Protein pluralism and food systems transition: A review of sustainable protein meta-narratives

Ryan Katz-Rosene, Andrew Heffernan and Anil Arora

World Development, 2023, vol. 161, issue C

Abstract: There is a very quickly growing literature regarding the appropriate role of protein foods in sustainable food systems transition. From this literature there has emerged several points of contention and debate. There is, for instance, contestation over the appropriate balance of plant- and animal- sourced protein foods in feeding the world’s growing population; competing interpretations of the contributions made by plant and animal protein foods to healthy diets and the alleviation of malnutrition; disputes over the welfare of animals and human workers in protein production, as well as over the ethics of genetic manipulation in the production of novel protein food products; environmental debates about the relationships between protein food production methods and climate change and biodiversity decline; and finally (though not exhaustively), disagreements about how various populations, economic sectors, and cultural practices could be impacted by disruptive alternative protein food technologies or new protein-oriented policies introduced in the name of fomenting a sustainable agri-food transition. Protein foods are thus deeply implicated in a range of debates about sustainable agri-food systems.

Keywords: Protein; Sustainable development; Food security and nutrition; Animal welfare; Food systems transition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.106121

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