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Towards a Sustainable Food System in the Baltic Sea Region

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This chapter compares conventional agriculture and Ecological Recycling Agriculture (ERA) in terms of environmental and socio-economic effects. Environmental effects are assessed with a focus on nutrient losses . Socio-economic effects pertain to production, and costs and benefits at the macro, firm and household level. At the regional level, the main challenge is to make agriculture more environmentally friendly and reduce nutrient losses while maintaining food production. At the national level, it is to shift the product mix towards more vegetables and less meat and to address the geographical division between animal and crop production. The local level challenge is to achieve sustainable environmental, economic and social rural development. Finally, the chapter looks at the expansion of EU and its implications for the sustainable governance of the Baltic Sea.

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Larsson, M. (2017). Towards a Sustainable Food System in the Baltic Sea Region. In: Bali Swain, R. (eds) Environmental Challenges in the Baltic Region. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56007-6_2

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