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Using Expert Elicitation and Systems Mapping to Support Social Innovation in the (Blue) Food System: The Case of the UK's Plymouth Fish Finger

Pettinger Clare; P. Kelly; Irazu Yanaina Chavez-Ugalde; Hunt Louise; Wagstaff Carol

Journal of human nutrition and dietetics (Print) · 2026

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ABSTRACT Background The imperative for food system transformation is well known, yet to date there has been minimal emphasis on the blue food system [foods sourced from marine and freshwater environments]. Generally, a food systems approach should shift away from linear and move towards more systems thinking to embrace complexity. This paper focuses on a local social innovation project (Plymouth Fish Finger (PFF)) which has pioneered localising the blue food system. This study aimed to elicit how the (policy and practice) system around the PFF can be appraised to optimise social innovation practices for (blue) food system transformation. Methods Expert elicitation combined with group model building (GMB) to co‐create and validate a ‘Causal Loop Diagram’ (CLD) to visually understand the pol

Subject
Other / interdisciplinary
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Food supply chain
DOI
10.1111/jhn.70234
Catalogue ID
NRmontfj6j-00d
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