Sustainable maize production and consumption in China: practices and politics in transition
Sustainable maize production and consumption in China: practices and politics in transition
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.12.001
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发表时间：
2016-10-15
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
Song, Yiching
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作者：
Ely, Adrian;Geall, Sam;Song, Yiching
中国提供了一个具有全球意义的鲜明例子，说明不断变化的粮食生产和消费模式（特别是与动物蛋白摄入量增加有关的模式）如何对生物多样性、气候、氮和磷循环以及淡水的使用产生负面影响。然而，中国快速增长的创新能力和充满活力的发展模式也为向更具可持续性和弹性的农业食品系统过渡提供了独特的机会。应用“过渡中的食品做法”框架（Spaarlaun等人，2012年），本文讨论了技术，政治和社会文化因素的核心，这种系统性的变化，重点是玉米作为一个核心案例研究。特别是，它提出并讨论了两个相互竞争（但不相互排斥）的途径，以实现更可持续的玉米生产和消费。其中一条，我们称之为“自主创新”途径，是以“系统理性”为框架的，其特点是专注于农业集约化的研发密集型技术，包括有争议的转基因植酸酶玉米的使用。第二种，我们称之为“替代”途径，由“生活世界理性”构成，重点是改进管理实践，缩短供应链，农业生态和参与性研究。这两种途径要求不同的环境效益，并提出不同的风险和政治影响。本文分析了每种途径中转型的食品实践，确定了与不断变化的政治条件的联系，并指出消费者机构在引导中国玉米生产和消费模式方面发挥着日益重要的作用。(C)2016作者爱思唯尔有限公司出版
China provides a stark and globally significant illustration of how changing patterns of food production and consumption (especially related to increased intake of animal protein) are creating negative impacts on biodiversity, climate, nitrogen and phosphorous cycles and the use of freshwater. However, China's rapidly growing innovation capabilities and dynamic pattern of development also offer a unique opportunity for transitions towards more sustainable and resilient agri-food systems. Applying a 'food practices in transition' framework (Spaargaren et al., 2012), this paper discusses the technological, political and socio-cultural factors central to such systemic changes, with a focus on maize as a core case study. In particular it presents and discusses two contending (but not mutually-exclusive) pathways towards more sustainable maize production and consumption. One, which we call the 'indigenous innovation' pathway is framed by 'systemic rationalities' and characterised by a focus on R&D-intensive technologies for agricultural intensification, including the controversial use of transgenic phytase maize. The second, which we term the 'alternative' pathway, is framed by 'lifeworld rationalities' and focusses on improved management practices, shorter supply chains, agro-ecological and participatory research. The two pathways claim different environmental benefits and present different risks and political implications. This paper analyses the food practices in transition in each pathway, identifying links with shifting political conditions and pointing to the increasingly significant role of consumer agency in steering patterns of maize production and consumption in China. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.