The Impact of Globalization on Food and Agriculture: The Case of the Diet Convergence

Brunelle, Thierry; Dumas, Patrice; Souty, François

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“…Can this be achieved by continuing the globalized agricultural system or is there a need for reorientation? Using the Nexus Land Use model, Brunelle, Dumas, and Souty (2014) shows the tremendous impact globalization will potentially have on agriculture and land use through its influence on global food preferences. On a positive note, the article shows how globally converging healthy lifestyles can reduce the negative environmental impacts of agriculture by 2050 substantially.…”

Section: On Sustainable Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Development in a Globalized World

Olsson

Hourcade

Köhler

2014

The Journal of Environment & Development

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In this special issue of the Journal of Environment and Development, we present results from the research project Globalisation Informed by Sustainable Development (GLOBIS), 2009-2014, funded by the European Union Framework Programme 7. Starting from and focusing on international policies on agriculture, energy, innovation, migration, and transport at both European Union and global levels, the dual aim of the project was to critically analyze interactions between the three major processes and discourses of globalization, development, and sustainability while also identifying and commenting on synergies and conflicts between them.

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Section: On Sustainable Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Development in a Globalized World

Olsson

Hourcade

Köhler

2014

The Journal of Environment & Development

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“…At the intersection of supply/production and distribution/trade, policies and other related national and international processes established to facilitate or mitigate trade expansion and exportation of agricultural products (e.g. subsidies in OECD countries) are another significant driver of food system changes [64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71]. On this distribution-trade side, the two other key drivers often mentioned in the literature are: internationalization of private investments (leading to, amongst others, the "supermarketization" of food systems [72]); and the growing concern from local and national policy makers/governments for food safety [73][74][75].…”

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Global drivers of food system (un)sustainability: A multi-country correlation analysis

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At present, our ability to comprehend the dynamics of food systems and the consequences of their rapid 'transformations' is limited. In this paper, we propose to address this gap by exploring the interactions between the sustainability of food systems and a set of key drivers at the global scale. For this we compile a metric of 12 key drivers of food system from a globally-representative set of low, middle, and high-income countries and analyze the relationships between these drivers and a composite index that integrates the four key dimensions of food system sustainability, namely: food security & nutrition, environment, social, and economic dimensions. The two metrics highlight the important data gap that characterizes national systems' statistics-in particular in relation to transformation, transport, retail and distribution. Spearman correlations and Principal Component Analysis are then used to explore associations between levels of sustainability and drivers. With the exception of one economic driver (trade flows in merchandise and services), the majority of the statistically significant correlations found between food system sustainability and drivers appear to be negative. The fact that most of these negative drivers are closely related to the global demographic transition that is currently affecting the world population highlights the magnitude of the challenges ahead. This analysis is the first one that provides quantitative evidence at the global scale about correlations between the four dimensions of sustainability of our food systems and specific drivers.

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“…Not all studies of sustainable diets include seafood (see, e.g., Brunelle, Dumas, & Souty, 2014;Doran-Browne, Eckard, Behrendt, & Kingwell, 2015;Erb et al, 2016;Goldstein, Hansen, Gjerris, Laurent, & Birkved, 2016;Kernebeek, Oosting, Feskens, Gerber, & Boer, 2014;Marlow, Harwatt, Soret, & Sabaté, 2015;Raphaely & Marinova, 2014;Reisch et al, 2013;Sabaté, Sranacharoenpong, Harwatt, Wien, & Soret, 2015;Temme et al, 2013). The reasons behind the exclusion were…”

Section: Barriers and Opportunities To Incorporating Seafood Into Smentioning

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Assessing the inclusion of seafood in the sustainable diet literature

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The literature on sustainable diets is broad in its scope, and application yet is consistently supportive of a move away from animal‐based diets towards more plant‐based diets. The positioning of seafood within the sustainable diet literature is less clear. A literature review was conducted to examine how the environmental impacts of seafood consumption are assessed and what conclusions are being drawn about the inclusion of seafood in a sustainable diet. Seafood is an essential part of the global food system but is not adequately addressed in most of the sustainable diet literature. Aquaculture, the world's fastest growing food sector, was considered by very few papers. Seafood consumption was commonly presented as a dilemma due to the perceived trade‐offs between positive health outcomes from eating seafood and concerns of overfishing. A number of studies included seafood as part of their sustainable diet scenario, or as part of a diet that had lower impacts than current consumption. Most of the indicators used were biophysical, with a strong focus on greenhouse gas emissions, and very few studies addressed biological or ecological impacts. The assessment of seafood was limited in many studies due to relevant data sets not being incorporated into the models used. Where they were used, data sources and methodological choices were often not stated thereby limiting the transparency of many studies. Both farmed and wild‐capture production methods need to be integrated into research on the impacts of diets and future food scenarios to better understand and promote the benefits of sustainable diets.

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The Impact of Globalization on Food and Agriculture: The Case of the Diet Convergence

Cited by 24 publications

References 19 publications

Sustainable Development in a Globalized World

Sustainable Development in a Globalized World

Global drivers of food system (un)sustainability: A multi-country correlation analysis

Assessing the inclusion of seafood in the sustainable diet literature

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