Farm to fork strategy: Animal welfare, <scp>EU</scp> trade policy, and public participation

Molitorisová, Alexandra; Burke, Ciarán

doi:10.1002/aepp.13326

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“…Australian DAFF 2022). Similar frameworks and strategies are being developed internationally, such as the EU Farm to Fork Strategy (Molitorisová and Burke 2023), which covers the sustainability of both food production and consumption; Japan's Green Food System Strategy (Japan MAFF 2021), and Canada's Sustainable Agriculture Strategy (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 2023). While high-level policies are important drivers of system transitions, it is important to review the barriers to system change, and how science and technology could have different types of policies to address them.…”

Section: Social Justice and Wellbeingmentioning

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A conceptual framework for modelling the role of livestock systems in sustainable diets and a sustainable planet

Dougherty,

Ridoutt,

Jackson

et al. 2023

Anim. Prod. Sci.

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The role of livestock in sustainable food systems and sustainable diets is a complex issue. It should be assessed in terms of its impacts on environmental, economic, and social sustainability, as well as the levels of animal performance, the human food supply, and the human food production system. However, such nuanced analyses are made difficult by the lack of multi-metric, multi-domain modelling frameworks and a lack of data on regional variation in livestock production. This paper proposes a conceptual biophysical modelling framework that could be used as a pathway to address existing methodology gaps and improve sustainability analyses across multiple levels. Realising this modelling framework requires clear, transparent, and enforceable frameworks for multi-scale sustainability assessments, as well as long-term investment into region-specific data collection, particularly from under-represented regions. To ensure representativeness and broader utility, this framework must also be able to model variation in both production systems and consumer dietary patterns, and the feedback loops between producer/consumer decisions and on-farm production. Beyond the level of science, this will also require concerted effort by the various actors in the livestock and food-chain sectors such as governmental bodies, the food production industry and local communities. Once realised, this framework could be used to assess trade-offs between potential food-system changes and to ensure that decisions are being made from a big picture, net-benefit perspective, while exploring methods for building flexible, diverse food systems that are sustainable across multiple scales.

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Section: Social Justice and Wellbeingmentioning

confidence: 99%

A conceptual framework for modelling the role of livestock systems in sustainable diets and a sustainable planet

Dougherty,

Ridoutt,

Jackson

et al. 2023

Anim. Prod. Sci.

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“…Earlier research on the Farm to Fork Strategy provided comprehensive assessments (Schebesta and Candel, 2020), economic implications (Wesseler, 2022), (potential) impacts on the organic farming sector (Moschitz, 2021;Purnhagen et al, 2021), sustainable food consumption (König and Araújo-Soares, 2021) and animal welfare (Molitorisová and Burke, 2022). Others modeled the impact of the Strategy on input use including fertilizer input reduction in the EU (Beckman et al, 2022) and Italy (Cortignani et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

Achieving the nutrient reduction objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy. An assessment of CAP subsidies for precision fertilization and sustainable agricultural practices in Germany

Heyl

Ekardt

Roos

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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The Farm to Fork Strategy of the EU aims at sustainable food systems. One objective of the Strategy is to reduce nutrient losses by at least 50% resulting in at least 20% less fertilizer use by 2030. To this end, Member States are expected to extend digital precision fertilization and sustainable agricultural practices through the Common Agricultural Policy. In this context, this article applies a qualitative governance analysis which aims to assess the extent to which the measures proposed by the Farm to Fork Strategy, i.e., digital precision fertilization and sustainable agricultural practices, contribute to the nutrient objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy. The article analyses how these measures are implemented through the Common Agricultural Policy in Germany and Saxony. Results show that the nutrient objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy itself offers shortcomings. Germany offers some, yet overall limited, support for sustainable agricultural practices and digital precision fertilization. Hence, the Common Agricultural Policy will to a limited extend only contribute to the objective of the Strategy. The results furthermore highlight some general shortcomings of digitalization as sustainability strategy in the agricultural sector including typical governance issues (rebound and enforcement problems), and point to the advantages of quantity-based policy instruments.

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“…According to the “Farm to Form Strategy” [ 29 ], proposed by the European Commission as a part of the Green Deal [ 30 ], a reduction by at least 20% of fertilizer application and an increase by at least 25% of organically farmed land should be achieved by 2030 in the European Union countries. Within such a context, the use of organic amendments in place of chemical N fertilizers could meet the needs of farmers, consumers and the targets for sustainable food production [ 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 ].…”

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Enhancement of Yield, Phytochemical Content and Biological Activity of a Leafy Vegetable (Beta vulgaris L. var. cycla) by Using Organic Amendments as an Alternative to Chemical Fertilizer

Libutti

Russo

Lela

et al. 2023

Plants

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This study evaluates the effect of a chemical fertilizer (ammonium nitrate), a compost (vermicompost from cattle manure) and two biochars (from vine prunings and wood chips, respectively), applied to the soil alone or in mixture, on the yield, phytochemical content and biological activity of Beta vulgaris L. var. cycla (Swiss chard). The respective treatments, each replicated four times, were arranged according to a completely randomized block design. Results showed that vermicompost, both alone and in mixture with vine pruning biochar, significantly increased yield parameters (plant height and leaf area) and yield over the untreated soil and the biochars alone, similar to ammonium nitrate. Moreover, vermicompost, both alone and in mixture, respectively, with the two biochars, determined lower total N and NO3− contents than ammonium nitrate, both alone and in mixture, respectively, with the two biochars. In particular, NO3− content was within the safe thresholds fixed for leafy vegetables by the European Commission to prevent any adverse implication on human health from dietary NO3− exposure. The biochars alone resulted in very low yield and leaf total N content, likely due to a limited release of N for plant uptake, also evidenced by the undetectable NO3− leaf content, similarly shown by plants grown in untreated soil. Vermicompost, alone or in mixture, respectively, with the two biochars, increased the content of specialized metabolites, with a positive effect on antioxidant activity. The organic amendments, particularly compost, could be an alternative to chemical fertilizers to reach a trade-off between yield, nutritional and health qualities in Swiss chard, meeting the needs of farmers and consumers as well as the targets for sustainable food production.

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Farm to fork strategy: Animal welfare, EU trade policy, and public participation

Cited by 7 publications

References 55 publications

A conceptual framework for modelling the role of livestock systems in sustainable diets and a sustainable planet

A conceptual framework for modelling the role of livestock systems in sustainable diets and a sustainable planet

Achieving the nutrient reduction objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy. An assessment of CAP subsidies for precision fertilization and sustainable agricultural practices in Germany

Enhancement of Yield, Phytochemical Content and Biological Activity of a Leafy Vegetable (Beta vulgaris L. var. cycla) by Using Organic Amendments as an Alternative to Chemical Fertilizer

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