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ReviewNature food2025

Degrowth as a plausible pathway for food systems transformation.

Matthew Gibson, Daniel Mason-D'Croz, Anna Norberg, Costanza Conti, Maria Boa Alvarado, Mario Herrero

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Review in Nature food, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Matthew GibsonDepartment of Global Development, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. mfg62@cornell.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1127-001X
Daniel Mason-D'CrozDepartment of Global Development, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0673-2301
Anna NorbergPotsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association, Potsdam, Germany.
Costanza ContiStockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-6138-1543
Maria Boa AlvaradoDepartment of Global Development, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Mario HerreroDepartment of Global Development, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7741-5090

Funding

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) INV-054158
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Food systems require urgent transformation towards social and ecological sustainability. Degrowth posits a radical pathway of transformation to reduce ecological impacts while increasing well-being and reducing inequality. Here we highlight that degrowth and food systems-albeit both linked to transformation-are not well integrated. We conduct a conceptual exploration of the potential alignment between key food systems and degrowth transformation measures, arguing for complementary and reciprocal perspectives to theorize and enact transformation. Finally, we offer concrete practical actions to integrate degrowth and food systems, thereby widening the narrative and analytical lens of social-ecological transformation.

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Conservation of Natural ResourcesFood SupplySustainable DevelopmentHumans

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