?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.207785&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+paradoxical+economy+of+food+waste+prevention%3A+A+study+of+food+waste+prevention+as+a+transition+pathway+to+sustainable+food+systems&rft.creator=Messner%2C+Rudolf&rft.subject=food+waste&rft.subject=systemic+food+waste&rft.subject=prevention+paradox&rft.subject=food+surplus+waste&rft.subject=food+system+transition&rft.subject=socio-technical+theory&rft.subject=ODTA&rft.description=This+work+identifies+a+%E2%80%98prevention+paradox%E2%80%99%2C+which+arises+from+a+failure+to+account+for+the+systemic+nature+of+food+waste.+Subsequently%2C+an+empirical+exploration+in+the+Australian+horticulture+industry+accounts+for+the+interconnected+processes+that+underpin+surplus+and+waste+creation+along+the+whole+supply+chain.+Theoretically%2C+this+work+advances+food+waste+research+by+positioning+food+waste+as+a+symptom+of+food+system+%E2%80%98lock-in%E2%80%99+into+a+deeply+ingrained+cultural%2C+regulatory%2C+material+and+economic+reliance+on+unsustainable+overproduction+and+food+surplus.+Accordingly%2C+interventions+targeting+the+systemic+prevention+of+food+waste+emerge+as+pathways+to+transform+food+system+characteristics+toward+greater+sustainability.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2021&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F207785%2F1%2FRudolf_Messner_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.rights=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F4.0%2F&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.207785&rft.relation=Messner%2C+Rudolf+(2021)+The+paradoxical+economy+of+food+waste+prevention%3A+A+study+of+food+waste+prevention+as+a+transition+pathway+to+sustainable+food+systems.+PhD+by+Publication%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F207785%2F&rft.identifier=QUT+Business+School%3B+School+of+Management