More than meat? Livestock farmers ’ views on opportunities to produce for plant-based diets
We present these preliminary insights to livestock farmers’ attitudes and transformational capacity to inform future research with them to advance just agricultural transitions. Our study indicates potential to avoid confrontational discussion of dieta ry transition and we hope that others will pursue its focus on opportunities for farmers. (Source: Agriculture and Human Values)
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - December 29, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Practicing sustainable eating: zooming in a civic food network
AbstractIn the last 2 decades, the literature has documented the upsurge of community-driven processes of consumer-producer cooperation, which are alternative to the dominant food system. These organizational arrangements have been conceptualized differently, witnessing the growing importance of local communities in ge nerating place-based solutions to the demand for organic, local, and sustainable food. Relying on a practice theory approach, this article delves into two key inquiries: first, what motivates individuals to become part of Civic Food Networks (CFNs) and how does this influence the variety of food ent ering ...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - December 15, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Including animal welfare targets in the SDGs: the case of animal farming
AbstractThere is an increasing body of literature proposing to include animal welfare in the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda. The main argument is the potential positive effect that improving the welfare of animals could have over the health and welfare of humans. However, recent literature suggests that the welfare interests of animals should also be considered. Based on these premises, an analysis of the practical implications of including animal welfare in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is granted. The aim of this study is to address this by applying the case of animals in the agriculture...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - December 14, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Shallow fixes and deep reasonings: framing sustainability at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa)
AbstractThe need for urgent, structural transformations to dominant food systems is increasingly recognized in research and policy. The direction these transformations take is in great part influenced by how the problem is framed and what future pathways become seen as plausible and desirable. Scientific knowledge and the organizations producing it hold considerable authority in suggesting what alternatives are or are not worth pursuing, ultimately shaping frames and in turn being shaped by them. This paper examines Brazil ’s federal Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), a major contributor to technological advanc...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - December 12, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Exploring diverse food system actor perspectives on gene editing: a systematic review of socio-cultural factors influencing acceptability
AbstractDespite the promise of new gene editing technologies (GETs) (e.g., CRISPR) in accelerating sustainable agri-food production, the social acceptability of these technologies remains unclear. Prior literature has primarily addressed the regulatory and economic issues impacting GETs ongoing acceptability, while little work has examined socio-cultural impacts despite evolving food policies and product commercialisation demanding input from various actors in the food system. Our systematic review across four databases addresses this gap by synthesising recent research on food system actors ’ perspectives to identify th...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - December 8, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Regulating antimicrobial resistance: market intermediaries, poultry and the audit lock-in
AbstractAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become one of the defining challenges of the twenty-first century. Food production and farming are a key if troubling component of that challenge. Livestock production accounts for well over half of annual global consumption of antimicrobials, though the contribution of the sector to drug resistance is less clear. As a result, there is an injunction to act in advance of incontrovertible evidence for change. In this paper we engage with the role of market actors in the precautionary regulation of farming practices and AMR threats. The paper takes the UK poultry sector as exemplary ...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - December 1, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
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Source: Agriculture and Human Values - November 23, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Correction to: ‘Smallholding for whom?’: The effect of human capital appropriation on smallholder palm farmers
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Source: Agriculture and Human Values - November 23, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
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Source: Agriculture and Human Values - November 22, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Farmers ’ behavioural determinants of on-farm biodiversity management in Europe: a systematic review
This study aims to fill this knowledge gap by c onducting a systematic literature review of 150 empirical studies published between 2000 and 2022. We identified 108 potential determinants of farmers’ behaviour, which were integrated into a multilevel framework. The results show that the farmers’ decisions are complex and often non-directional processes, shaped by numerous external (at a society, landscape, community, and farm level) and internal factors. These factors are embedded in regional and cultural contexts. However, the analysis of study sites indicates that the spatial coverage of scientific evidence on biodiv...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - November 14, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
