Transforming Food Systems: The Quest for Sustainability

The book provides a comprehensive synthesis of literature on ways to improve the sustainability of food systems, tracing the evolution of the current global food production system and reviewing competing approaches to achieving more sustainable production. It covers reformist approaches, progressive approaches, and radical solutions, and provides readers with an authoritative guide to the various solutions on offer and how to assess which road we should take.

Format: Hardback
Length: 456 pages
Publication date: 09 July 2024
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited

The depth of the analysis and the wealth of references in Dave Watsons book provide a solid foundation for understanding the implications of the pressing environmental challenges we face, particularly the global food crisis. His engaging style makes this book not only informative but also inspiring. It encourages us to rethink our relationship with food, to value our culinary traditions, and to promote systems that nourish not only individuals but also our planet. Written from a supply side perspective, this is an excellent, well-written and comprehensive synthesis of a huge volume of literature on ways to improve the sustainability of food systems. I enjoyed reading it. Professor Tim Benton, Distinguished Fellow - Environment and Society Centre, Chatham House - Royal Institute of International Affairs, UK There is an almost universal recognition that modern agri-food supply chains are unsustainable. They are seen as both contributing to and vulnerable to climate change, too reliant on environmentally-damaging synthetic inputs, as undermining biodiversity, generating significant losses and waste and failing to deliver the nutritious food required for a healthy, balanced diet. Transforming food systems: The quest for sustainability addresses one of the greatest global challenges of our time: how to reform food systems so they are more sustainable but still able to produce the food we need. The book traces the evolution of the current global food production system and reviews competing approaches to achieving more sustainable production, starting with 'reformist approaches which promote new technologies as a way.

Weight: 777g
Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781786764553