The Future of our Food: Resilience, Security and Justice in a Global Context

在全球范围内，由于全球化、工业发展和生活方式的改变，农业和粮食系统（“农业食品”系统）正在经历迅速而重大的变革。这导致了各种生态、社会、文化、政治和经济变化，影响了农业粮食系统可持续种植粮食和公平分配粮食的能力。全球有10亿人处于饥饿状态，另有10亿人超重。农业对气候变化、水资源枯竭、污染和栖息地丧失起着重要作用。反过来，它也受到这些可持续性危机的威胁。在粮食系统内，穷人获得粮食的机会受到严重限制，粮食浪费现象普遍存在，粮食分配不公正。这些复杂的挑战已经在一系列学科、子学科和学术领域进行了讨论。一系列国际、区域和国家政策框架、政治机构、民间社会组织、公司和大众社会运动也处理了这些问题。然而，关于可持续农业需要什么以及如何设计公正和有弹性的粮食系统，几乎没有达成共识。然而，三个关键的学术文献正在围绕这样一种观点趋于一致：首先，可持续性、正义和复原力是相互关联的，其次，它们都来自民主的粮食体系，在这种体系中，生产者和消费者可以对自己的选择行使自主权。然而，特别是在生产者方面，由于独立的农民与气候变化和土地获取作斗争，往往很少有自主权。同样，消费者往往被强大的零售商和广告机构所控制。我们提议的系列研讨会将汇集学者、政策制定者和私营和第三部门的代表，以及公众的意见，以促进对可持续、有弹性和公正的农业粮食系统的理解，以及我们如何改变政策和实践以实现更好的结果。为了聚焦我们的讨论，我们将研究英国（代表“发达”国家）、巴西和印度（代表两个重要的、快速增长的“发展中”国家）农业食品系统的运作。这三个国家的发展为我们提供了将理论讨论立足于现实世界的机会。在研讨会期间，学术演讲者将概述关键问题，然后与研究人员、政策制定者和实践者进行圆桌讨论。我们会向公众介绍每个工作坊的主题，并邀请公众通过评论区和社交媒体论坛提交意见，以征求公众意见。圆桌讨论将特别侧重于推进理论理解，突出文献中的关键辩论和矛盾，并利用现有理论为英国、印度和巴西改进政策和实践的议程提供信息。为了向这些正在形成的议程提供信息，将通过各种手段广泛传播讲习班的产出。每次演讲都将进行直播，并在项目网站上免费提供录音。研讨会的结果将被写成一份关键的政策报告，与皇家学会一起发布，以及针对私营部门组织的简报。讲习班的主要产出的摘要将作为社论撰写，在英国、印度和巴西的在线和印刷媒体上发表。主要学术产出将包括期刊特刊、编辑卷，并随着时间的推移，建立一个新的、充满活力的研究网络，系统地探索粮食正义、主权、复原力和可持续性等相互关联的问题。

Globally, agriculture and food systems ('agri-food' systems) are undergoing rapid and significant transformations as a result of globalisation, industrial development and changing lifestyles. These result in a variety of ecological, social, cultural, political and economic changes which affect the ability of agri-food systems to grow food sustainably and distribute it fairly. Globally, a billion people are hungry while another billion are overweight. Agriculture contributes significantly to climate change, water depletion, pollution and habitat loss. It is, in turn, also threatened by these sustainability crises. Within the food system, access to food is severely constrained for the poor, food waste is endemic, and food is unjustly distributed.These complex challenges have been discussed in a range of disciplines, sub-disciplines and scholarly fields. They have also been addressed by a range of international, regional and national policy frameworks, political institutions, civil society organisations, corporations and popular social movements. However, there is very little consensus on what sustainable agriculture entails and how to design just and resilient food systems. Three key bodies of academic literature, however, are converging around the idea that sustainability, justice and resilience are, first, interlinked and, second, that they all emerge from democratic food systems in which producers and consumers can exercise autonomy over the choices they make. Especially on the producer side, however, there is often very little autonomy, as independent farmers struggle with climate change and access to land. Equally, consumers are often dominated by powerful retailers and advertising regimes.Our proposed series of workshops will bring together academics, policy makers and representatives of the private and third sectors, along with input from members of the general public, to advance understanding of what sustainable, resilient and just agri-food systems look like, and how we can change policy and practice in order to deliver better outcomes. In order to focus our discussion, we will examine the workings of agri-food systems in the UK (to represent a 'developed' context), Brazil and India (to represent two important, fast-growing'developing' country contexts). Developments in these three countries provide us with the opportunity to ground our theoretical discussions within real-world concerns. During the workshops, academic speakers will present an overview of the key issues, followed by a facilitated roundtable discussion with researchers, policy-makers and practitioners. Public views will be solicited by presenting a brief introduction to the topic of each workshop, and asking members of the public to submit their views via comment threads and social media forums. The roundtable discussions will specifically focus on advancing theoretical understanding, highlighting key debates and contradictions in the literature and using existing theory to inform an agenda for improved policy and practice in the UK, India and Brazil. In order to inform these evolving agendas, the outputs of the workshops will be widely disseminated via a variety of means. Each talk will be live-streamed, and a recording will be freely available on the project website. The outcomes of the seminars will be written up as key policy report, to be launched with the Royal Society, as well as briefs targeted at private sector organisations. A summary of the key outputs of the workshops will be written up as editorials to be presented within the online and print media in the UK, India and Brazil. Key academic outputs will include a journal special issue, an edited volume and, over time, a new and vibrant research network which will systematically explore the interlinked issues of food justice, sovereignty, resilience and sustainability.