Managing Sustainable Transitions: Institutional Innovations from India
| Autor: | Deborah Dutta, Shambu Prasad Chebrolu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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institutional innovation
Natural resource economics Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law 050905 science studies TD194-195 01 natural sciences Renewable energy sources urban farming Intermediary sustainable transitions Agency (sociology) GE1-350 Consumer behaviour 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry 05 social sciences Citizen journalism Livelihood Environmental sciences Agriculture Sustainability farmer collectives Food systems game changers conscious consumerism 0509 other social sciences business |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 6076, p 6076 (2021) Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 11 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | Despite the widespread disruptions of lives and livelihoods due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it could also be seen as a gamechanger. The post-pandemic recovery should address fundamental questions concerning our food systems. Is it possible to reset existing ecologically unsustainable production systems towards healthier and more connected systems of conscious consumers and ecologically oriented farmers? Based on three illustrative cases from different parts of India, we show how managing transitions towards sustainability require institutional innovations and new intermediaries that build agency, change relations, and transform structures in food systems. Lessons from three diverse geographies and commodities in India are presented: urban farming initiatives in Mumbai, conscious consumer initiatives in semi-urban Gujarat for pesticide-free mangoes, and resource-poor arid regions of Andhra Pradesh. Through these examples, we show that, beyond the technological solutions, institutional innovations such as urban community-supported farming models, Participatory Guarantee Schemes, and Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) can enable sustainable transitions. Sustainable lifestyles in a post COVID-19 world, as the cases show, require collective experimentation with producers that go beyond changed consumer behaviour to transform structures in food systems. |
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