Accelerating the transition towards sustainable agriculture: The case of organic dairy farming in the Netherlands

Verburg, R.W.; Verberne, E.G.; Negro, Simona O.

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103368

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“…Hence, pursuing changes to food consumption and production practices in tandem is critical. To achieve this systemic change, we must understand the barriers that consumers and farmers face to support a just and sustainable food transition [106,107]. In contrast to nationally average dietary environmental footprinting analysis, pin-pointing high-impact consumer groups can support triage-based decision support, targeting the substitution of products which contribute most to the environmental footprints of different consumers.…”

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Consumer resistance diminishes environmental gains of dietary change

Payró,

Taherzadeh,

van Oorschot

et al. 2024

Environ. Res. Lett.

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The environmental gains of dietary change are often assessed in relation to average national diets, overlooking differences in individual consumption habits and people's willingness to change. This study combines microdata on food intake and consumer behaviour to elicit the likely environmental gains of dietary shifts. We focus on the Netherlands owing to the country’s ambition to halve its dietary footprint by 2050. Linking food recall survey data from a cross-section of the population (n=4,313), life cycle inventory analysis for 220 food products, and behavioural survey data (n=1,233), we estimate the dietary footprints of consumer groups across water, land, biodiversity and greenhouse gas. We find that meat and dairy significantly contribute to the dietary greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint (59%), land footprint (54%), and biodiversity footprint (59%) of all consumer groups and that male consumers impose a 30-32% greater burden than women across these impact areas. Our scenario analysis reveals that simply replacing cow milk with soy milk could reduce the GHG, land and biodiversity footprints by ≈8% if widely adopted by the Dutch adult population. These footprints could be further reduced to ≈20% with full adoption of the EAT-Lancet diet but with a significantly increased blue water footprint. However, when incorporating gender- and age-specific willingness to reduce meat and dairy consumption, the environmental gains resulting from partial adoption of the No-Milk diet and EAT diet diminish to a mere ≈0.8% and ≈4.5%, respectively. Consequently, consumer motivation alone is insufficient to realise the significant environmental gains often promised by dietary change. Yet, substituting high-impact food products offers a near-term opportunity to accelerate a rapid sustainable dietary transition. Future studies on sustainable dietary transition must incorporate consumer behaviour to fully comprehend the lock-in of food consumption patterns and targeted policy action required to secure a sustainable food future.

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confidence: 99%

Consumer resistance diminishes environmental gains of dietary change

Payró,

Taherzadeh,

van Oorschot

et al. 2024

Environ. Res. Lett.

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“…Understudy of developing organic agriculture, one can see a pronounced differentiation of scientific approaches in the experience of developed and developing economies (Mpanga et al, 2021;Lehtimäki & Virtanen, 2020;Verburg, Verberne & Negro, 2022;Canwat & Onakuse, 2022). Within the experience of developed countries, the development potential and destructive factors have been investigated regarding expanding developing organic agriculture.…”

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“…Within the experience of developed countries, the development potential and destructive factors have been investigated regarding expanding developing organic agriculture. The industry is predominantly at the stage of sustainable growth, and in some countries, even at the maturity location (Verburg, Verberne & Negro, 2022). Scientists such as Mpanga et al (2021) studied the information component of the industry and the dissemination of agricultural knowledge as drivers and barriers to development using the example of the United States.…”

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“…In our opinion, based on the results obtained, this seems to be an erroneous strategy. The projects for developing organic agriculture are more attractive for foreign investment, unlike traditional agriculture (Verburg, Verberne & Negro, 2022). For example, today, there is support in Azerbaijan for developing organic agriculture from international organizations.…”

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Prospects and threats for developing organic agriculture: The example of Azerbaijan

Aliyev¹,

Mammadova²,

Hamidova

et al. 2022

JEECAR

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The article's purpose is to evaluate empirical evidence of the main threats to organic agriculture formation and provide the argumentation of its development prospects in Azerbaijan's current conditions. Questioning of agricultural business owners identified threats and prospects for developing organic agriculture in Azerbaijan. The opportunities and threats for developing organic agriculture are determined and differentiated by groups of entrepreneurs doing business in traditional/organic agriculture. Based on the results of the clustering of the agricultural enterprises depending on the level, the priority of threats, and prospects for development, the strategies for developing organic agriculture in Azerbaijan have been determined: educational strategy of financial accessibility, innovative growth, and infrastructure development.

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“…Thus, to enable the transition towards circular agrifood systems, governments should provide financial incentives to shift profitability in favor of circular agricultural practices. Based on the experience that organic certification and labeling programs have promoted the development of the organic food industry (Kuchler et al, 2017;Verburg et al, 2022), policymakers could similarly establish certification standards and labelling for circular production practices, to promote investment in circular technologies and their adoption by farmers.…”

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Managing nitrogen, water and carbon flows and their interactions for circularity in agrifood systems : - a case study in Quzhou, China

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Accelerating the transition towards sustainable agriculture: The case of organic dairy farming in the Netherlands

Cited by 36 publications

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Consumer resistance diminishes environmental gains of dietary change

Consumer resistance diminishes environmental gains of dietary change

Prospects and threats for developing organic agriculture: The example of Azerbaijan

Managing nitrogen, water and carbon flows and their interactions for circularity in agrifood systems : - a case study in Quzhou, China

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