Objective
The PATHWAYS project will deliver co-developed transition pathways that directly address societal demands for increased resilience in the provision of safe, nutritious, affordable livestock-based food, whilst reducing environmental impacts, and supporting the economic sustainability of the European livestock sector. Visions, scenarios and transition pathways will be co-developed through an ambitious participatory approach based on innovative practice hubs, living labs and interaction within a European multi-actor platform and a wider community of practice.
Existing and future, co-designed livestock systems will be characterised and assessed within a scientifically robust, holistic sustainability assessment framework, comprising refined key performance indicators and cutting-edge models, to enhance understanding of productivity, biodiversity, health and welfare, greenhouse gas emissions, human nutrition, trade and economics, and ecosystem service impacts. Living labs and practice hubs will identify bottom-up interventions and adoption routes that will drive a transition to improved livestock system development. Consumer preferences, diet choices and willingness to pay will be supported by consequential LCA and economic analysis of trade and supply chain impacts, addressed through stakeholder input and modelling.
The participatory development and application of a holistic sustainability assessment will deliver a scientifically robust analysis for the co-development of scenarios and transition pathways to inform key stakeholders throughout livestock-based food systems, driving a transition to greater sustainability. PATHWAYS will improve the role of livestock in supporting a circular bioeconomy and the place of animal products in future diets through an interactive online platform and policy toolkit to provide user-friendly instruments for a range of stakeholders.
Fields of science
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-FNR-2020-2
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
750 07 Uppsala
Sweden
Participants (27)
6708 PB Wageningen
6717 XA Ede Gld
8000 Aarhus C
28006 Madrid
5070 Frick
24 100 Pulawy
400372 Cluj Napoca
GL7 6JS Cirencester Gloucestershire
56126 Pisa
75007 Paris
75012 Paris
GL7 6JN Cirencester
1609 Kobenhavn V
24014 Piazza Brembana
1040 Bruxelles
427206 Nuseni
RG6 6AH Reading
532 23 Skara
590 14 Boxholm
64295 Darmstadt
1040 Brussels
00 930 Warszawa
41370 Cazalla De Lasierra
91767 Palaiseau
8260 Viby J
1050 Brussel
9000 Gent