Funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.3, Theme 10.
Highlights
Impact assessment and evaluation of food policy: identification of European, national, and regional past and future food and tradepolicy scenarios affecting food environment sustainability (in connection with Spoke 7).
Report on economic and legal impact evaluation of food policy scenarios on value chains at EU, National and regional level (M12)
Report on current legislative framework and approaches at regional, national, and supranational level (M24)
Report on stress test on sustainability of selected short and long-distance value chains and food environments (M36)
The framework of the project is based on Agenda 2030 and EU Commission F2F strategy defining a sustainable food system. The NG EU funding stresses the relevance of a sustainable food system comprehensive of economic, social and environmental aspects. Furthermore, the EU Due Diligence Directive draft will complete aspects related to sustainable international production processing and trade.
Agri-food system is one of the economic sectors most affected by climate change, but it is also a significant contributor to it, with greenhouse gas emissions from the food supply chain (FSC).
The struggle against food loss and waste and the promotion of specific lifestyles in the food sector constitute actions towards the goal of global sustainability and combating climate change. The development of policies aimed at promoting certain lifestyles and food consumer habits seems to address food and environmental sustainability from a more comprehensive perspective, considering also the protection of individual and public health, as well as animal welfare.
To define an economic and legal model for ethical sustainable food system, promoting fair FSC and involving all the business operators: