KOPOS- Sustainability and Transformation Criteria Set for Sustainability Initiatives in the Agri-food Sector

Dataset

Publication: Document
Citation: Sebastian Rogga, Stephanie Wunder, Bernd Pölling, Andreas Obersteg, Annette Piorr (2024). KOPOS- Sustainability and transformation criteria set for sustainability initiatives in the agri-food sector, Dataset, BonaRes Repository. https://doi.org/10.4228/zalf-c6vf-py89

The sustainability and transformation effects of sustainability initiatives can be summarized using this set of criteria and provides a range of possible indicators for recording them. The set of criteria is specifically tailored to sustainability initiatives in the food sector. The criteria were derived from the UN Sustainability Goals and adapted for the topic of food systems. In addition to the conventional three levels of sustainability (economic, ecological and social), the criteria set also offers selected transformation criteria, i.e. they can be used to record the "transformative potential" that a sustainability initiative can develop.

The criteria set was developed in the KOPOS project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Its project goal is to establish regional supply structures in order to increasingly reconnect urban and rural areas and to practice environmentally friendly management.

Neue Kooperationsformen für die Transformation regionaler Agri-Food-Systeme

Eine Zusammenstellung für das Handlungsfeld "Zugang zu Land"

Year 2024

Event:Workshop

promotional poster for the AgriKultur Festival, which will take place in Berlin at the Wriezener Park on September 20-21, 2024. The poster features a stylized carrot designed as a guitar, symbolizing the blend of agriculture and culture. The festival is organized by KOPOS and is supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the Stadt Land Plus initiative, and FONA (Research for Sustainable Development). The website www.agrikulturfestival.de/berlin is provided for more information.

On 20 and 21 September 2024, the AgriKultur Festival took place in Berlin for the first time. In beautiful late summer weather, around 600 people came together in Berlin-Friedrichshain to learn and exchange ideas about regional agriculture and food. "The festival became a lively place of exchange, a two-day think tank," explain the organizers Annabella Jakab (Netzwerk Flächensicherung e. V.) and Sebastian Rogga (ZALF e. V.).

AgriKultur Festival Berlin 2024

Experience sustainability in urban spaces

20 - 21 September 2024
Berlin, Germany

Publication:Report

Cover page of the KOPOS working paper entitled 'KOPOS criteria set for sustainability and transformation impacts for sustainability initiatives in the food sector'. The graphic shows a fork passing through a circle with the words 'URBAN' and 'RURAL', indicating the link between urban and rural issues. At the bottom are the logos of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, FONA (Research for Sustainability) and STADT LAND PLUS.

The KOPOS criteria set serves to make the sustainability and transformation impacts of initiatives in the food sector measurable and visible. It provides a basis for evaluating and improving the sustainability of projects, and is useful both for initiatives themselves and for institutions wishing to promote sustainability projects. In addition to the actual set of criteria, this working paper provides an introduction and a derivation of the criteria.

Nachhaltigkeits- und Transformationswirkungen für Nachhaltigkeitsinitiativen im Ernährungssektor

Year 2024

Publication:Fact Sheet

This fact sheet summarizes the recommendations for action of the corresponding KOPOS Policy Brief for the Berlin-Brandenburg region, which focus on the integration of regional diet and land development. The document contains five central recommendations, each of which includes concrete measures.

The BIG FIVE: Regionale Ernährung und Flächenentwicklung zusammendenken! – Fact Sheet

Handlungsempfehlungen für die Region Berlin-Brandenburg

Year 2024

Publication:Policy Brief

Securing agricultural land is a relevant challenge. The authors of the policy brief see a number of different approaches to safeguarding agricultural areas against other land use claims and are primarily addressing the state and municipal levels. The authors argue that the topics of agriculture, food, sustainability and rural development should be more closely integrated. They also recommend using spatial planning instruments to curb the current consumption of agricultural land and thus protect it from conversion.

The BIG FIVE – Regionale Ernährung und Flächenentwicklung zusammendenken!

Handlungsempfehlungen für die Region Berlin-Brandenburg

Year 2023

Publication:Poster

This poster provides a basic introduction into the KOPOS project, which has been started in February 2020. In this "research design" poster guiding research questions, main ideas, and frameworks applied in the ongoing research process are presented. The poster was designed according to the project's style guidelines for the "Sustainable & Resilient Urban-Rural Partnerships Conference 2020" in Leipzig.

Is it Possible to Generate Economic, Ecological and Social Scaling Effects Through Novel Cooperation and Pooling Models (CPM) Involving Urban-rural Partnerships?

Year 2020

Publication:Postcard

For the project "New Cooperation for Sustainable Landuse and Food Supply in Urban-Rural Areas (KOPOS)", Ecologic Institute designed a ten-part postcard series. The postcard series promotes the first two episodes of the four-part KOPOS podcast series "Ernährungswende – Regional gedacht". In it, the focus of the two model projects (1) regional nutrition in Freiburg and (2) access to farmland in Brandenburg are discussed. The postcards are designed according to the project's style guidelines and also include a QR code to the corresponding podcast episode.

New Cooperation for Sustainable Landuse and Food Supply in Urban-Rural Areas – Ten-part postcard series

Year 2022

News

Transformative research projects develop approaches to sustainability challenges and involve relevant stakeholders in the process. OftenSometimes there are insufficient resources to put the ideas developed into practice, to test them and to learn from the test run. The "KOPOS" project (New Cooperation for Sustainable Landuse and Food Supply in Urban-Rural Areas), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) tackles this challenge and breaks new ground.

KOPOS Launches Research in Transformative Real-world Laboratories

Model projects selected

1 March 2023

News

The podcast series "Ernährungswende – Regional Gedacht" is part of "Knowledge for Future - Der Umweltpodcast" and a collaboration between Ecologic Institute and Detektor.fm. The four episodes with a focus on sustainable food systems and activities of the KOPOS project network deal with approaches, ideas and already implemented projects that can contribute to transforming the current food system.

Podcast Series about the Regionalisation of the Food System

"Knowledge for Future – The Environment Podcast"

8 February 2022

Language: English
Authorship: Stephanie Wunder

Sebastian Rogga (ZALF)

Bernd Pölling (ZALF)

Andreas Obersteg (ZALF)

Annette Piorr (ZALF)
Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany
Published in: BONARES Respository
Published by: Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany
Year: 2024
DOI: 10.4228/zalf-c6vf-py89
Project: New Cooperation for Sustainable Landuse and Food Supply in Urban-Rural Areas (KOPOS)
Project ID: 30000
Keywords: Agriculture

Food

agricultural land use, carbon sink, biodiversity improvement, water-saving irrigation practices, emission reduction in agriculture, renewable energy sources, sustainability goals of the German government, land conservation and sealing, agroforestry, food system transformation, agrifood sector, sustainability, initiatives, sustainability assessment, impact assessment, indicators, inspire identified, habitats and biotopes

data set, open data, criteria

Further Links

KOPOS project website

PublicationReportNachhaltigkeits- und Transformationswirkungen für Nachhaltigkeitsinitiativen im Ernährungssektor

Rogga, S.; Wunder, S.; Piorr, A. (2024). KOPOS- Kriterienset für Nachhaltigkeits- und Transformationswirkungen für Nachhaltigkeitsinitiativen im Ernährungssektor. KOPOS-Arbeitspapier. Müncheberg. 20 S.