The elgar companion to food system transformation for sustainable development / edited by Prajal Pradhan (Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, the Netherlands) and Laxmi Prasad Pant (Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, UK).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pradhan, Prajal, editor.

Pant, Laxmi Prasad, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar companions to the sustainable development goals

Elgar companions to the sustainable development goals series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable agriculture.

Food supply.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"This expansive Companion examines the relationship between food systems and sustainability, exploring why transforming the food system is a vital step in achieving sustainability that extends beyond the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Combining theoretical insights with practical applications, this Companion presents regional case studies spanning every continent to identify both current challenges and future prospects for sustainable food system development. Contributors interrogate the synergies and trade-offs between the SDGs and how they relate to nexus thinking, including the water-energy-food nexus and its recent variations. Examining governance from state, market, and voluntary sector perspectives, contributing authors argue that governance by goals, such as the SDGs, is an insufficient way to adequately reshape food systems in order to be more sustainable. The Elgar Companion to Food System Transformation for Sustainable Development is a crucial resource for students and scholars of human geography, agronomy, agroecology, political ecology, climate science, and environmental studies. Policymakers, advocacy groups and civil society actors will also benefit from the book's forward-thinking strategies and policy recommendations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: List of contributors

1. Introduction to food system transformation for sustainable development / Prajal Pradhan and Laxmi Prasad Pant

2. Promoting agro-food system transformation and poverty eradication / Mingxing Sun and Shaoyue Ma

3. Ending all forms of malnutrition through food system transformation / Charoula Konstantia Nikolaou and Laxmi Prasad Pant

4. Sustainable food systems for health and wellbeing / Sharada Prasad Wasti, Atul Upadhyay and Laxmi Prasad Pant

5. Moving beyond the colonial single-track education for food system transformation toward sustainability / Kishor Atreya, Kanchan Kattel, Kiran Kumari Bhattarai and Laxmi Prasad Pant

6. Food systems transformation for achieving gender equality and contributing to sustainable development goals / Hom Nath Gartaula, Deepali Chadha, Kishor Atreya, Prama Mukhopadhyay, Anisha Sapkota and Ranjitha Puskur

7. Sustainable water-food system transformation in arid and semi-arid regions / Rocky Talchabhadel, Sanjib Sharma, Analicia L. Perez and Elizabeth F. Racine

8. On kilowatts and calories: Integrating sustainable energy in food systems / Laurence L. Delina and Chloe Chan

9. Leverage points for achieving integrated socio-ecological security across the water, energy, food (wef) nexus / Larry A. Swatuk, Corrine Cash and Natasha Tang Kai

10. Will it work out for labour? Implications of the food system transformation on employment and decent work / Claudia Hunecke

11. Responsible innovation for sustainable and just food systems / Cody Kugler, Maria Boa-Alvarado, Mario Herrero and Daniel Mason-D'Croz

12. Food system transformation to reduce inequality within and among countries / Madiha Ahmed and Sandra Gagnon

13. Provisioning sustainable food for cities and human settlements: Principles and examples / Ina Horlings, Stephen Leitheiser, Pablo Tittonell and Elen-Maarja Trell

14. The dual role of government in transforming urban food systems in Berlin / Stefanie Lyn Becker

15. Responsible food production and consumption / Yuanchao Hu, Vivienne Reiner, Mengyu Li and Arunima Malik

16. Food system transformation for climate action / Toshihiro Hasegawa, Rachel Bezner Kerr and Helen Gurney-Smith

17. Climate-smart agriculture for south asia to transform food system and sustainable development / Rajiv Ghimire and Jagadish Parajuli

18. Climate change driven agricultural frontiers: Land sparing and land sharing strategies in Canada's north / Krishna Bahadur KC and Edan Tzadok

19. Climate change threats to supply chains in australia's food bowl / Vivienne Reiner and Arunima Malik

20. Terrestrial versus aquatic foods: How more seafood can help to conserve life below water (sdg14) / Holger Kühnhold and Furqan Asif

21. Insights into three alternative agriculture practices to foster food system transformation for life on land / Jorien Zevenberg and Henny J. van der Windt

22. Strategies for implementing the food, ecosystem, and climate nexus / Junze Zhang and Mengting Luo

23. Accelerating land restoration for enhancing pastoral livelihoods in mandera county of Kenya / Erick Wanga, David Kitheka, Salil Bhattarai and Avish Raj

24. Farming diversification and agroecological practices: Pathways to sustainable systems in the andean-amazon foothills / Lucila Marcela Beltrán Tolosa, Martin Londoño Behaine and Marcela Quintero

25. Peace, justice, and food system transformation / Caroline Delgado and Dan Smith

26. Conclusion: Directionality and diversity of food system governance partnerships toward sustainable futures / Laxmi Prasad Pant, Tim Benton, Kiran Kumari Bhattarai, Raju Pandit Chhetri, Tek Bahadur Sapkota and Prajal Pradhan.

Notes:

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035332854 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.