Public food procurement as a game changer for food system transformation

In the last decade various countries, regions and cities from low-income to high-income economies have been developing Public Food Procurement (PFP) initiatives designed to use government purchasing power and regular demand for food as a policy instrument to promote sustainable development. These in...

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Autores principales: Swensson, Luana, Hunter, Danny, Schneider, Sergio, Tartanac, Florence
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/117341
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author Swensson, Luana
Hunter, Danny
Schneider, Sergio
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description In the last decade various countries, regions and cities from low-income to high-income economies have been developing Public Food Procurement (PFP) initiatives designed to use government purchasing power and regular demand for food as a policy instrument to promote sustainable development. These initiatives – often referred also as institutional food procurement - include school feeding or school meals programmes , as well as the purchase of food for public hospitals, prisons, universities, public building’s cafeterias, and other social programmes. These initiatives have been increasingly recognised also as an important game changer and entry point to trigger more sustainable food systems and healthy diets.
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spelling CGSpace1173412025-12-08T09:54:28Z Public food procurement as a game changer for food system transformation Swensson, Luana Hunter, Danny Schneider, Sergio Tartanac, Florence food supply food policies food systems purchasing suministro de alimentos política alimentaria sistemas alimentarios compra In the last decade various countries, regions and cities from low-income to high-income economies have been developing Public Food Procurement (PFP) initiatives designed to use government purchasing power and regular demand for food as a policy instrument to promote sustainable development. These initiatives – often referred also as institutional food procurement - include school feeding or school meals programmes , as well as the purchase of food for public hospitals, prisons, universities, public building’s cafeterias, and other social programmes. These initiatives have been increasingly recognised also as an important game changer and entry point to trigger more sustainable food systems and healthy diets. 2021-12-23 2022-01-04T10:43:12Z 2022-01-04T10:43:12Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/117341 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/117359 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/117353 Open Access application/pdf Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Swensson, L.; Hunter, D.; Schneider, S.; Tartanac, F. (2021) Public food procurement as a game changer for food system transformation. In: Swensson, L. (et al. (eds.)) Public food procurement for sustainable food systems and healthy diets – Volume 1. Rome (Italy): FAO/Bioversity International. p. 2-24. ISBN: 978-92-5-135475-9
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food policies
food systems
purchasing
suministro de alimentos
política alimentaria
sistemas alimentarios
compra
Swensson, Luana
Hunter, Danny
Schneider, Sergio
Tartanac, Florence
Public food procurement as a game changer for food system transformation
title Public food procurement as a game changer for food system transformation
title_full Public food procurement as a game changer for food system transformation
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food policies
food systems
purchasing
suministro de alimentos
política alimentaria
sistemas alimentarios
compra
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