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Article

Stakeholder Perceptions of Policy Tools in Support of Sustainable Food Consumption in Europe: Policy Implications

by
Nína M. Saviolidis
1,*,
Gudrun Olafsdottir
1,
Mariana Nicolau
2,
Antonella Samoggia
3,
Elise Huber
4,
Laura Brimont
4,
Matthew Gorton
5,
David von Berlepsch
6,
Hildigunnur Sigurdardottir
7,
Margherita Del Prete
3,
Cristina Fedato
2,
Pierre-Marie Aubert
4 and
Sigurdur G. Bogason
1
1
Applied Supply Chain Systems Research Group, University of Iceland, Dunhagi 5, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland
2
Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production, Hagenauer Strasse 30, 42107 Wuppertal, Germany
3
Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Viale Fanin 50, 40127 Bologna, Italy
4
Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), 41 rue du Four, 75006 Paris, France
5
Business School, Newcastle University, 5 Barrack Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4SE, UK
6
Vlerick Business School, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
7
Markmar, Dunhagi 5, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2020, 12(17), 7161; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12177161
Submission received: 5 August 2020 / Revised: 25 August 2020 / Accepted: 29 August 2020 / Published: 2 September 2020
(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)
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Abstract

Transitioning agri-food systems towards increased sustainability and resilience requires that attention be paid to sustainable food consumption policies. Policy-making processes often require the engagement and acceptance of key stakeholders. This study analyses stakeholders’ solutions for creating sustainable agri-food systems, through interviews with a broad range of stakeholders including food value chain actors, non-governmental organizations, governmental institutions, research institutions and academic experts. The study draws on 38 in-depth, semi-structured interviews conducted in four European countries: France, Iceland, Italy and the UK, as well as three interviews with high-level EU experts. The interviewees’ solutions were analysed according to a five-category typology of policy tools, encompassing direct activity regulations, and market-based, knowledge-based, governance and strategic policy tools. Most of the identified solutions were located in the strategic tools category, reflecting shared recognition of the need to integrate food policy to achieve long-term goals. Emerging solutions—those which were most commonly identified among the different national contexts—were then used to derive empirically-grounded and more universally applicable recommendations for the advancement of sustainable food consumption policies.
Keywords: sustainable food consumption; agri-food systems; transition; stakeholders; semi-structured interviews; policy tools sustainable food consumption; agri-food systems; transition; stakeholders; semi-structured interviews; policy tools

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Saviolidis, N.M.; Olafsdottir, G.; Nicolau, M.; Samoggia, A.; Huber, E.; Brimont, L.; Gorton, M.; von Berlepsch, D.; Sigurdardottir, H.; Del Prete, M.; et al. Stakeholder Perceptions of Policy Tools in Support of Sustainable Food Consumption in Europe: Policy Implications. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7161. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12177161

AMA Style

Saviolidis NM, Olafsdottir G, Nicolau M, Samoggia A, Huber E, Brimont L, Gorton M, von Berlepsch D, Sigurdardottir H, Del Prete M, et al. Stakeholder Perceptions of Policy Tools in Support of Sustainable Food Consumption in Europe: Policy Implications. Sustainability. 2020; 12(17):7161. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12177161

Chicago/Turabian Style

Saviolidis, Nína M., Gudrun Olafsdottir, Mariana Nicolau, Antonella Samoggia, Elise Huber, Laura Brimont, Matthew Gorton, David von Berlepsch, Hildigunnur Sigurdardottir, Margherita Del Prete, and et al. 2020. "Stakeholder Perceptions of Policy Tools in Support of Sustainable Food Consumption in Europe: Policy Implications" Sustainability 12, no. 17: 7161. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12177161

APA Style

Saviolidis, N. M., Olafsdottir, G., Nicolau, M., Samoggia, A., Huber, E., Brimont, L., Gorton, M., von Berlepsch, D., Sigurdardottir, H., Del Prete, M., Fedato, C., Aubert, P.-M., & Bogason, S. G. (2020). Stakeholder Perceptions of Policy Tools in Support of Sustainable Food Consumption in Europe: Policy Implications. Sustainability, 12(17), 7161. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12177161

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