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Synthesis of Existing Food Systems Studies and Research Projects in Europe
Thom J. AchterboschArthur Getz EscuderoJust D. DengerinkSiemen van Berkum
其他書名
Independent Expert Report
出版European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, 2019
ISBN92760800159789276080015
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=NMDbxgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The food systems approach is gaining traction as a valuable novel direction for research and innovation (R&I), geared towards bringing solutions to complex sustainability challenges across global to local scales and multiple domains of enquiry and fields of business. The policies for supporting food systems approaches to R&I are under development. This review paper identifies the value added of a food systems approach in relation to the roles for R&I in the process of food systems transformation: (1) Understanding food system complexities and challenges; (2) Exploring and designing innovation and policy options for overcoming food system challenges; (3) Implementing interventions and evaluation of the evidence on impact; (4) Anchoring and scaling of food systems change. Food systems approaches are positioned as instruments for experimental and multi-actor network learning, providing efficiency where there is slack in systems and root causes need to be addressed. The paper seeks to assess, for the Strategic Working Group on Food Systems of SCAR, whether sufficient clarity and consensus be achieved under a common framework to communicate between science and policy about how a food systems approach is to be applied, evaluated and adapted. This review shows the merits of a systems-based approach to R&I in the combined domains of agriculture, fisheries, environment, food and nutrition to effectively address the challenges for European food systems. The review illustrates that the literature on food systems is yet still in its early stages. The literature search found few examples of documented real-life changes in food systems. On the other hand, the field is spread across a wide array of thematic areas, focus and scale, and applies a diverse set of methodologies. Recommendations for an R&I policy that fosters food systems approaches are developed.