This book presents Urbal, an approach that applies impact pathway mapping to understand how food system innovations in cities, and their territories, change and impact food system sustainability. Around the world, people are finding innovative ways to make their food systems more sustainable....

Agricultural extension services and direct payments are key policy instruments; yet their effectiveness is often debated. Extension services lack a demand-driven approach, neglecting farmer preferences. Similarly, the effects of direct payments, particularly coupled payments, remain unclear....