Characterisation of food governance for alternative and sustainable food systems : a systematic review
Aintzira Oñederra-Aramendi, Mirene Begiristain-Zubillaga and Mamen Cuellar-Padilla
Despite the various studies on food governance structured around alternative food systems (AFS), analysis of the essential characteristics of it which facilitate the sustainability of the food system (FS) is still incipient. This study aims to clarify the debate on the role of governance in sustainability of the FS by way of the following two objectives: (i) to characterise the analytical approach of the literature in the processes of structuring of food governance related to AFS, and (ii) to reflect qualitatively on the essential factors to be considered which ensure sustainable processes and trajectories of the AFS. The research methodology is based on a systematic review of the literature in order to define the approaches identified in the relevant studies in their analysis of the food governance process. From the results, a conceptual framework is proposed that determines the strategies related to food governance which can help meet the challenges of the AFS. A multi-actor and multilevel governance is identified that takes into account both structural and variable aspects linked to the interdependent relationships that are involved in the construction processes of the alternative food networks (AFN). We conclude our study by identifying certain gaps in the knowledge as well as new lines of study that we deem necessary in order to consolidate the AFS from a vision of sustainability.
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2023
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Authors: | Oñederra-Aramendi, Aintzira ; Begiristain-Zubillaga, Mirene ; Cuellar-Padilla, Mamen |
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Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE. - Berlin : SpringerOpen, ISSN 2193-7532, ZDB-ID 2716609-0. - Vol. 11.2023, 1, Art.-No. 18, p. 1-32
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Subject: | Alternative food systems | Food governance | Food systems | Sustainability | Systematic review | Ernährungssicherung | Food security | Ernährungsindustrie | Food industry | Nachhaltige Entwicklung | Sustainable development | Nachhaltigkeit | Lebensmittel | Food | Lebensmittelmarkt | Food market | Lebensmittelkonsum | Food consumption |
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