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The Elgar Companion to Food System Transformation for Sustainable Development: (Elgar Companions to the Sustainable Development Goals series)

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This expansive Companion examines the relationship between food systems and sustainability, exploring why transforming the food system is a vital step in achieving sustainability that extends beyond the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Combining theoretical insights with practical applications, this Companion presents regional case studies spanning every continent to identify both current challenges and future prospects for sustainable food system development. Contributors interrogate the synergies and trade-offs between the SDGs and how they relate to nexus thinking, including the water-energy-food nexus and its recent variations. Examining governance from state, market, and voluntary sector perspectives, contributing authors argue that governance by goals, such as the SDGs, is an insufficient way to adequately reshape food systems in order to be more sustainable. The Elgar Companion to Food System Transformation for Sustainable Development is a crucial resource for students and scholars of human geography, agronomy, agroecology, political ecology, climate science, and environmental studies. Policymakers, advocacy groups and civil society actors will also benefit from the book’s forward-thinking strategies and policy recommendations.

Table of Contents:
Contents List of contributors viii 1 Introduction to Food System Transformation for Sustainable Development 1 Prajal Pradhan and Laxmi Prasad Pant 2 Promoting agro-food system transformation and poverty eradication 9 Mingxing Sun and Shaoyue Ma 3 Ending all forms of malnutrition through food system transformation 23 Charoula Konstantia Nikolaou and Laxmi Prasad Pant 4 Sustainable food systems for health and wellbeing 37 Sharada Prasad Wasti, Atul Upadhyay and Laxmi Prasad Pant 5 Moving beyond the colonial single-track education for food system transformation toward sustainability 53 Kishor Atreya, Kanchan Kattel, Kiran Kumari Bhattarai and Laxmi Prasad Pant 6 Food systems transformation for achieving gender equality and contributing to Sustainable Development Goals 72 Hom Nath Gartaula, Deepali Chadha, Kishor Atreya, Prama Mukhopadhyay, Anisha Sapkota and Ranjitha Puskur 7 Sustainable water–food system transformation in arid and semi-arid regions 88 Rocky Talchabhadel, Sanjib Sharma, Analicia L. Perez and Elizabeth F. Racine 8 On kilowatts and calories: integrating sustainable energy in food systems 100 Laurence L. Delina and Chloe Chan 9 Leverage points for achieving integrated socio-ecological security across the water, energy, food (WEF) nexus 115 Larry A. Swatuk, Corrine Cash and Natasha Tang Kai 10 Will it work out for labour? Implications of the food system transformation on employment and decent work 132 Claudia Hunecke 11 Responsible innovation for sustainable and just food systems 149 Cody Kugler, Maria Boa-Alvarado, Mario Herrero and Daniel Mason-D’Croz 12 Food system transformation to reduce inequality within and among countries 166 Madiha Ahmed and Sandra Gagnon 13 Provisioning sustainable food for cities and human settlements: principles and examples 182 Ina Horlings, Stephen Leitheiser, Pablo Tittonell and Elen-Maarja Trell 14 The dual role of government in transforming urban food systems in Berlin 201 Stefanie Lyn Becker 15 Responsible food production and consumption 208 Yuanchao Hu, Vivienne Reiner, Mengyu Li and Arunima Malik 16 Food system transformation for climate action 221 Toshihiro Hasegawa, Rachel Bezner Kerr and Helen Gurney-Smith 17 Climate-smart agriculture for South Asia to transform food system and sustainable development 236 Rajiv Ghimire and Jagadish Parajuli 18 Climate change driven agricultural frontiers: land sparing and land sharing strategies in Canada’s north 245 Krishna Bahadur KC and Edan Tzadok 19 Climate change threats to supply chains in Australia’s food bowl 253 Vivienne Reiner and Arunima Malik 20 Terrestrial versus aquatic foods: how more seafood can help to conserve life below water (SDG14) 260 Holger Kühnhold and Furqan Asif 21 Insights into three alternative agriculture practices to foster food system transformation for life on land 283 Jorien Zevenberg and Henny J. van der Windt 22 Strategies for implementing the food, ecosystem, and climate nexus 298 Junze Zhang and Mengting Luo 23 Accelerating land restoration for enhancing pastoral livelihoods in Mandera County of Kenya 314 Erick Wanga, David Kitheka, Salil Bhattarai and Avish Raj 24 Farming diversification and agroecological practices: pathways to sustainable systems in the Andean-Amazon foothills 319 Lucila Marcela Beltrán Tolosa, Martin Londoño Behaine and Marcela Quintero 25 Peace, justice, and food system transformation 328 Caroline Delgado and Dan Smith 26 Conclusion: directionality and diversity of food system governance partnerships toward sustainable futures 346 Laxmi Prasad Pant, Tim Benton, Kiran Kumari Bhattarai, Raju Pandit Chhetri, Tek Bahadur Sapkota and Prajal Pradhan

About the Author :
Edited by Prajal Pradhan, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, the Netherlands and Laxmi Prasad Pant, Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, UK

Review :
‘This Companion is a critical guide to a just and sustainable food system transformation, offering essential evidence and strategies. It powerfully charts the complex linkages with global goals, providing specific insights for navigating an equitable future.’ ‘This book is essential reading for shaping the post-2030 agenda. It places food systems at the heart of global goals, offering a compelling roadmap for sustainable, equitable, and resilient transformation—one that is critical for global stability, health, and well-being. A timely and foundational contribution to future policymaking.’


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781035332847
  • Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
  • Height: 244 mm
  • No of Pages: 398
  • Width: 169 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1035332841
  • Publisher Date: 28 Jan 2026
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Elgar Companions to the Sustainable Development Goals series


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