Realigning UK Food Production and Trade for Transition to Healthy and Sustainable Diets aims to develop a blueprint for a coordinated set of policy interventions to support the transition to healthy and sustainable diets in the UK. The interventions considered will include fiscal and trade policy measures, supply chain innovations and possible industry-led initiatives that can facilitate the transition to healthy and sustainable diets.
The principal objectives of the project are to:
(1) Model the changes required in dietary consumption patterns for different socio-demographic segments of the UK population for a transition to healthy and environmentally sustainable diets and assess the changes in aggregate consumption of agricultural commodities and food products associated with the transition.
(2) Assess the changes in UK food production and trade patterns needed to support the transition to healthy and sustainable diets.
(3) Evaluate the potential effectiveness of fiscal and trade policy interventions (including those recommended by the National Food Strategy Independent Review and Plan) that can support the food system transition in the UK.
(4) Identify the structural changes needed in the supply chain for key agricultural commodities to support consumers, manufacturers and importers for the dietary transition.
(5) Co-design and evaluate the potential effectiveness of industry-led initiatives to support the dietary transition and assess the consumer responses to such industry-led initiatives.