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TY - JOUR
T1 - Rights and representation support justice across aquatic food systems
AU - Hicks, Christina C.
AU - Gephart, Jessica A.
AU - Koehn, J. Zachary
AU - Nakayama, Shinnosuke
AU - Payne, Hanna J.
AU - Allison, Edward H.
AU - Belhbib, Dyhia
AU - Cao, Ling
AU - Cohen, Philippa J.
AU - Fanzo, Jessica
AU - Fluet-Chouinard, Etienne
AU - Gelcich, Stefan
AU - Golden, Christopher D.
AU - Gorospe, Kelvin D.
AU - Isaacs, Moenieba
AU - Kuempel, Caitlin. D.
AU - Lee, Kai N.
AU - MacNeil, M. Aaron
AU - Maire, Eva
AU - Njuki, Jemimah
AU - Rao, Nitya
AU - Sumaila, U. Rashid
AU - Selig, Elizabeth R.
AU - Thilsted, Shakuntala H.
AU - Wabnitz, Colette C. C.
AU - Naylor, Rosamond L.
PY - 2022/10/18
Y1 - 2022/10/18
N2 - AbstractInjustices are prevalent in food systems, where the accumulation of vast wealth is possible for a few, yet one in ten people remain hungry. Here, for 194 countries we combine aquatic food production, distribution and consumption data with corresponding national policy documents and, drawing on theories of social justice, explore whether barriers to participation explain unequal distributions of benefits. Using Bayesian models, we find economic and political barriers are associated with lower wealth-based benefits; countries produce and consume less when wealth, formal education and voice and accountability are lacking. In contrast, social barriers are associated with lower welfare-based benefits; aquatic foods are less affordable where gender inequality is greater. Our analyses of policy documents reveal a frequent failure to address political and gender-based barriers. However, policies linked to more just food system outcomes centre principles of human rights, specify inclusive decision-making processes and identify and challenge drivers of injustice.
AB - AbstractInjustices are prevalent in food systems, where the accumulation of vast wealth is possible for a few, yet one in ten people remain hungry. Here, for 194 countries we combine aquatic food production, distribution and consumption data with corresponding national policy documents and, drawing on theories of social justice, explore whether barriers to participation explain unequal distributions of benefits. Using Bayesian models, we find economic and political barriers are associated with lower wealth-based benefits; countries produce and consume less when wealth, formal education and voice and accountability are lacking. In contrast, social barriers are associated with lower welfare-based benefits; aquatic foods are less affordable where gender inequality is greater. Our analyses of policy documents reveal a frequent failure to address political and gender-based barriers. However, policies linked to more just food system outcomes centre principles of human rights, specify inclusive decision-making processes and identify and challenge drivers of injustice.
KW - Agronomy and Crop Science
KW - Animal Science and Zoology
KW - Food Science
U2 - 10.1038/s43016-022-00618-4
DO - 10.1038/s43016-022-00618-4
M3 - Journal article
VL - 3
SP - 851
EP - 861
JO - Nature Food
JF - Nature Food
SN - 2662-1355
IS - 10
ER -