Research and innovation as a catalyst for food system transformation.

Autor: den Boer ACL; Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands., Kok KPW; Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands., Gill M; The School of Biological Science, Aberdeen University, Tillydrone Ave, AB24 2TZ, United Kingdom., Breda J; World Health Organization, WHO Regional Office for Europe, UN City, Marmorvej 51, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark., Cahill J; Technological University (TU) Dublin, City Centre, Park House Grangegorman, 191 North Circular Road, D07 EWV4, Ireland., Callenius C; Research Center for Global Food Security and Ecosystems, University of Hohenheim, Schloss Hohenheim 1, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany., Caron P; ART-DEV, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, 34090, Montpellier, France., Damianova Z; Applied Research and Communications Fund (ARC Fund), Alexander Zhendov St. 5, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria., Gurinovic M; Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Tadeuša Košćuška 1, PAK 104 201, 11 158, Belgrade, Serbia., Lähteenmäki L; Department of Management, Aarhus University, Fuglesangs Allé 4, DK-8210, Aarhus V, Denmark., Lang T; Centre for Food Policy, City, University of London, Northampton Square, EC1V 0HB, London, United Kingdom., Sonnino R; School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, CF10 3AT, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom., Verburg G; Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, Avenue de La Paix 8-14, 1202, Geneva, Switzerland., Westhoek H; PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Bezuidenhoutseweg 30, 2594 AV, The Hague, the Netherlands., Cesuroglu T; Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands., Regeer BJ; Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands., Broerse JEW; Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Trends in food science & technology [Trends Food Sci Technol] 2021 Jan; Vol. 107, pp. 150-156. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Sep 23.
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2020.09.021
Abstrakt: Background: Food systems are associated with severe and persistent problems worldwide. Governance approaches aiming to foster sustainable transformation of food systems face several challenges due to the complex nature of food systems.
Scope and Approach: In this commentary we argue that addressing these governance challenges requires the development and adoption of novel research and innovation (R&I) approaches that will provide evidence to inform food system transformation and will serve as catalysts for change. We first elaborate on the complexity of food systems (transformation) and stress the need to move beyond traditional linear R&I approaches to be able to respond to persistent problems that affect food systems. Though integrated transdisciplinary approaches are promising, current R&I systems do not sufficiently support such endeavors. As such, we argue, we need strategies that trigger a double transformation - of food systems and of their R&I systems.
Key Findings and Conclusions: Seizing the opportunities to transform R&I systems has implications for how research is done - pointing to the need for competence development among researchers, policy makers and society in general - and requires specific governance interventions that stimulate a systemic approach. Such interventions should foster transdisciplinary and transformative research agendas that stimulate portfolios of projects that will reinforce one another, and stimulate innovative experiments to shape conditions for systemic change. In short, a thorough rethinking of the role of R&I as well as how it is funded is a crucial step towards the development of the integrative policies that are necessary to engender systemic change - in the food system and beyond.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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