Kalfagianni, Agni; Fuchs, Doris --- "The effectiveness of private food governance in fostering sustainable development" [2015] ELECD 462; in Havinga, Tetty; van Waarden, Frans; Casey, Donal (eds), "The Changing Landscape of Food Governance" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015) 134

Book Title: The Changing Landscape of Food Governance

Editor(s): Havinga, Tetty; van Waarden, Frans; Casey, Donal

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781784715403

Section: Chapter 8

Section Title: The effectiveness of private food governance in fostering sustainable development

Author(s): Kalfagianni, Agni; Fuchs, Doris

Number of pages: 19

Abstract/Description:

Today’s global agrifood system is highly unsustainable. Problems exist with respect to carbon emissions, effluents, pesticide use, soil erosion and acidification, animal welfare, farm worker standards and farmer incomes, to name just a few. These problems have yet to be politically addressed with any degree of effectiveness. At the same time, private actors, especially transnational food corporations, have become key players in global agrifood governance (Clapp and Fuchs 2009). Today private food governance is a reality which exerts powerful influences on the sustainability of the global agrifood system. In consequence, science and politics urgently need to gain a better understanding of the relationship between agrifood sustainability and private food governance.