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Bundled measures for China’s food system transformation reveal social and environmental co-benefits

Xiaoxi Wang; Hao Cai; Jiaqi Xuan; Ruiying Du; Bin Lin; Benjamin Leon Bodirsky; Miodrag Stevanović; Quitterie Collignon; Changzheng Yuan; Lu Yu; Michael Crawford; Felicitas Beier; Meng Xu; Hui Chen; Marco Springmann; Debbora Leip; David M. Chen; Florian Humpenöder; Patrick von Jeetze; Shenggen Fan; Bjoern Soergel; Jan Philipp Dietrich; Christoph Müller; Alexander Popp; Hermann Lotze‐Campen

Nature Food · 2025

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Summary

This study examines bundled policy interventions for transforming China's food system, using integrated modelling to assess co-benefits and trade-offs across environmental and social dimensions. The research employs systems-level analysis to evaluate how coordinated measures—potentially spanning production, consumption, trade and nutrition policy—can simultaneously address climate mitigation, resource efficiency and food security. The findings likely inform evidence-based policy design for large-scale agricultural and dietary transitions in a context of high food demand and resource constraints.

UK applicability

Whilst China's food system structure, population scale and policy levers differ substantially from the UK, the methodological approach and conceptual framework for assessing bundled policy trade-offs may be transferable to UK food system transformation planning. Specific findings on production-consumption rebalancing or emission reduction pathways are likely context-specific and not directly applicable.

Key measures

Likely included: greenhouse gas emissions, land-use change, water consumption, agricultural productivity, nutritional outcomes, income/welfare effects, food self-sufficiency

Outcomes reported

The study evaluated bundled policy measures designed to transform China's food system, assessing their impact on social welfare, environmental sustainability (greenhouse gas emissions, land use, water stress), and food security outcomes. The analysis likely quantified trade-offs and synergies across multiple dimensions of system transformation.

Theme
Policy, governance & rights
Subject
Food systems policy and integrated environmental-social assessment
Study type
Research
Study design
Policy modelling and systems analysis study
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
Status
Published
Geography
China
System type
Mixed food systems (arable, livestock, aquaculture)
DOI
10.1038/s43016-024-01100-z
Catalogue ID
NRmo3d4gae-0au

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