Implementeringsprocessen för en hållbar livsmedelsförsörjning : - En kvalitativ studie av Jönköpings och Örebro läns regionala livsmedelsstrategier

Sammanfattning: In 2017 the Swedish government established a national food strategy “A National Food Strategy for Sweden -more jobs and sustainable growth throuout the country” which aims to achieve a long-termed sustainable and competitive food chain. The purpose of the strategy is to serve as a platform for which the Swedish politics is to form the food industry to the year 2030. The government urge that engagement and cooperation between participators in the food industry at local, regional and national level are necessary to make the food strategy possible to implement. The global challenges with a growing population with the need for food and climate change makes it more urgent to act faster within national frontiers. Implementing political strategies is proved to be somewhat difficult as studies shows that it is often produced isolated at different political levels with different ambitions. This study views the regional food strategies made by Jönköpings country och Örebro country through a policy analysis. The aim is to explore which implementation arenas and mechanisms the policy documents include through a theoretical lens. The result shows that implementing the policy in this case mainly plays within a Top-down arena. The outcome of the strategy depends on how well the process mechanisms are managed. The clarity of political decision, stakeholders shearing the same goals and cooperation between differen actors are important mechanisms for the implementation of the national food strategy.