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变化，农业和食品系统(“农业-食品”系统)正在经历快速而重大的变革。这些变化导致了各种生态、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。在全球范围内，10亿人在挨饿，另有10亿人超重。农业是气候变化、水资源枯竭、污染和栖息地丧失的重要原因。反过来，它也受到这些可持续发展危机的威胁。在粮食系统内，穷人获得粮食的机会受到严重限制，食物浪费是地方性的，粮食分配不公。这些复杂的挑战在一系列学科、分学科和学术领域得到了讨论。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解决了这些问题。然而，对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体系，几乎没有达成共识。然而，学术文献的三个关键机构正围绕着这样一个观点：首先，可持续发展、正义和韧性是相互关联的；其次，它们都来自民主的食品体系，在这个体系中，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，由于独立农民努力应对气候变化和获得土地，自主性往往很小。同样，消费者往往由强大的零售商和广告公司主导。我们提议的一系列研讨会将汇集学者、政策制定者和私营部门和第三部门的代表，以及普通公众的意见，以增进对可持续、有弹性和公正的农业食品系统是什么样子，以及我们如何改变政策和做法以实现更好结果的理解。为了集中讨论，我们将考察英国(代表“发达”背景)、巴西和印度(代表两个重要的、快速增长的“发展中国家”背景)农业食品系统的运作情况。这三个国家的事态发展为我们提供了机会，使我们的理论讨论立足于现实世界的关切。在讲习班期间，学术演讲者将概述关键问题，然后与研究人员、政策制定者和从业人员进行圆桌讨论。将通过简要介绍每个研讨会的主题，并通过评论帖子和社交媒体论坛征求公众意见，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，并利用现有理论为改善英国、印度和巴西的政策和实践提供议程。为了向这些不断变化的议程提供信息，讲习班的成果将通过各种手段广泛传播。每一次演讲都将进行现场直播，并在项目网站上免费提供录音。研讨会的成果将被写成关键的政策报告，将与皇家学会一起推出，以及针对私营部门组织的简报。讲习班的主要成果摘要将以社论的形式在联合王国、印度和巴西的在线和印刷媒体上发表。主要的学术产出将包括一期期刊特刊、编辑的一卷，以及随着时间的推移，一个新的充满活力的研究网络，该网络将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.