Food System Sustainability
Insights From duALIne

An exploration of the duALIne project's insights, presenting state-of-the-art research in food sustainability and identifying priority areas for further study.

Catherine Esnouf (Edited by), Marie Russel (Edited by), Nicolas Bricas (Edited by)

9781107036468, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 25 April 2013

312 pages, 41 b/w illus.
25.3 x 17.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.79 kg

'… the duALIne project brought together 125 experts on food systems from various sectors to review the literature and make recommendations on future research priorities … This volume is full of food for thought for advanced students, researchers, and policy makers in agricultural economies, public health, and sociology. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' E. G. Harrington, Choice

As western-style food systems extend further around the world, food sustainability is becoming an increasingly important issue. Such systems are not sustainable in terms of their consumption of resources, their impact on ecosystems or their effect on health and social inequality. From 2009 to 2011, the duALIne project, led by INRA and CIRAD, assembled a team of experts to investigate food systems downstream of the farm, from the farm gate, to consumption and the disposal of waste. Representing a diverse range of backgrounds spanning academia and the public and private sectors, the project aimed to review the international literature and identify major gaps in our knowledge. This book brings together its key conclusions and insights, presenting state-of-the-art research in food sustainability and identifying priority areas for further study. It will provide a valuable resource for researchers, decision-makers and stakeholders in the food industry.

Foreword
Introduction
1. Context: new challenges for food systems
2. Consumption and consumers
3. Carbon footprint and nutritional quality of diets in France
4. Food systems
5. Industrial organisation and sustainability
6. Urbanisation and the sustainability of food systems
7. Losses and wastage
8. International trade, price volatility and standards for sustainability
9. Elements for a foresight debate on food sustainability
10. A critical panorama of methods used to assess food sustainability
Conclusion
References
List of abbreviations
List of duALIne experts
Index.

Subject Areas: Sustainable agriculture [TVF], Sustainability [RNU], Environmental management [RNF], Applied ecology [RNC], Environmental economics [KCN], Food & society [JFCV]