ABSTRACT Ecological intensification has been proposed as a promising lever for a transition towards more sustainable food systems. Various food systems exist that are based on ecological intensification and may have potential for a sustainability transition. Little is known, however, about their diversity and about how they perform against dominant systems in terms of the multiple societal goals. The aim of this study is to contribute to knowledge about sustainability transitions in food systems through an empirical analysis of vegetable food systems in Chile. The study (i) characterizes the diversity of vegetable food systems in Chile (ii) evaluates the food systems in terms of multiple societal goals, and (iii) assesses their potential for supporting sustainability transition pathways from the perspective of ecological intensification. Results indicate that among the five vegetable food system types, the agroecological and the small organic have potential to foster a sustainability transition. Nevertheless, these systems are small and localized, and scaling them requires actions to remove barriers in the relations with the agri-food regime and among themselves. The broader relevance of this analysis is that there needs to be awareness in research on transitions about the diversity of food systems present in countries and how they interact.

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通过生态集约化的可持续性转型路径：对智利蔬菜食品系统的评估

摘要 生态集约化已被提议作为向更可持续的粮食系统过渡的一个有希望的杠杆。存在基于生态集约化的各种粮食系统，并且可能具有实现可持续性转型的潜力。然而，人们对它们的多样性以及它们如何在多重社会目标方面对抗主导系统知之甚少。本研究的目的是通过对智利蔬菜食品系统的实证分析，为了解食品系统的可持续性转型做出贡献。该研究 (i) 描述了智利蔬菜食物系统的多样性 (ii) 从多个社会目标的角度评估食物系统，以及 (iii) 从生态集约化的角度评估其支持可持续性转型路径的潜力。结果表明，在五种蔬菜食品系统类型中，生态农业和小型有机食品具有促进可持续性转型的潜力。然而，这些系统规模小且本地化，扩大规模需要采取行动，消除与农业食品制度以及它们之间的关系障碍。该分析的更广泛相关性在于，在研究转型时需要了解各国粮食系统的多样性及其相互作用。