session 3 Flashcards

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sustainable food futures requires closing three gaps, which ones?

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

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2
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why are dietary choises not rational

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they are prone to many biases

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3
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traditional public policy, name 4

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

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4
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when do people support meat taxes?

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when they are pocket friendly and fair

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5
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what is bounded rational?

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

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what is satisfice

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we search through alternatives until we meet an acceptability threshold

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preferences are

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

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

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omnivores dillema

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

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10
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what are the pros of global diets

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  • 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
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what are cons of global diets

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  • 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
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reasons for shifting to a global diet

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