NDLI: The dynamics of the contemporary governance of the world’s food supply and the challenges of policy redirection

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Author	Barling, David Duncan, Jessica
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	This paper identifies the governance dynamics and the international policy architecture that frame contemporary policy actions in relation to the food supply and elaborates on key governance tensions that policy makers need to address to feed the world’s growing population by the mid-21st century. Two main dimensions of governance are examined: the international policy space, composed of nation states collaborating through international regimes with other international actors; and the private corporate led governance of the food supply. At the international levels, policy discontinuities and gaps are identified, for example between international environmental regimes and food security institutions. The so-called Washington Consensus has given way to a post Washington divergence of policy approaches amongst states, reflecting the “varieties of capitalism” thesis, and a more multi-polar international policy space over food and agriculture. In the past decade, policy makers have engaged industry in the international pursuit of sustainability, with a focus on policy actions around achieving sustainable consumption and production of food. The resulting contemporary governance trajectories are providing a disjointed but widespread set of policy guidelines with some evidence of convergence. These governance forms are helping to shape the terms of debate but the reliance on industry mediated food sustainability will need to be augmented by stronger political leadership from the individual nation states. Policy advances will need to build on the more collaborative and inclusive forms of governance that are being put in place, and continue to improve the balance of sustainable production and consumption of food.
Starting Page	415
Ending Page	424
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18764517
Journal	Food Security
Volume Number	7
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	18764525
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2015-02-22
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Governance Food supply Food policy Food sustainability Agriculture Food Science Social Policy Plant Sciences Environment Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Development Food Science Agronomy and Crop Science

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