ABSTRACT

Urban food policies are increasingly considered central instruments for the promotion of food systems sustainability. As for their social sustainability, justice and equity are expected to play a central role, but gender equity remains not fully developed. In order to explore how gender relations can be addressed in the context of urban food policies in global North settings, in this paper we analyze the drafting process of the Urban Food Strategy of Zaragoza (Spain), self-identified as agroecology-oriented and which aimed at introducing a gender-sensitive approach. Based on empirical insights from this case study, we show that a lack of reflection and empirical development exists on the food policy-gender equity nexus, while at the same time there is an emergent body of specific proposals to be obtained from feminist and agroecological reflections on urban lifestyles. Indeed, our paper shows that agroecological and feminist approaches converge in claiming for the visibilization of food-related care work, and in its de-privatization through community-based infrastructures. The paper also unveils limiting conditions which may hinder the transformative potential of agroecology and feminism in urban food policy co-production processes, such as top-down approaches to food policy production, weak participatory processes, and gender-blind decisions among city officers.

摘要

城市粮食政策越来越被视为促进粮食系统可持续性的核心工具。至于它们的社会可持续性，正义和公平有望发挥核心作用，但性别公平仍未得到充分发展。为了探讨如何在全球北方环境中的城市食品政策的背景下解决性别关系，在本文中，我们分析了萨拉戈萨（西班牙）城市食品战略的起草过程，该战略自称为以农业生态学为导向，其中旨在引入对性别敏感的方法。根据本案例研究的实证见解，我们表明食品政策与性别平等的关系缺乏反思和实证发展，与此同时，从女权主义和农业生态学对城市生活方式的反思中可以得出一系列具体的建议。事实上，我们的论文表明，农业生态学和女权主义方法在要求与食品相关的护理工作的可见性以及通过基于社区的基础设施去私有化方面相融合。该论文还揭示了可能阻碍农业生态学和女权主义在城市食品政策共同制定过程中的变革潜力的限制条件，例如食品政策制定的自上而下方法、参与过程薄弱以及城市官员的性别盲目决策。并通过基于社区的基础设施去私有化。该论文还揭示了可能阻碍农业生态学和女权主义在城市食品政策共同制定过程中的变革潜力的限制条件，例如食品政策制定的自上而下方法、参与过程薄弱以及城市官员的性别盲目决策。并通过基于社区的基础设施去私有化。该论文还揭示了可能阻碍农业生态学和女权主义在城市食品政策共同制定过程中的变革潜力的限制条件，例如食品政策制定的自上而下方法、参与过程薄弱以及城市官员的性别盲目决策。