A scoping review of the impact of agricultural, food, and environmental policies on the transition towards a safe and just operating space for EU agri-food systems

Linda Arata, Anwesha Chakrabarti, Silvia Coderoni, Anne-Célia Disdier (), Tamás Krisztin, Bettina Meinhart, Till Kuhn, Margherita Muzzillo, Ana Sanjuán, Paolo Sckokai and Alessandro Varacca
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Linda Arata: Unicatt - Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore [Piacenza e Cremona]
Anwesha Chakrabarti: Krea University
Silvia Coderoni: UniTE - Università degli Studi di Teramo
Anne-Célia Disdier: PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris, PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris
Tamás Krisztin: IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis [Laxenburg]
Bettina Meinhart: IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis [Laxenburg]
Till Kuhn: ILR - Institute for Food and Resource Economics
Margherita Muzzillo: Unicatt - Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore [Piacenza e Cremona]
Ana Sanjuán: CITA - Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón
Paolo Sckokai: Unicatt - Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore [Piacenza e Cremona]
Alessandro Varacca: Unicatt - Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore [Piacenza e Cremona]

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Abstract: The transition of agri-food systems towards a safe and just operating space (SJOS) is a complex phenomenon, which implies finding proper pathways for satisfying human needs and social justice for all, while staying within the limits of the planet's natural resources. In this context, public policies can play a key role in driving the transition. Thus, in this paper, we have carried out a scoping review of the literature on the relationships between some key public policies affecting agricultural and food and the SJOS dimensions, with the purpose of identifying the most important knowledge gaps. Following the most recent protocols proposed by the literature, we have reviewed papers published in the 2000–23 period using the Web of Science database as the main reference. Our results show that the available evidence is somehow scattered across the SJOS thematic areas, with a clear prevalence of the environmental (safe operating space) with respect to the social [just operating space (JOS)] ones. Thus, there is a clear research gap in exploring the impact of public policies on JOS issues such as social equity, health, and nutrition security. Moreover, very few studies explore synergies and trade-offs between different SJOS dimensions. This is especially relevant in evaluating a complex policy mix such as the Green Deal of the European Union. Finally, from a methodological perspective, the available studies provide some interesting hints for extending the available toolkit for ex-ante policy modelling, which deserve further research.

Date: 2025
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