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SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS

Strategies for food system sustainability in China

Nature Food volume 1, pages 533–534 (2020)Cite this article

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For the food system of China and its individual provinces to stay within downscaled planetary boundaries, sustainability strategies must combine demand, production, and redistribution interventions to meet targets for greenhouse gas emissions, water use, land use, and nutrient inputs.

The environmental sustainability of food systems is of global concern1, but actions must often take place at the national and regional levels for coordinated progress towards global mandates2. Developing targeted and effective strategies at national and sub-national levels requires standardized analyses corresponding to these spatial scales. Addressing this challenge in the context of China, in Nature Food, Hu and colleagues present an analysis of multiple food system interventions and their impact on environmental sustainability both nationally and regionally3.

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    Dana Boyer

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Boyer, D. Strategies for food system sustainability in China. Nat Food 1, 533–534 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-00150-3

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