Sustainable futures of agro-food? İzmir's sustainable agro-food transitions in the making

Özatağan, Güldem; Ayalp, Emel Karakaya

doi:10.1016/j.eist.2021.08.003

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“…The radicalness (5) of niches as well as the divergence from or opponent to the incumbent regime is emphasized (e.g., Rut and Davies, 2018;Bui, 2021;Özatagan and Karakaya Ayalp, 2021;Anselmi and Vignola, 2022;Boillat et al, 2022;Holtkamp and van Mierlo, 2022). On the other hand, some authors bring out that more moderate activities have their right to exist on the niche level (Rut and Davies, 2018;Farhangi et al, 2020;Contesse et al, 2021;Nemes et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Defining nichelevel actors in past transitions seems more straightforward as (if data is available) the entirety of activities can be taken into consideration. For ongoing transitions, the term niche level actions (e.g., Özatagan and Karakaya Ayalp, 2021) might be more appropriate, as individual beliefs and activities can change throughout the process, even leading to switching between different levels, depending on whether the actor's personal aims have been achieved and interests are addressed.…”

Section: Social Innovations Vs Technological Noveltiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Agri-food systems in sustainability transition: a systematic literature review on recent developments on the use of the multi-level perspective

Elsner

Herzig

Strassner

2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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A sustainability transition (ST) of the agri-food system (AFS) is necessary due to manifold environmental and social exigencies. Scholars widely refer to the multi-level perspective (MLP) in the analysis of those transitions. The fast pace of articles covering AFS transitions, the evolving research on spaces between the three levels, and the consisting unclear conceptualization of MLP levels call for a systematic update on literature utilizing MLP in AFS articles covering ST. As a basis for reporting, this systematic literature review uses the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). The search was conducted on the database Scopus encompassing the period from 2018 to 2022. After the selection procedure, 58 articles were included in the review. We extracted data based on a combination of a concept-driven and data-driven coding scheme. Qualitative research approaches outweigh and interrelated activities within the AFS are being analyzed, predominantly in the agricultural sectors. The focus lays on ongoing transitions. The concept of sustainability and its direction is considered as given (e.g., through the case lens), without further elaborations. The niche constitutes the most prominent object of study and scholars refer to rather socially innovative activities than technological innovations, providing distinct views on radicality and strategies to breakthrough. A space between niche and regime is being presented, with slightly distinct conceptualisations. Actors from both levels collaborate and exert transformative power. The regime is presented as static but also more vividly evolving views on the regime are demonstrated. The landscape receives the least attention and the focus lays on immaterial characteristics. Combinations of MLP with other frameworks have proven useful, for instance, regarding elaborations on the agency on the landscape level. Generally, an unclear conceptualization of regime and landscape persists, lacking a theoretical elaboration. Further research applying MLP should aim for a deeper examination of its theoretical construct, especially in terms of regime and landscape. More quantitative or mixed-methods research could supplement the current dominating qualitative approaches by testing and validating qualitatively constructed theories and phenomena.

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Agri-food systems in sustainability transition: a systematic literature review on recent developments on the use of the multi-level perspective

Elsner

Herzig

Strassner

2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…The role of cities in sustainability transitions of agro-food systems is also vital [4] that pioneer cities lay down a path for other cities to follow [3]. There is growing evidence that cities provide protected spaces where niche experiments have been able to emerge for changing agro-food system [11].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The ongoing crisis has shown that the incumbent food system has been facing challenges such as climate change, ecological destruction, problems of nutrition and public health, biodiversity loss, soil degradation, hyper-urbanisation and de-ruralization recognised as key components of resilient and sustainable development, food from nowhere, food safety, food security and food sovereignty, food waste and food poverty [11,14]. These problems and challenges also contribute to lack of consumer trust for the food consumed and has caused civil society, local governments, and citizens to seek ways to achieve a more sustainable urban food system.…”

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Roadmaps to Foster Urban Food System Transitions: Multi-level Implementations in Nilüfer, Turkey

Ayalp

Yılmaz²,

Sargın

et al. 2022

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The ongoing crisis has shown that incumbent food system has been facing challenges. For a resilient and sustainable food system, transitions which shift towards sustainability, attention to public health and wellbeing as well as inclusiveness is compulsory. To overcome these challenges, driving a stepwise policy transformation, responsive and adaptive policy mixes and addressing citizens to drive sustainability are pivotal. This article represents two roadmaps which are designated for Nilüfer, Bursa. The roadmaps aim at including policy headlines/priorities as well as local needs and plural variations of collectivity to ensure a sustainable food system transition. The roadmaps are composed of two scalar levels one of which is macro-level; Nilüfer Food Policy Roadmap while the other is micro-level; Nilüfer Living Lab Roadmap

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“…The international farmer movement La Via Campesina describes the basic principles and policies of the concept that ensure food security and food safety. The concept, which was put on the agenda of the United Nations and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2008, advocates the rural producers and consumers should cease to be subject to the markets and be democratically involved in production, consumption, and determination policies related to them [ 33 , 34 ].…”

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Sustainable Husbandry?—A Comparative LCA of Three Lamb Breeding Systems in Turkey

Geß

Kalonya²

2023

Circ.Econ.Sust.

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The agricultural sector has historically been the forefront economic sector in Turkey and is crucial for the rural sustainability and the pastures that are critical for biodiversity. However, inadequate policies and factors such as climate change and malpractices result in brittle pastures, rural–urban migration, and a declining agricultural sector. Also, pastures have been left without function and appropriated to other land uses such as quarries, energy power plants, and mines. Although the husbandry sector produces significant greenhouse gas emissions, pastures have a significant capacity of CO2 sequestration. In this study, Life cycle assessment (LCA) is applied to quantify the advantages and disadvantages of the transition between extensive and intensive production. The methodology presents a holistic analysis of the several impact categories and amounts of relevant products, services, and resource emissions along their life cycles. In order to assess the environmental effects of the lamb meat production, three sheep breeding systems in Turkey are evaluated. The study aims to promote a sustainable use of natural resources/assets without compromising the quality, competitiveness, or animal welfare and obtain recommendations for the future husbandry systems and rural development in Turkey. As an overall result, it can be stated that the intensification of sheep farming can lead to a decrease of greenhouse gas emissions per kg of meat. However, extensive sheep farming shows less impacts on soil acidification or eutrophication and can even be beneficial for erosion resistance or biodiversity if properly managed.

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Sustainable futures of agro-food? İzmir's sustainable agro-food transitions in the making

Cited by 5 publications

References 53 publications

Agri-food systems in sustainability transition: a systematic literature review on recent developments on the use of the multi-level perspective

Agri-food systems in sustainability transition: a systematic literature review on recent developments on the use of the multi-level perspective

Roadmaps to Foster Urban Food System Transitions: Multi-level Implementations in Nilüfer, Turkey

Sustainable Husbandry?—A Comparative LCA of Three Lamb Breeding Systems in Turkey

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