Measures to Increase Local Food Supply in the Context of European Framework Scenarios for the Agri-Food Sector

Voglhuber-Slavinsky, Ariane; Derler, Hartmut; Moller, Björn; Dönitz, Ewa; Bahrs, Enno; Berner, Simon

doi:10.3390/su131810019

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Measures to Increase Local Food Supply in the Context of European Framework Scenarios for the Agri-Food Sector

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Ariane Voglhuber-Slavinsky

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Hartmut Derler

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Björn Moller

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Ewa Dönitz

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Enno Bahrs

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Simon Berner

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Competence Center Foresight, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Breslauer Straße 48, 76139 Karlsruhe, Germany

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Institute of Farm Management, University of Hohenheim, Schwerzstraße 44, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany

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Institute of Applied Production Sciences, Sustainable Food Management, University of Applied Sciences FH Joanneum, Eggenberger Allee 11, 8020 Graz, Austria

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Sustainability 2021, 13(18), 10019; https://doi.org/10.3390/su131810019

Submission received: 14 July 2021 / Revised: 13 August 2021 / Accepted: 17 August 2021 / Published: 7 September 2021

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

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The issue of local food supply has attracted considerable political and public attention, due to the changing preferences of consumers, who have more awareness about ecological sustainability, in particular, but also due to recent developments concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to identify measures facilitating local food value chains, which are resilient to different nationwide and global future developments, the aim of our analysis was to set the identified measures derived from the local roadmap of the city of Graz in the context of European scenarios for the agri-food sector in 2035. The results show that certain measures are applicable under all of the described scenarios, such as the food policy council, whereas some measures—for example, open food labs—are less suitable or need to be adjusted to fit the purpose within changing framework conditions. Setting specific measures for a city region in the broader context of European agri-food scenarios provides a systemic perspective, thus making the multiple links and influences more visible.

Keywords: robustness check; food system; foresight; qualitative scenarios; roadmaps

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Voglhuber-Slavinsky, A.; Derler, H.; Moller, B.; Dönitz, E.; Bahrs, E.; Berner, S. Measures to Increase Local Food Supply in the Context of European Framework Scenarios for the Agri-Food Sector. Sustainability 2021, 13, 10019. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131810019

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Voglhuber-Slavinsky A, Derler H, Moller B, Dönitz E, Bahrs E, Berner S. Measures to Increase Local Food Supply in the Context of European Framework Scenarios for the Agri-Food Sector. Sustainability. 2021; 13(18):10019. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131810019

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Voglhuber-Slavinsky, Ariane, Hartmut Derler, Björn Moller, Ewa Dönitz, Enno Bahrs, and Simon Berner. 2021. "Measures to Increase Local Food Supply in the Context of European Framework Scenarios for the Agri-Food Sector" Sustainability 13, no. 18: 10019. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131810019

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Voglhuber-Slavinsky, A., Derler, H., Moller, B., Dönitz, E., Bahrs, E., & Berner, S. (2021). Measures to Increase Local Food Supply in the Context of European Framework Scenarios for the Agri-Food Sector. Sustainability, 13(18), 10019. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131810019

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