Open AccessTowards Food Policy for Europe: A Comparison of the Post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy Discourses
Author(s) -
Bianca Minotti,
L. Zagata
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european countryside
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 1803-8417
DOI - 10.2478/euco-2020-0003
Subject(s) - common agricultural policy , european commission , sustainability , agriculture , commission , political science , food policy , agricultural policy , discourse analysis , food systems , policy analysis , environmental policy , regional science , environmental resource management , public administration , sociology , european union , business , economics , food security , international trade , ecology , biology , linguistics , philosophy , law
This paper dives into the world of policy discourses to assess the extent to which the European agencies’ discourse of the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy incorporates the innovative impulses presented in the Common Food Policy proposal of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES food). The discourse analysis performed on European Commission and IPES food documents, showed fundamentally different foci and goals, proposed actions and understanding of the concept of sustainability. However, although the differences between the two discourses are still very large, the analysis points out that some features of the IPES food discourse are starting to become part of that of the European Commission.