Nudging fisheries and aquaculture research towards food systems

Food system is a powerful concept for understanding and responding to nutrition and sustainability challenges. Food systems integrate social, economic, environmental and health aspects of food production through to consumption. Aquatic foods are an essential part of food systems providing an accessi...

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Main Authors: Simmance, Fiona A., Cohen, Philippa, Huchery, Cindy, Sutcliffe, Sarah, Suri, Sharon
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171477
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author Simmance, Fiona A.
Cohen, Philippa
Huchery, Cindy
Sutcliffe, Sarah
Suri, Sharon
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Huchery, Cindy
Simmance, Fiona A.
Suri, Sharon
Sutcliffe, Sarah
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Cohen, Philippa
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description Food system is a powerful concept for understanding and responding to nutrition and sustainability challenges. Food systems integrate social, economic, environmental and health aspects of food production through to consumption. Aquatic foods are an essential part of food systems providing an accessible source of nutrition for millions of people. Yet, it is unclear to what degree research across diverse disciplines concerning aquatic foods has engaged food systems, and the value this concept has added. We conducted a systematic review of fisheries, aquaculture and aquatic food literature (2017–2019) to determine the following: the characteristics of this research; the food systems components and interrelations with which research engaged; and the insights generated on nutrition, justice, sustainability and climate change. Sixty five of the 88 reviewed articles focussed on production and supply chains, with 23 considering human nutrition. Only 13% of studies examined low- and middle-income countries that are most vulnerable to undernutrition. One third of articles looked beyond finfish to other aquatic foods, which illuminated values of local knowledge systems and diverse foods for nutrition. When aggregated, reviewed articles examined the full range of food system drivers—biophysical and environmental (34%), demographic (24%) and socio-cultural (27%)—but rarely examined interactions between drivers. Future research that examines a diversity of species in diets, system-wide flows of nutrients, trade-offs amongst objectives, and the nutritional needs of vulnerable social groups would be nudging closer to the ambitions of the food systems concept, which is necessary to address the global challenges of equity, nutrition and sustainability.
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spelling CGSpace1714772025-01-29T12:58:14Z Nudging fisheries and aquaculture research towards food systems Simmance, Fiona A. Cohen, Philippa Huchery, Cindy Sutcliffe, Sarah Suri, Sharon fisheries aquaculture food systems research fish food security nutrition policies sustainability aquatic foods Food system is a powerful concept for understanding and responding to nutrition and sustainability challenges. Food systems integrate social, economic, environmental and health aspects of food production through to consumption. Aquatic foods are an essential part of food systems providing an accessible source of nutrition for millions of people. Yet, it is unclear to what degree research across diverse disciplines concerning aquatic foods has engaged food systems, and the value this concept has added. We conducted a systematic review of fisheries, aquaculture and aquatic food literature (2017–2019) to determine the following: the characteristics of this research; the food systems components and interrelations with which research engaged; and the insights generated on nutrition, justice, sustainability and climate change. Sixty five of the 88 reviewed articles focussed on production and supply chains, with 23 considering human nutrition. Only 13% of studies examined low- and middle-income countries that are most vulnerable to undernutrition. One third of articles looked beyond finfish to other aquatic foods, which illuminated values of local knowledge systems and diverse foods for nutrition. When aggregated, reviewed articles examined the full range of food system drivers—biophysical and environmental (34%), demographic (24%) and socio-cultural (27%)—but rarely examined interactions between drivers. Future research that examines a diversity of species in diets, system-wide flows of nutrients, trade-offs amongst objectives, and the nutritional needs of vulnerable social groups would be nudging closer to the ambitions of the food systems concept, which is necessary to address the global challenges of equity, nutrition and sustainability. 2022-01 2025-01-29T12:58:13Z 2025-01-29T12:58:13Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171477 en Open Access Wiley Simmance, Fiona A.; Cohen, Philippa; Huchery, Cindy; Sutcliffe, Sarah; Suri, Sharon K.; et al. Nudging fisheries and aquaculture research towards food systems. Fish and Fisheries 23(1): 34-53. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12597
spellingShingle fisheries
aquaculture
food systems
research
fish
food security
nutrition
policies
sustainability
aquatic foods
Simmance, Fiona A.
Cohen, Philippa
Huchery, Cindy
Sutcliffe, Sarah
Suri, Sharon
Nudging fisheries and aquaculture research towards food systems
title Nudging fisheries and aquaculture research towards food systems
title_full Nudging fisheries and aquaculture research towards food systems
title_fullStr Nudging fisheries and aquaculture research towards food systems
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title_short Nudging fisheries and aquaculture research towards food systems
title_sort nudging fisheries and aquaculture research towards food systems
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aquaculture
food systems
research
fish
food security
nutrition
policies
sustainability
aquatic foods
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