ANDREW BENNIE: Just transition in food system needs more than ‘techno-fixes’
Deep and fundamental shifts needed in how we produce and consume food
05 July 2023 - 14:19
A crucial missing link in SA’s just transition discourse is being highlighted by mounting climate disruptions, sharply rising food prices (above inflation), disruptions to the agricultural sector as a result of the national energy crisis, and stubbornly persistent hunger and food insecurity levels.
Just transition debates and policies in SA — aimed at building a fairer economy that leaves no worker or community behind while ensuring a shift to an environmentally sustainable and resilient economy — have principally focused on the energy system, given the sector’s contribution to carbon emissions...
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