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System Innovation for Sustainability 3 : Case Studies in Sustainable Consumption and Production - Food and Agriculture.
Title:
System Innovation for Sustainability 3 : Case Studies in Sustainable Consumption and Production - Food and Agriculture.
Author:
Tischner, Ursula.
ISBN:
9781907643286
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (314 pages)
Series:
System Innovation for Sustainability ; v.3

System Innovation for Sustainability
Contents:
Front cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Part I. Overview and introduction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sustainable consumption and production in the agriculture and food domain -- Part II. Case studies -- 3. Facilitating a more sustainable food and farming sector in the UK -- 4. Self-sufficiency or localisation? -- 5. Transition towards sustainable consumption and production? The case of organic food in Denmark -- 6. Socioeconomic aspects of farmers' markets in Sweden -- 7. Open Garden: a local organic producer-consumer network in Hungary, going through various levels of system innovation -- 8. Slow Food: counteracting fast food and fast living -- 9. Sambazon: creating environmental and social value through marketing the açaí berry -- sustainable agro-forestry practices in the Brazilian Amazon -- 10. Fairtrade Max Havelaar Norway: the Norwegian labelling organisation for fair trade -- 11. Verified sustainable agriculture: a practical experience and a significant contribution to sustainable consumption and production -- 12. Life events as turning points for sustainable nutrition -- Part III. Conclusions -- 13. Sustainable consumption and production (SCP) of food: overall conclusions on SCP in the food and agriculture domain -- About the contributors -- Index -- Back cover.
Abstract:
Focuses on providing answers to the question of how food production and consumption systems can stay within the limits of the carrying capacity of our natural environment. This work also considers the challenges of food security and nutrition in the context of sustainability and a growing world population.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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