I went through the document which is indeed wide ranging and I went through the questions. But I don't think my comments can fit with the questions.
By and large, the document follows the conventional supply-driven commodity and macro agriculture economy approach. Given the title, it would have been nice to give more attention to diets and more generally to the demand side of agriculture production. It would have been interesting to adopt a food systems approach starting from a local territorial approach, where the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainability could have been pragmatically addressed. Some elements of this appear in section 2 but cannot contribute to a much-needed alternative vision
The present shift in diets is the outcome of the prevailing economic development approach and it is therefore ethically incorrect to use it as a basis for prospective work, at a time when they are being denounced as unhealthy, damaging to the environment and undermining the livelihoods of small scale farmers and producers. It is urgent we ensure that diets are sustainable and revisit accordingly agriculture production, including livestock. The issue of meat and dairy consumption with its impact on health, farming systems and the environment (contamination and greenhouse gas emissions) is high on today's agenda, and should be given attention from the start of the report.
The bibliography is very impressive, lists major authors and includes most of the key documents. It is therefore regrettable that the team did not include the expertise to bring out related issues and suggestions.
It is also true that research has given little attention so far to the social dimension of agriculture development and that there is an unbalance in terms of scientific publications. This is due to a great extent to the productivist approach and related funding.
The report should therefore advocate public funding to address this gap.
Given the number of projects addressing these emerging issues (e.g. http://livewellforlife.eu/), some information could be found by reviewing grey literature?
Florence Egal
Florence Egal