Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2024

Can we learn from a systemic representation of local food systems? Cross-perspectives from researchers

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In France, the 'Anti-waste for a Circular Economy' and 'Climate and Resilience' laws, are steering our society towards greater sustainability by transforming our lifestyles. These laws promote a comprehensive shift in local agro-food systems towards circular models, involving revamped food systems and enhanced agricultural and urban bio-waste management. To address the limitation pointed by the existing AKIS that we are not wellequipped or organized to support or facilitate the transition of the food system, we have developed a participative approach involving various scientists. This approach aims to create tools and methods that enable the inclusion of all actors in a collective reflection on the food system's transition. The participatory approach explores various graphic representations of the food system, assesses their potential for guiding the transition to circularity and proposes graphic representations that take account of the obstacles and limitations identified. The systemic representation of a food system and its evolution that we have developed provides a framework for reflection for all stakeholders. It shows the levers that stakeholders can use to move towards greater circularity. These tools deviate from prescriptiveness and disrupt the traditional linear approach, aiding in the development of a systemic view essential for contemplating the system's transformation.

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In France, the 'Anti-waste for a Circular Economy' and 'Climate and Resilience' laws, enacted on February 10, 2020, and August 22, 2021, respectively, are steering our society towards greater sustainability by transforming our lifestyles. These laws promote a comprehensive shift in local agro-food systems towards circular models, involving revamped food systems and enhanced agricultural and urban bio-waste management. This transformative process challenges various segments of society, including researchers. Indeed, according to a review on the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS) by Spendrup and Fernqvist (2019), the current AKIS relies on a linear transmission of knowledge within diverse agricultural and food sciences to the final actors of the system, such as farmers. These authors also highlight the insufficient exchange among these sciences. Sustainability sociotechnical transitions science, as indicated by Geels et al. ( 2023), emphasizes that innovation and transition can emerge from niches of minority behaviors or through new collaborations among different elements of the system. Thus, the existing AKIS is not well-equipped or organized to support or facilitate the transition of the food system.

To address this limitation, in line with the recommendations of Spendrup and Fernqvist (2019), we have developed a participative approach involving various scientists. This approach aims to create tools and methods that enable the inclusion of all actors in a collective reflection on the food system's transition. The working group shared a common objective: to construct a representation of the food system that could assist in building the transition conditions towards greater circularity. The participative approach aimed to explore diverse graphical representations of the food system, assess their potential in facilitating the conceptualization of the transition toward a circular system, and ultimately suggest new representations for this transformative process.

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Sylvie Huet, Sylvie Lardon. Can we learn from a systemic representation of local food systems? Cross-perspectives from researchers. IFSA 2024, CREA - Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria (https://www.crea.gov.it/en/about-crea, Italie), Jun 2024, Trapani, Italy. ⟨hal-04956912⟩
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