Post-COVID-19 Land Use Options to Achieve Food Security, Healthy Diets and a Sustainable Environment.

Mike Rivington; Duckett Dominic; Paul Burgess; Graham Beg; Pietro Iannetta; Cathy Hawes

doi:10.5281/zenodo.6337975

Post-COVID-19 Land Use Options to Achieve Food Security, Healthy Diets and a Sustainable Environment.

Mike Rivington, Duckett Dominic, Paul Burgess, Graham Beg, Pietro Iannetta, Cathy Hawes

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Abstract

This report presents summary findings of a study looking at how the UK’s food production can align to enable development of a food system that better meets requirements for a healthy diet and a sustainable environment. The COVID-19 pandemic and post- EU exit recoveries present an opportunity to realign the food system with human health needs and sustainable, decarbonised production systems. Research uses four plausible scenarios to explore the range of possible options using land use change, agroecological approaches, use of legumes and new cultivation technology e.g. vertical farming.

Original language	English
Publisher	The James Hutton Institute
Commissioning body	Economic and Social Research Council, UK
Number of pages	51
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6337975
Publication status	Published - 12 Dec 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

COVID-19
food security
land use
food system
nutrition
diet
agroecology
regenerative agriculture
legumes
controlled environment agriculture

UN SDGs

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