Publication of April 22nd 2025 ReportTransition pathwaysContextualizing PARCEL-Wallonie Simulations: Perspectives, Tensions, and Case StudiesThis report presents the simulations carried out for the Walloon Region using PARCEL-Wallonie and discusses the tensions related to their implementation. It also illustrates the practical use of the tool through three case studies conducted with actors in Wallonia. Transition pathways Vegetable sectorFruit sectorCereals sectorProtein cropsPotato sectorBeetroot sectorEggs sectorDairy sectorBeef meat sectorPig meat sectorPoultry meat sectorMeadows and pastureEnvironmental footprintWallonia
Publication of March 21st 2025 PresentationTransition pathwaysAgri-environmental schemes governance – a systematic literature reviewA seminar on The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the Environment, exploring the (in-)effectiveness of agri-environmental policy instruments Transition pathways BiodiversityLiterature reviewPolicy recommendationsEurope
Past event Conference February 26th 2025 Transition pathwaysFutures4Food – Closing eventFutures4Food a transdisciplinary research project funded by BELSPO How to engage actors in transition reflection mobilizing system thinking approach? Two cases study - From feed to food paradigm in the cereals sector and the protein shift Transition pathways Participatory approachBelgium
Past event Workshop November 20th 2024 Transition pathwaysWebinar – Co-constructing the transformation of AECM support schemes in Wallonia and the Hauts-de-FranceParticipatory webinar on the challenges of agri-environmental schemes (AES) in Wallonia and Hauts-de-France Transition pathways Cereals sectorMeadows and pastureLeversPolicy recommendationsParticipatory approachWallonia
Publication of March 11th 2025 PresentationTransition pathwaysPresence at the International Conference of researchers and farmers – Via Campesina & ULBTwo presentations made : 1) A critical review of EU agri-food policy impacts 2) Evaluating a framework for measuring agroecology: A case study of public financing for agroecological transition in the Walloon Region Transition pathways AgroecologyPolicy recommendationsWalloniaEurope
Past event Conference October 18th 2024 GentTransition pathwaysThe Protein Transition: Rethinking our diets for a sustainable futureStudents4food Inspirational Talks: a World Food Forum Event in Ghent Transition pathways Protein transition
Past event Conference October 9th 2024 Transition pathwaysFrom Policies to Practices: An Agroecological Approach to TransitionA conference on agroecology Transition pathways Agroecology
Past event Conference June 26th 2024 BruxellesTransition pathwaysFarming without harming: policy action for resilient agricultureHosted by Pesticide Action Network Europe, Friends of the Earth Europe, The European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility and Agroecology Europe Transition pathways AgroecologyPolicy recommendationsWalloniaEurope
Publication of February 28th 2025 Research articleTransition pathwaysWhich types of quantitative foresight scenarios to frame the future of food systems? A reviewPaper published in Agricultural Systems on the use of quantitative foresight scenarios to help design the future of food systems. Different types of scenarios are identified and methodological considerations are discussed. Transition pathways Literature reviewProspective scenarios
Past event Conference June 12th 2024 FrickTransition pathways187th Seminar of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE)Four members of the Sytra Team will be participating in the 187th Seminar of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) in Frick between the 12 and 16th of June. Transition pathways
Publication of October 22nd 2024 ReportTransition pathwaysToward a resilient food supply of Brussels Capital region: possible scenarios based on a barriers analysis and an explorative prospective approachBrussels Food 2050 (BruFo2050), is an explorative prospective research project that gathers two teams: Sytra from UCLouvain and Sfere, from KULeuven. This three-years long project aims at diving into the analysis and understanding of the Brussels food supply system. Transition pathways Food value chains Vegetable sectorCereals sectorPotato sectorDairy sectorBeef meat sectorSustainability indicatorsProspective scenariosLock-inPolicy recommendationsParticipatory approachBelgium
Past event Conference June 5th 2024 Ottignies-Louvain-la-NeuveTransition pathwaysSeminar on the Paradoxes of the Protein TransitionYou are warmly welcome to attend a seminar I will be giving on June 5th from 12 to 13 p.m. (Belgian time zone). The seminar will tackle the paradoxes of the protein transition, defined as the dietary shift from animal to alternative protein sources. Transition pathways Protein cropsDairy sectorBeef meat sectorPig meat sectorPoultry meat sector
