Sustainable food transition in Portugal: Assessing the Footprint of dietary choices and gaps in national and local food policies.

ABSTRACT: The food system is increasingly acknowledged as the single largest reason for humans' transgression of key planetary limits and it is gaining centrality in our societal run-up towards a sustainable future, especially at city level. In Portugal, a country characterized by high meat and fish consumption, noticeable food wastage, and high urbanization level, fully understanding and then transforming the food system is of priority. Here we investigate the significance of food in comparison to other daily anthropogenic demands and the current sourcing and resource intensities profiles of dietary patterns at Portuguese national and city level through Ecological Footprint Accounting. A critical assessment of gaps in national and local food policies to trigger a major transformation in the Portugu

SUBMITTER: Galli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7414783 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature