ECI lead: Dr John Ingram
Our report quantified the UK food system as a foundation for further analyses, drawing together data sources, documents, research articles together with interviews with UK food governance stakeholders.
This report maps and quantifies the UK food system, aiming to act as a quantified foundation for further analyses of the UK food system. The research was commissioned by the Transforming the UK Food System for Healthy People and a Healthy Environment programme, which is led by the Global Food Security programme.
The research team drew together publicly available data sources, public documents and research articles; the data was supplemented with interviews with stakeholders in UK food governance. The study plots the key actors in the system, their activities and motivations, and the health, social and economic, and environmental outcomes of the food system. It also presents a range of existing food systems frameworks developed by projects and organisations engaged in food systems research.
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Mapping the UK food system – summary
Executive summary contains highlights of the distribution of economic value, the number of enterprises, and levels of employment across the UK food system.
Mapping the UK food system: A report for the UKRI Transforming UK Food Systems Programme
This report quantifies the distribution of economic value, the number of enterprises, and levels of employment across the UK food system. It has ‘mapped’ UK food system activities as described by their economic value, employee and enterprise numbers. This provides a first assessment of the overall shape of the UK food system and a foundation to build on for further analyses.
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