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This volume analyses the political economy dynamics of food system transformation from an interdisciplinary perspective. Drawing on empirical data from a wide range of countries, the book touches on issues as varied as repurposing agricultural subsidies, biotechnology innovations, red meat consumption, and sugar-sweetened beverage taxes.
List of contents
- 1: Danielle Resnick and Johan Swinnen: Introduction: Political Economy of Food System Transformation
- 2: Koen Deconinck: Facts, Interests, and Values: Identifying Points of Convergence and Divergence for Food Systems
- 3: Rob Vos, Will Martin, and Danielle Resnick: The Political Economy of Reforming Agricultural Support Policies
- 4: Kym Anderson and Anna Strutt: From Re-instrumenting to Re-purposing Farm Support Policies
- 5: Johan Swinnen and Danielle Resnick: Policy Coalitions in Food Systems Transformation
- 6: Eduardo J. Gómez: Government Response to Ultra-Processed and Sugar Beverages Industries in Developing Nations: The Need to Build Coalitions Across Policy Sectors
- 7: Jonathan Mockshell and Thea Nielsen Ritter: Ultra-processed Food Environments: Aligning Policy Beliefs from the State, Market, and Civil Society
- 8: Jody Harris: Asymmetric Power in Global Food System Advocacy
- 9: Christopher B. Barrett: The Political Economy of Bundling Socio-Technical Innovations to Transform Agri-Food Systems
- 10: Robert Paarlberg: Sustainable Food and Farming: When Public Perceptions Depart from Science
- 11: Lukas Paul Fesenfeld and Yixian Sun: Enabling Positive Tipping Points in Public Support for Food System Transformation: The Case of Meat Consumption
- 12: Gareth Haysom and Jane Battersby: Urban Food Systems Governance in Africa: Towards a Realistic Model for Transformation
- 13: Alan Matthews, Jeroen Candel, Nel de Mûelenaere, and Pauline Scheelbeek: The Political Economy of Food System Transformation in the European Union
- 14: Stella Nordhagen and Jessica Fanzo: Tracking Progress and Generating Accountability for Global Food System Commitments
- 15: Danielle Resnick and Johan Swinnen: Conclusions
About the author
Danielle Resnick is a David M. Rubenstein Fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution and a Non-Resident Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). She was formerly a Senior Research Fellow and Governance Theme Leader at IFPRI (2013-2021), and a Research Fellow at the United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER, 2010-2013). Key research areas include the political economy of agriculture and food policy, decentralization, urban governance, informality, and democratization, with a regional specialization in sub-Saharan Africa where she has conducted fieldwork in more than a dozen countries.
Johan Swinnen is Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute and Managing Director of Systems Transformation, CGIAR. From 2005 to 2019, he was a Professor of Economics and Director of the LICOS Centre for Institutions & Economic Performance at KU Leuven and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels. He previously was also a Lead Economist at the World Bank (2003-2004) and economic adviser to the European Commission (1998-2001). He is a Fellow of Agricultural & Applied Economics Association and previously served as President of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (2012-2015).
Summary
This volume analyses the political economy dynamics of food system transformation from an interdisciplinary perspective. Drawing on empirical data from a wide range of countries, the book touches on issues as varied as repurposing agricultural subsidies, biotechnology innovations, red meat consumption, and sugar-sweetened beverage taxes.
