Politics of scale in urban agriculture governance: A transatlantic comparison of food policy councils

Prové, Charlotte; Krom, Michiel De; Dessein, Joost

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.01.018

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“…In order to raise awareness, empower citizens and deliver socially just outcomes, we urge cities to explicitly acknowledge (as advocated in Allen 2008;Bedore 2010;Prové et al 2019), comprehensively address (as advocated in Meerow et al 2019;Moragues-Faus 2017;Tornaghi 2017) and concretely target (as advocated in Blake 2019; Candel 2020; Crivits et al 2016) social justice issues in their urban food policies. Based on the research steps followed in this paper, we have put forward our ideas and plans for the RE-ADJUSTool, enabling urban food governance stakeholders to qualitatively assess, reflect on and operationalise how their UFSs or food organisations can incorporate the social justice theme and who to involve in this pursuit.…”

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“…Many of the policy objectives are formulated to be beneficial for all with little concrete descriptions of policy targets, indicators and instruments. When urban governments are using abstract language and generalizations, such as "serving all citizens" or "healthy food for all", without mentioning specific stakeholders or targeted action steps, they are avoiding complicated but necessary justice-related conflicts and trade-offs (Prové et al 2019).…”

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“…Calori et al 2017;Doernberg et al 2019;Moragues-Faus and Carroll 2018;Sibbing et al 2019), compare a limited number of European case studies with cities outside of Europe (e.g. Baker and de Zeeuw 2015;Coppo et al 2017;Mansfield and Mendes 2013;Prové et al 2019;Sonnino 2016) or conduct European cross-country comparisons of at most two cities (e.g. Moragues-Faus and Morgan 2015).…”

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“…They do remark that UFS goals are rarely legally binding, are susceptible to shifts in electoral cycles, and require multi-sectoral and cross-scale coordination and inevitable trade-offs between conflicting goals and powers. Another example is Prové et al (2019) who compare the food policy councils (FPCs) of the cities of Philadelphia (US) and Ghent (Belgium). They focus on the principle of procedural justice, which they define as the equal access of all stakeholders to participate in decision-making and governance processes.…”

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More and more cities develop urban food strategies (UFSs) to guide their efforts and practices towards more sustainable food systems. An emerging theme shaping these food policy endeavours, especially prominent in North and South America, concerns the enhancement of social justice within food systems. To operationalise this theme in a European urban food governance context we adopt Nancy Fraser’s three-dimensional theory of justice: economic redistribution, cultural recognition and political representation. In this paper, we discuss the findings of an exploratory document analysis of the social justice-oriented ambitions, motivations, current practices and policy trajectories articulated in sixteen European UFSs. We reflect on the food-related resource allocations, value patterns and decision rules these cities propose to alter and the target groups they propose to support, empower or include. Overall, we find that UFSs make little explicit reference to social justice and justice-oriented food concepts, such as food security, food justice, food democracy and food sovereignty. Nevertheless, the identified resources, services and target groups indicate that the three dimensions of Fraser are at the heart of many of the measures described. We argue that implicit, fragmentary and unspecified adoption of social justice in European UFSs is problematic, as it may hold back public consciousness, debate and collective action regarding food system inequalities and may be easily disregarded in policy budgeting, implementation and evaluation trajectories. As a path forward, we present our plans for the RE-ADJUSTool that would enable UFS stakeholders to reflect on how their UFS can incorporate social justice and who to involve in this pursuit.

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“…Los hallazgos de este estudio exigen una reflexión sobre los modelos, políticas e intervenciones de desarrollo urbano que pueden facilitar la APU. Se ha demostrado que la agricultura periurbana es robusta y adaptable en varios contextos (Clark;Jackson-Smith;Sharp;Munroe, 2007;Elhadary;Samat;Obeng-Odoom, 2013;Lerner;Eakin, 2011); sin embargo, la gobernanza es un factor crítico en su persistencia y logros (Feola et al, 2019;Prové;Dessein;De Krom, 2016;Tacoli, 2003). Proteger a la APU implica proporcionar orientación al desarrollo urbano más que detenerlo (Ligrone-Fernández, 2016).…”

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Este artículo representa un avance en los debates científicos y políticos sobre la agricultura periurbana (APU), al examinar el fenómeno en la ciudad de Sogamoso, Colombia. Los planificadores, desarrolladores y autoridades de este municipio han retratado explícitamente a la APU como una barrera para el desarrollo, tipificándola como una actividad atrasada, localizada, de baja tecnología y de bajo rendimiento económico que necesita dar espacio a una economía más productiva y moderna. Basado en una encuesta de 160 hogares periurbanos que se dedican a la agricultura, este estudio identifica las formas de autoabastecimiento e intercambio de alimentos (AIDE) y además caracteriza el arraigo social, las dificultades y las oportunidades implícitas en la práctica de la APU, según los perciben los agricultores periurbanos. Combinando literatura sobre la APU y sostenibilidad silenciosa, este artículo plantea una perspectiva novedosa tendiente a transformar el discurso alrededor del papel de APU y su futuro en el desarrollo sostenible urbano. Además, propone remplazar los argumentos fundamentados en métricas de productividad por una perspectiva que valore el AIDE como una práctica ambientalmente sostenible que fortalece el tejido social de las comunidades locales, contribuyendo así a su sentido de propósito y resiliencia. Este estudio tiene implicaciones no solo para Sogamoso, sino también para muchas otras ciudades de América Latina y del Sur Global, donde el papel de la APU, en relación con el desarrollo urbano sostenible, está activamente cuestionado.

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Politics of scale in urban agriculture governance: A transatlantic comparison of food policy councils

Cited by 42 publications

References 53 publications

Social justice-oriented narratives in European urban food strategies: Bringing forward redistribution, recognition and representation

Social justice-oriented narratives in European urban food strategies: Bringing forward redistribution, recognition and representation

Peri-urban Agriculture as Quiet Sustainability: Challenging the Urban Development Discourse in Sogamoso, Colombia

Urban Farming and Land Use Governance in Metro Manila

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