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Small wins in practice: Learnings from 16 European initiatives working towards the transformation of urban food systems 小赢在实践中：从 16 项致力于改造城市粮食系统的欧洲倡议中汲取经验

IF 6.8 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102761

Madhura Rao , Jonathan Luger , Barbara J. Regeer , Cristina Yacoub Lopez , Danielle Wilde , David Wilde , Emel Karakaya Ayalp , Julia Pinedo Gil , Nina Isabella Moeller , Yağmur Özcan Cive , Marjoleine G. van der Meij

In this study, we examine how 16 initiatives across Europe are addressing ‘wicked’ food system issues by mobilising local networks and implementing small-scale but impactful changes in urban and peri-urban regions. To map the potential of these initiatives to contribute to large-scale change, we apply the Small Wins Framework proposed by Termeer & Dewulf (2019). By analysing data collected through interviews with participants working on initiatives spanning 13 cities across 9 European countries, we identify the manifestation of six propelling mechanisms that signal the capacity of small wins to bring about systemic change. Findings from this study reveal the presence of most mechanisms across the included initiatives. However, the ways in which these mechanisms appear depend on various factors such as stakeholder motivation, the maturity of the initiative, the need for additional funding, local food culture, and the regional and national political landscape among others. Our analysis indicates that the Small Wins Framework could be successfully used as a mapping tool in urban transformation processes, but it is likely to be more effective as a tool for reflexive monitoring rather than ex-post evaluation. Drawing on the impacts of various large-scale disruptions on the initiatives, we suggest that social, political, and economic shocks can present windows of opportunity to accelerate change and that initiatives performing well under such pressure should be supported in their pursuit of systems transformation. Lastly, we recommend non-linear growth strategies such as spreading, deepening, and expanding, as ways to compound the impact of small wins.

在这项研究中，我们考察了欧洲的 16 项倡议如何通过动员地方网络，在城市和城郊地区实施小规模但有影响力的变革，来解决 "邪恶 "的粮食系统问题。为了绘制这些倡议推动大规模变革的潜力图，我们采用了 Termeer & Dewulf（2019 年）提出的 "小赢框架"。通过分析与横跨 9 个欧洲国家 13 个城市的倡议参与者访谈收集到的数据，我们确定了六种推动机制的表现形式，这些机制标志着小赢家带来系统性变革的能力。研究结果表明，大多数机制都存在于所包含的倡议中。然而，这些机制的出现方式取决于各种因素，如利益相关者的动机、倡议的成熟度、对额外资金的需求、当地饮食文化以及地区和国家政治格局等。我们的分析表明，"小赢框架 "可以成功地用作城市转型过程中的绘图工具，但作为一种反思性监测工具，它可能比事后评估更为有效。根据各种大规模破坏对倡议的影响，我们建议社会、政治和经济冲击可以为加速变革提供机会之窗，在这种压力下表现出色的倡议应得到支持，以实现系统转型。最后，我们建议采取非线性增长战略，如扩散、深化和扩展，以此来扩大小赢的影响。

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Information interventions and willingness to pay for PICS bags: Evidence from Sierra Leone 信息干预和对 PICS 袋的支付意愿：塞拉利昂的证据

IF 6.8 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102760

Jingru Jia, Paul E. McNamara

This study investigates the different impact of informational interventions on smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bags in Sierra Leone. Despite the proven efficacy of PICS bags in reducing post-harvest losses and maintaining crop quality, their adoption rates remain extremely low in Sierra Leone. Through a field experiment with random assignment involving 436 households, this research investigates how health and profit-oriented information impacts farmers’ valuation of PICS bags. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups: receiving health benefits information, receiving profit benefits information, or a control group receiving standard usage instructions. Both treatment groups also received the standard usage instructions provided to the control group. The WTP was assessed using the Becker–DeGroot–Marschak (BDM) auction method. Results indicate that while profit-related information significantly increases WTP, health information does not. Additionally, this study explores heterogeneity in treatment effects, finding that there is no significant variation in response across different demographic and socioeconomic groups, pointing to a potential uniformity in the effectiveness of the informational interventions.

本研究调查了信息干预对塞拉利昂小农购买普渡改进型农作物储藏（PICS）袋的支付意愿（WTP）的不同影响。尽管 PICS 袋在减少收获后损失和保持作物质量方面的功效已得到证实，但其在塞拉利昂的采用率仍然极低。本研究通过一项涉及 436 户家庭的随机分配实地实验，调查了健康和利润导向信息如何影响农民对 PICS 袋的评价。参与者被随机分配到三组中的一组：接受健康益处信息组、接受利润益处信息组或接受标准使用说明的对照组。两个处理组也都接受了提供给对照组的标准使用说明。WTP 采用 Becker-DeGroot-Marschak (BDM) 拍卖法进行评估。结果表明，与利润相关的信息能显著提高 WTP，而健康信息则不能。此外，本研究还探讨了治疗效果的异质性，发现不同人口和社会经济群体的反应没有明显差异，这表明信息干预的效果可能是一致的。

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Too much, too soon? Early-maturing maize varieties as drought escape strategy in Malawi 太多，太快？将早熟玉米品种作为马拉维的抗旱战略

IF 6.8 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102766

Uwe Grewer , Dong-Hyuk Kim , Katharina Waha

Adopting early-maturing maize varieties can substantially increase yield and yield stability in suitable environments. Actionable recommendations that specify where early-maturing varieties can be suitably applied are lacking across low-income countries. We found for maize in Malawi that varieties with longer maturity duration provide on average the highest yield. However, if water stress occurs, we found that its timing determines which seed variety performs best. If water stress conditions are confined to the late season, early-maturing varieties escape drought and perform better than medium- and late-maturing varieties. Instead, if water stress conditions start already from mid-season, early-maturing varieties perform worst. Our results demonstrate that the typical seasonal timing of water stress can serve as a suitable criterion for recommending where to adopt early-maturing varieties. Finally, we propose an integrated research framework that complements our econometric analysis and allows to derive actionable variety suitability recommendations at the country level.

在适宜的环境中，采用早熟玉米品种可大幅提高产量和产量稳定性。低收入国家缺乏具体说明在哪些地方可以适当应用早熟品种的可行建议。我们在马拉维发现，成熟期较长的玉米品种平均产量最高。然而，我们发现，如果出现水分胁迫，哪种种子品种的表现最好就取决于水分胁迫的时间。如果水胁迫条件仅限于晚季，早熟品种就能躲过干旱，表现优于中熟和晚熟品种。相反，如果水胁迫条件从季节中期就已开始，早熟品种的表现则最差。我们的研究结果表明，典型的季节性水胁迫时间可以作为推荐采用早熟品种的合适标准。最后，我们提出了一个综合研究框架，该框架与我们的计量经济学分析相辅相成，可在国家层面提出可行的品种适宜性建议。

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Do moral constraints and government interventions promote the willingness and behaviors of food saving among urban residents in China? An empirical study based on structural equation model 道德约束和政府干预会促进中国城市居民的节粮意愿和行为吗？基于结构方程模型的实证研究

IF 6.8 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102767

Duo Chai , Shujin Yu , Ting Meng

As income rises and the food supply becomes more sufficient, food waste becomes increasingly severe in emerging economies. Promoting food conservation behaviors among residents is crucial; however, there is little evidence of the consumer-related driving factors behind this behavior from both internal and external perspectives. Based on the theory of planned behavior and the structural equation model, this paper examines the impact mechanism of internal moral constraints and external government intervention on the psychology of saving food among Chinese urban residents in one research framework. Survey data combined from random street-stop interviews and an online survey are applied. Results show that moral constraints, as internal factors, still play a crucial role in forming Chinese urban residents’ willingness to save food. The most influencing mechanisms are through impacts on attitude (personal moral cognition) (β = 0.311) and perceived behavioral control (comparison of economic and moral costs and benefits) (β = 0.581). In the meantime, government interventions, as external factors, significantly impact residents’ willingness and behavior to save food. The government’s efforts in guiding food conservation have a direct promoting effect (β = 0.135) on the respondents’ food-saving willingness, while services and support to food conservation from the government directly promote food-saving behaviors (β = 0.068). Also, the number of household generations and respondent age positively impact food saving willingness, while chronic diseases, income, and food consumption expenditure have adverse impacts. Policies encouraging food saving need to conduct from both internal and external intervention. On the one hand, it demands to strengthen residents’ moral constrains by promoting traditional virtues and improving the awareness of global food security challenges, which can increase the benefits of food saving behaviors in terms of moral values. On the other hand, government intervention on guiding and supporting food conservation can effectively increase both willingness and behaviors of food saving.

随着收入的增加和粮食供应的充足，粮食浪费在新兴经济体中变得越来越严重。促进居民节约粮食的行为至关重要，然而，从内部和外部角度来看，很少有证据表明这种行为背后与消费者相关的驱动因素。本文以计划行为理论和结构方程模型为基础，在一个研究框架内探讨了内部道德约束和外部政府干预对中国城市居民节粮心理的影响机制。本文采用了街头随机访谈和在线调查相结合的调查数据。结果表明，道德约束作为内部因素，在中国城市居民节粮意愿的形成过程中仍然发挥着至关重要的作用。最主要的影响机制是对态度（个人道德认知）（β = 0.311）和感知行为控制（经济和道德成本与收益的比较）（β = 0.581）的影响。同时，政府干预作为外部因素，对居民的节粮意愿和行为产生了显著影响。政府对节约粮食的引导对被调查者的节粮意愿有直接的促进作用（β = 0.135），而政府对节约粮食的服务和支持对被调查者的节粮行为有直接的促进作用（β = 0.068）。此外，家庭代际数和受访者年龄也对节粮意愿产生积极影响，而慢性病、收入和食品消费支出则对节粮意愿产生不利影响。鼓励节粮的政策需要从内部和外部两方面进行干预。一方面，需要通过弘扬传统美德、提高对全球粮食安全挑战的认识来强化居民的道德约束，从而提高节粮行为的道德价值收益。另一方面，政府在引导和支持节粮方面的干预可以有效提高节粮意愿和节粮行为。

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How do women’s empowerment metrics measure up? A comparative analysis 如何衡量妇女赋权指标？比较分析

IF 6.8 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102764

Elizabeth Bageant , Erin Lentz , Sudha Narayanan , Nathan Jensen , Watson Lepariyo

Research has identified women’s empowerment as a critical factor for nutritional outcomes and a priority area for understanding women’s mental health status. At the same time, there is no consensus on how empowerment should be measured. The surrounding debate has produced several empowerment metrics that are widely used, yet we know little about whether they can be substituted for one another or their respective strengths and weaknesses. Using data collected from a single sample of women from rural, northern Kenya, we compare five empowerment metrics: The Project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI) and associated Health and Nutrition Module (HN), Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition Index (WENI), Women’s Empowerment in Livestock Index (WELI), and the Survey Based Women’s Empowerment Index (SWPER). The metrics have shared theoretical origins and are commonly used in the food, nutrition and health spaces to study rural women’s lives across low- and middle-income countries. We examine the metrics’ characteristics, distributions, pairwise correlations and capacity of each metric to predict outcomes often associated with the concept of empowerment: body mass index (BMI) and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). We find striking differences between these common empowerment metrics. The metrics’ correlations with one another are highly variable as are the predictive capacities for both outcomes. Further, our analysis finds that the choice of metric can dramatically influence which individuals are identified as empowered. In sum, our results suggest that while these metrics are used in remarkably similar ways to understand rural women’s empowerment and its consequences, unless they are computed with many identical survey questions, the metrics do not capture the same underlying concept and are not interchangeable. We recommend that our work be replicated elsewhere and caution should be taken when implementing and interpreting research using these metrics, as findings may be highly sensitive to the choice of metric.

研究发现，妇女赋权是营养结果的关键因素，也是了解妇女心理健康状况的优先领域。与此同时，对于如何衡量妇女赋权还没有达成共识。围绕这一问题的讨论产生了几种被广泛使用的赋权指标，但我们对这些指标是否可以相互替代或它们各自的优缺点知之甚少。利用从肯尼亚北部农村妇女中收集到的单一样本数据，我们对五种赋权指标进行了比较：项目层面的农业妇女赋权指数（pro-WEAI）和相关的健康与营养模块（HN）、营养妇女赋权指数（WENI）、牲畜妇女赋权指数（WELI）以及基于调查的妇女赋权指数（SWPER）。这些指标具有共同的理论渊源，通常用于食品、营养和健康领域，以研究中低收入国家农村妇女的生活。我们研究了这些指标的特征、分布、配对相关性以及每个指标预测与赋权概念相关的结果的能力：体重指数（BMI）和流行病学研究中心抑郁量表（CES-D）。我们发现这些常见的赋权指标之间存在显著差异。这些指标之间的相关性差异很大，对两种结果的预测能力也是如此。此外，我们的分析还发现，指标的选择会极大地影响哪些人被认定为有能力的人。总之，我们的研究结果表明，虽然这些指标在理解农村妇女赋权及其后果时的使用方式非常相似，但除非它们是通过许多相同的调查问题计算出来的，否则这些指标并不能捕捉到相同的基本概念，也不能互换。我们建议在其他地方复制我们的工作，在使用这些指标实施和解释研究时应谨慎，因为研究结果可能对指标的选择非常敏感。

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Viewpoint: Toward a sustainable Green Revolution in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of maize and rice 观点：在撒哈拉以南非洲实现可持续的绿色革命：玉米和水稻案例

IF 6.8 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102762

Keijiro Otsuka , T.S. Jayne , Yukichi Mano , Kazushi Takahashi

This Viewpoint article synthesizes seminal research from multiple disciplines in a virtual special collection (VSC) of Elsevier articles to highlight critical remaining steps to achieve a sustainable Green Revolution (SGR) in Africa. It is now widely recognized that the combined use of improved seeds and inorganic fertilizers – which were critical to the Asian Green Revolution – are necessary but insufficient conditions for African farmers to sustainably raise the productivity of their cereal crops. We highlight three key conclusions emerging from the VSC. First, achieving a maize SGR in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will require the development of site-specific soil management practices that can be consistently applied by highly resource-constrained farmers. This condition is far from being achieved in most of SSA. Second, the challenges to achieving a rice SGR are different: Best management practices are largely established and effective. Rice yields have already increased dramatically in parts of SSA where Asian-style seed-fertilizer technology and cultivation practices have been adopted. Therefore, the priority for enhancing rice productivity in SSA is to promote wider adoption of these established practices in rice-producing areas. Third, overcoming these challenges for both maize and rice requires strong adaptive agricultural research, development, and extension organizations on the ground. Many African countries currently lack these organizations to carry out the core activities required to achieve a SGR; therefore, building institutional capacity for national and regional agricultural research, extension, and policy analysis is a fundamental component of an effective SGR strategy.

这篇观点文章综合了爱思唯尔虚拟特辑（VSC）中多个学科的开创性研究成果，强调了在非洲实现可持续绿色革命（SGR）的关键步骤。现在人们普遍认识到，改良种子和无机肥料的结合使用--对亚洲绿色革命至关重要--是非洲农民可持续提高谷类作物生产率的必要条件，但还不够。我们着重强调虚拟粮食安全中心得出的三个关键结论。首先，在撒哈拉以南非洲地区（SSA）要实现玉米的可持续增产目标，就必须制定针对具体地点的土壤管理方法，使资源高度紧张的农民能够持续应用这些方法。撒哈拉以南非洲大部分地区还远未达到这一条件。其次，实现水稻 SGR 所面临的挑战不同：最佳管理方法已基本确立且行之有效。在撒哈拉以南非洲部分地区，水稻产量已经大幅提高，这些地区采用了亚洲式的种子-肥料技术和种植方法。因此，提高撒哈拉以南非洲地区水稻产量的当务之急是在水稻产区更广泛地采用这些成熟的做法。第三，要克服玉米和水稻面临的这些挑战，需要在当地建立强有力的适应性农业研究、开发和推广组织。许多非洲国家目前缺乏这些组织，无法开展实现 SGR 所需的核心活动；因此，建设国家和区域农业研究、推广和政策分析的机构能力是有效 SGR 战略的基本组成部分。

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Short food supply chains: The influence of outlet and accessibility on farmer and consumer preferences. Two discrete choice experiments 短食品供应链：销售点和可达性对农民和消费者偏好的影响。两个离散选择实验

IF 6.8 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102763

Camille Horvath , Martin Koning , Gwenaëlle Raton , François Combes

In France, Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs) operate under specific regulatory frameworks, involving either direct sales or transactions with no more than one intermediary. SFSCs are of particular interest to local communities as they offer a potential pathway to enhancing food security through the local provisioning of urban areas. This study investigates both consumers’ and farmers’ preferences for different SFSC outlets. Harmonized discrete choice experiments (DCEs) were conducted in 2022 in France, involving 1,021 consumers and 154 market gardeners, focusing on the consumption and sale of fresh vegetables. The objective is to examine the consistency and divergence between farmers’ and consumers’ choices among different outlets and attributes. The results indicate that consumers are less sensitive to the type of outlet than farmers. For consumers, relational proximity—direct interaction with farmers—emerges as a key factor, whereas farmers value this proximity only when it does not entail additional logistical burdens. Furthermore, mutual aid among farmers is highly appreciated, with farmers willing to lower prices when collaborating on tasks such as delivery. The findings suggest that travel time and outlet accessibility are critical, with longer travel times negatively affecting consumers more than farmers. These insights provide valuable guidance for enhancing SFSCs development, suggesting that policymakers should prioritize improving outlet accessibility, promoting farmer collaboration, and addressing logistical costs to better align supply with demand.

在法国，"短食品供应链"（SFSCs）在特定的监管框架下运作，涉及直接销售或不超过一个中间商的交易。当地社区对短食品供应链特别感兴趣，因为它提供了一条通过在当地供应城市地区食品来加强食品安全的潜在途径。本研究调查了消费者和农民对不同自给自足服务中心销售渠道的偏好。2022 年在法国进行了统一的离散选择实验（DCEs），涉及 1021 名消费者和 154 名市场园丁，重点关注新鲜蔬菜的消费和销售。目的是研究农民和消费者对不同销售点和属性的选择的一致性和差异性。结果表明，与农民相比，消费者对销售点类型的敏感度较低。对消费者而言，与农民直接互动的关系接近性是一个关键因素，而农民只有在不增加物流负担的情况下才重视这种接近性。此外，农民之间的互助也备受赞赏，农民愿意在合作完成交货等任务时降低价格。研究结果表明，旅行时间和销售点的可及性至关重要，较长的旅行时间对消费者的负面影响大于对农民的负面影响。这些见解为促进自给自足供应链的发展提供了宝贵的指导，建议政策制定者应优先考虑改善销售点的可达性、促进农民合作以及解决物流成本问题，从而更好地实现供需平衡。

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Perspectives on high U.S. retail food prices during 2020–2022 2020-2022 年美国食品零售价格高企的前景展望

IF 6.8 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102765

Metin Çakır , Ana M. Pérez , Shawn Arita , Joseph Cooper , Rebecca Nemec Boehm

The recent food price inflation has sparked lively debates globally in media accounts, policy circles, and academics. A large body of literature has emerged across several fields of economics. However, each study typically focuses on a single or subset of causes, indicating that factors contributing to the recent food price inflation are broadly ranging and complex. This paper provides a comprehensive synthesis of what we learned about the major causes of high food prices in 2020–2022 in the United States and how they differ from those identified in prior food price hikes during the Great Recession of 2008. To provide context, we first discuss stylized facts about the U.S. food industry structure and previous empirical evidence on economy-wide drivers of high food prices. We then survey the literature on drivers of price surges observed since 2020. We document that the overall price surge, including food prices, in 2020–2022 has some unique factors primarily stemming from the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic—specifically, U.S. fiscal support and money supply growth are the leading factors. Like in 2008, high commodity prices played a significant role in recent food price hikes—although their impacts might not be as large as in 2008. Inflation expectations due to high oil prices were a significant factor in 2008 but were not found to be an essential cause of the recent price hikes. Furthermore, the evidence on the role of factors directly related to retailers’ conduct, such as seller’s inflation or price gouging, is mixed. Considering our synthesis, we identify important gaps where future research is needed and policy priorities.

最近的粮食价格上涨引发了全球媒体、政策界和学术界的热烈讨论。经济学的多个领域都出现了大量文献。然而，每项研究通常只关注单一或部分原因，这表明导致近期粮食价格上涨的因素广泛而复杂。本文全面综述了我们所了解到的 2020-2022 年美国食品价格高涨的主要原因，以及这些原因与 2008 年经济大衰退期间食品价格上涨的原因有何不同。为了提供背景信息，我们首先讨论了有关美国食品产业结构的典型事实，以及以往有关整个经济范围内食品价格高涨驱动因素的经验证据。然后，我们对 2020 年以来观察到的价格飙升驱动因素的文献进行了调查。我们发现，2020-2022 年包括食品价格在内的整体价格飙升有一些独特的因素，主要源于 COVID-19 大流行病的后果--具体来说，美国的财政支持和货币供应增长是主导因素。与 2008 年一样，大宗商品价格高企在近期食品价格上涨中发挥了重要作用--尽管其影响可能没有 2008 年那么大。高油价导致的通胀预期是 2008 年的一个重要因素，但并未被认为是近期价格上涨的根本原因。此外，关于与零售商行为直接相关的因素（如卖方通胀或价格欺诈）的作用，证据不一。考虑到我们的综述，我们确定了未来需要研究的重要空白点和政策优先事项。

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Food policy coherence in local government: Who does what and why? 地方政府的粮食政策一致性：谁在做什么，为什么？

IF 6.8 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102740

Rob Kidd, Christian Reynolds

Background

In the UK, food policy is often made by national government, but typically interpreted and implemented by councils. This research explores which local government functions are involved in food policy, how they work together and how coherent their policy positions are. It builds on earlier work to map the food policy actors at national government level and to understand local government’s many functions.

Methods

The researchers conducted a literature review using search terms including ‘local authority’, ‘local government’, ‘food’ and ‘food policy’ across two academic databases: Scopus and Web of Science, plus results from Food Policy on Science Direct. The total number of papers identified and analysed was 99. They then conducted 30 semi-structured interviews with employees of local authorities and representative bodies covering the various functions of local government. They analysed the interviews using NVivo to highlight the themes, which included priority food policy issues for councils; local government functions and how they relate to each other; external stakeholders; and success factors.

Findings

Despite the high degree of complexity, fragmentation and granularity in local government, there appears to be a high degree of food policy coherence within and between individual councils. However, there is policy incoherence between central and local government, where a lack of national strategy and piecemeal approach to devolution have hindered councils’ efforts to improve the food system. Some functions of councils are particularly ‘joined up’, with good multi-function and multi-agency working arrangements in public health, trading standards, environmental health, economic development, planning and sustainability. Other functions, notably adult social care, markets and emergency planning, have been harder to engage; interview responses suggest food policy is not a priority for these functions.

Conclusions

For food policy interventions in local government to be successful, they need to be accompanied by adequate long-term funding; a coalition of support; and to be seen as a priority by relevant stakeholders. Partnership arrangements provide good opportunities to make use of existing networks. Councils could do more to increase joint working between neighbouring councils.

背景在英国，食品政策通常由国家政府制定，但通常由议会解释和执行。本研究探讨了哪些地方政府职能参与了粮食政策，它们是如何合作的，以及它们的政策立场有多一致。研究方法研究人员利用两个学术数据库中的 "地方当局"、"地方政府"、"食品 "和 "食品政策 "等检索词进行了文献综述：Scopus 和 Web of Science，以及 Science Direct 上 Food Policy 的结果。然后，他们与地方政府雇员和地方政府各职能部门的代表机构进行了 30 次半结构式访谈。他们使用 NVivo 对访谈进行了分析，以突出主题，其中包括议会优先考虑的粮食政策问题；地方政府职能及其相互关系；外部利益相关者；以及成功因素。然而，中央政府和地方政府之间的政策并不一致，缺乏国家战略和零敲碎打的权力下放方法阻碍了议会改善粮食系统的努力。议会的一些职能特别 "联合"，在公共卫生、贸易标准、环境卫生、经济发展、规划和可持续发展等方面都有良好的多功能和多机构工作安排。其他职能部门，尤其是成人社会关怀、市场和应急规划部门，则更难参与其中；访谈结果表明，粮食政策并不是这些职能部门的优先事项。伙伴关系安排为利用现有网络提供了良机。议会可以采取更多措施，加强相邻议会之间的联合工作。

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Examining purchasing strategies in public food procurement: Integrating sustainability, nutrition, and health in Spanish school meals and social care centres 研究公共食品采购中的采购策略：西班牙学校膳食和社会护理中心的可持续性、营养和健康一体化

IF 6.8 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy

Pub Date : 2024-10-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102742

Daniel Gaitán-Cremaschi , Diego Valbuena

Sustainable Public Food Procurement (SPFP) is pivotal in advancing sustainable and healthier food systems. However, practical gaps persist in understanding how policies function at the local implementation. This study addresses these gaps by analysing 22 SPFP contracts for school meals and social care centres in Spain, focusing on implementation while contextualizing findings within the broader policy cycle. This research categorizes SPFP criteria in tenders and evaluate their potential for actionability across sustainability, nutrition, & health dimensions. It also explores how these criteria are combined into purchasing strategies to achieve simultaneous or individual goals. Key findings reveal a strong use of product quality criteria, particularly organic foods, supported by policy and ease of implementation. However, non-ambitious targets, market constraints and procurement officers’ limited knowledge hinder progress. The study highlights significant adoption of nutritional & health criteria, though non-mandatory policies and varying regional targets impede consistent implementation and reveal gaps in promoting healthy and sustainable dietary practices. Environmental criteria are widely used signalling policy priorities within the EU policy framework. In contrast, proximity and social criteria are underutilized due to regulatory constraints and insufficient guidance. Despite these challenges, innovative local procurement strategies are utilized to overcome barriers. At the strategy level, the study reveals diverse approaches to SPFP implementation, highlighting adaptability but underscoring the need for flexible frameworks that accommodate local variations while aligning with broader EU or national goals. This research advocates for a holistic approach to SPFP that addresses both the practical challenges of implementation and the systemic issues present in the earlier stages of policy development.

可持续公共粮食采购（SPFP）在推进可持续和更健康的粮食系统方面至关重要。然而，在了解政策如何在地方实施中发挥作用方面仍存在实际差距。本研究通过分析西班牙学校膳食和社会护理中心的 22 份 SPFP 合同来弥补这些差距，重点关注执行情况，同时将研究结果纳入更广泛的政策周期中。本研究对招标中的 SPFP 标准进行了分类，并评估了其在可持续性、营养、& 健康等方面的可操作性潜力。研究还探讨了如何将这些标准结合到采购战略中，以实现同时或单独的目标。主要研究结果表明，在政策支持和易于实施的情况下，产品质量标准，尤其是有机食品标准得到了广泛应用。然而，目标不明确、市场限制和采购人员知识有限阻碍了进展。研究强调了营养和ampamp 的大量采用；健康标准，尽管非强制性政策和不同的地区目标阻碍了一致的实施，并揭示了在促进健康和可持续饮食习惯方面的差距。在欧盟政策框架内，环境标准被广泛采用，标志着政策的优先次序。相比之下，由于监管限制和指导不足，邻近性和社会标准未得到充分利用。尽管存在这些挑战，创新的本地采购战略仍被用来克服障碍。在战略层面，研究揭示了实施 SPFP 的不同方法，突出了适应性，但强调需要灵活的框架，以适应当地的差异，同时与更广泛的欧盟或国家目标保持一致。本研究主张对 SPFP 采取整体方法，既要解决实施过程中的实际挑战，又要解决政策制定早期阶段存在的系统性问题。

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