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Sustainable agrifood systems for a post-growth world

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  • Steven R. McGreevy

    (University of Twente
    FEAST NPO
    Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)

  • Christoph D. D. Rupprecht

    (Ehime University)

  • Daniel Niles

    (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)

  • Arnim Wiek

    (Arizona State University)

  • Michael Carolan

    (Colorado State University)

  • Giorgos Kallis

    (Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA)
    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

  • Kanang Kantamaturapoj

    (Mahidol University)

  • Astrid Mangnus

    (Utrecht University)

  • Petr Jehlička

    (Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Oliver Taherzadeh

    (Leiden University)

  • Marlyne Sahakian

    (University of Geneva)

  • Ilan Chabay

    (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies)

  • Ashley Colby

    (Rizoma Field School)

  • Jose-Luis Vivero-Pol

    (Université Catholique de Louvain)

  • Rajat Chaudhuri
  • Maximilian Spiegelberg

    (FEAST NPO)

  • Mai Kobayashi

    (Kyoto University)

  • Bálint Balázs

    (Environmental Social Science Research Group)

  • Kazuaki Tsuchiya

    (National Institute for Environmental Studies)

  • Clara Nicholls

    (University of California Berkeley)

  • Keiko Tanaka

    (University of Kentucky)

  • Joost Vervoort

    (Utrecht University)

  • Motoki Akitsu

    (Kyoto University)

  • Hein Mallee

    (Kyoto Prefectural University)

  • Kazuhiko Ota

    (Nanzan University)

  • Rika Shinkai

    (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)

  • Ashlesha Khadse

    (Amrita Bhoomi Agroecology Center)

  • Norie Tamura

    (Graduate School of Project Design)

  • Ken-ichi Abe

    (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)

  • Miguel Altieri

    (University of California Berkeley)

  • Yo-Ichiro Sato

    (Kyoto Prefectural University)

  • Masashi Tachikawa

    (Nagoya University)

Abstract

Sustainable agrifood systems are critical to averting climate-driven social and ecological disasters, overcoming the growth paradigm and redefining the interactions of humanity and nature in the twenty-first century. This Perspective describes an agenda and examples for comprehensive agrifood system redesign according to principles of sufficiency, regeneration, distribution, commons and care. This redesign should be supported by coordinated education and research efforts that do not simply replicate dominant discourses on food system sustainability but point towards a post-growth world in which agroecological life processes support healthy communities rather than serving as inputs for the relentless pursuit of economic growth.

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  • Steven R. McGreevy & Christoph D. D. Rupprecht & Daniel Niles & Arnim Wiek & Michael Carolan & Giorgos Kallis & Kanang Kantamaturapoj & Astrid Mangnus & Petr Jehlička & Oliver Taherzadeh & Marlyne Sah, 2022. "Sustainable agrifood systems for a post-growth world," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 5(12), pages 1011-1017, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:5:y:2022:i:12:d:10.1038_s41893-022-00933-5
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-022-00933-5
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