‘Beyond inviting to the table’: Engaging the farming community in food system governance in the US and the UK

IF 3.1 2区 社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY
Haley Parzonko , Roberta Sonnino , Lada Timotijevic
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Recent debates on transforming the food system toward more sustainable outcomes are increasingly emphasizing the need for participatory and inclusive governance models. In this context, mechanisms such as Food Policy Groups (FPGs), which are designed to enhance the participation of different food system actors, are generally considered critical levers to achieve democratic objectives in food systems. While their transformative capacity and participatory potential have been widely emphasized, the specific mechanisms and strategies that can enable or limit their inclusive potential have remained under-explored. To fill this gap, this article examines the dynamics of inclusion that shape stakeholder participation in FPGs through an in-depth examination of one key stakeholder group: the farming community. Data collected on 25 FPGs from the US and the UK are analyzed through a focus on the interplay between three critical dimensions of stakeholder participation: (i) the “who”, (ii) the “how” and (iii) the “context” (i.e., enablers and barriers to participation). This analysis shows that a range of context-specific dynamics shape participant composition and engagement approaches, while also creating varying opportunities and constraints that influence stakeholder participation. We conclude that for stakeholder engagement strategies to be meaningfully inclusive and sustainable over time, they need to entail dynamic, adaptive and place-based approaches that respond to the needs and circumstances of different stakeholders.
“超越邀请”:让美国和英国的农业社区参与粮食系统治理
最近关于将粮食系统转变为更可持续成果的辩论越来越强调需要参与性和包容性治理模式。在这种情况下,粮食政策小组(FPGs)等旨在加强粮食系统不同行为体参与的机制通常被认为是实现粮食系统民主目标的关键杠杆。虽然它们的变革能力和参与潜力得到了广泛强调,但能够促进或限制其包容性潜力的具体机制和战略仍未得到充分探讨。为了填补这一空白,本文通过对一个关键利益相关者群体:农业社区的深入研究,研究了塑造利益相关者参与fps的包容性动态。从美国和英国收集的25个FPGs数据通过关注利益相关者参与的三个关键维度之间的相互作用来分析:(i)“谁”,(ii)“如何”和(iii)“背景”(即参与的促成因素和障碍)。这一分析表明,一系列具体情况的动态决定了参与者的构成和参与方法,同时也创造了影响利益相关者参与的不同机会和限制。我们的结论是,为了使利益相关者参与战略具有有意义的包容性和可持续性,它们需要包含动态的、适应性的和基于地方的方法,以响应不同利益相关者的需求和情况。
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Geoforum
Geoforum GEOGRAPHY-
CiteScore
7.30
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5.70%
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201
期刊介绍: Geoforum is an international, inter-disciplinary journal, global in outlook, and integrative in approach. The broad focus of Geoforum is the organisation of economic, political, social and environmental systems through space and over time. Areas of study range from the analysis of the global political economy and environment, through national systems of regulation and governance, to urban and regional development, local economic and urban planning and resources management. The journal also includes a Critical Review section which features critical assessments of research in all the above areas.
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