session 3

Question 1

sustainable food futures requires closing three gaps, which ones?

Answer 1

(1) closing land gap
(2) closing food gap
(3) closing emission gap

Question 2

why are dietary choises not rational

Answer 2

they are prone to many biases

Question 3

traditional public policy, name 4

Answer 3

(N)odality - campains
(A)utority - control policies
T(reasury) fiscal policy measures
(O)rganisational - such as direct government intervention

Question 4

when do people support meat taxes?

Answer 4

when they are pocket friendly and fair

Question 5

what is bounded rational?

Answer 5

we often attempt to find a ‘good enough’ choice rather than the ‘best’ choise

Question 6

what is satisfice

Answer 6

we search through alternatives until we meet an acceptability threshold

Question 7

preferences are

Answer 7

1. complex and adaptive
2. internal factors
3. external factors
4. dietary preferences are multi-factor relationships

Question 8

generalist dilemma:

Answer 8

when we choose one thing, we do not choose the other

Question 9

omnivores dillema

Answer 9

hard time making descision what to eat and what not to eat

Question 10

what are the pros of global diets

Answer 10

• Larger: higher food availability (macronutrients, volume)
• More diverse: wider range of nutrients supply
• More balanced: less susceptible to shortages in availability
• More similar: less inequality

Question 11

what are cons of global diets

Answer 11

• People are starting to eat the same crops
• ‘Wrong’ crops more productive and cheaper (empty calories)
• Health: more energy dense food (high fat, sugar & calorie) → bad for the health
• Less diversity means less resilienc

Question 12

reasons for shifting to a global diet

Answer 12

• increased urbanization + higher incomes
  2. globalisation
  3. research priorities