Transforming food systems

The quest for sustainability
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-78676-455-3
Verlag: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 99, 400 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 809 g

Reihe: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science

There is an almost universal recognition that modern agri-food supply chains are unsustainable. They are seen as both contributing to and vulnerable to climate change, too reliant on environmentally-damaging synthetic inputs, as undermining biodiversity, generating significant losses and waste and failing to deliver the nutritious food required for a healthy, balanced diet.

Developing sustainable food systems addresses one of the greatest global challenges of our time: how to reform food systems so they are more sustainable but still able to produce the food we need. The book traces the evolution of the current global food production system and reviews competing approaches to achieving more sustainable production, starting with ‘reformist’ approaches which promote new technologies as a way forward, such as genetic modification and synthetic foods.

This collection also considers the pros and cons of ‘progressive’ approaches, such as regenerative and organic agriculture, as well as the more radical solutions which seek to achieve a more fundamental reform of the food system.

As the world tackles the central question of how food should be produced in the future, this book provides readers with an authoritative guide to the various solutions on offer and how to assess which road we should take.

Zielgruppe

University and other researchers in agriculture, rural studies, food policy and environmental science, as well as government personnel involved in developing policies for agriculture and food production

Autoren/Hrsg.

Watson, Dave

Watson, Dr Dave

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Agrarökonomie, Ernährungswirtschaft
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Lebensmitteltechnologie und Getränketechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Nachhaltige Landwirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1.The global food system
- 2.Competing paradigms of sustainable production: reformist food systems
- 3.Competing paradigms of sustainable production: progressive food system
- 4.Competing paradigms of sustainable production: radical food systems
- 5.The golden chalice of sustainability
- 6.Food system evolution

Über Autor(innen)

Watson, Dr Dave
Dr Dave Watson is a leading authority on sustainable development and optimising value chains in agriculture. He has taught courses on sustainable development for the University of Hull (UK), as well as managing research and development programmes for the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Mexico. Dr Watson is editor of the two-volume Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize, also published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing.