. The papers in this panel focus on pathways to more sustainable food systems by analysing policy measures and domestic and transnational policy processes unfolding in different settings.

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The emergence of nutrition warning labels in Latin America	View Paper Details
Transnational municipal networks as transformative agents for resilient and sustainable urban food systems	View Paper Details
Sustainable Food Systems in the EU: Identifying Coalitions and their Narrative Strategies in the Policy Debate	View Paper Details