What Would a Transformational Approach to Food Public Procurement Look Like?
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What Would a Transformational Approach to Food Public Procurement Look Like?
Overview:
This report, produced as part of a project to explore policy levers for food systems transformation, presents a case study on food public procurement (FPP), examined through the lens of food system transformation.
We applied a ‘food systems approach’ to the policy lever of FPP to explore its potential role in food system transformation. The report describes:
- what the lever of FPP is and its relation to policy
- who makes FPP policy, using the example of England
- which food system activities FPP could transform
- which food system outcomes FPP could transform
- food system synergies and trade-offs related to FPP
- examples of FPP innovation from around the world
- how this lever is connected to other policy levers.
It draws together these findings to propose an ideal-type model for food public procurement in a healthy and sustainable food system, where FPP is supported by a package of complimentary policy measures to maximise its transformative potential.
Publication:
October 2021
Author:
Kelly Parsons and David Barling
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