The current food consumption in many countries causes a lot of environmental problems, endangers human health, strongly affects the economic and social development, thus, it cannot be called sustainable. Changes in food consumption are necessary for sustainable development. In this paper a definition of sustainable food consumption is analyzed, food consumption trends and main reasons that caused these trends in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and European Union member states and Lithuania are examined, proposals for political instruments in order to promote sustainable food consumption in Lithuania are presented.
Key words: food consumption, environmental impact, public health, policy instruments.
JEL Codes: Q01, I00.
Eičaitė, O. 2013. Maisto darnaus vartojimo skatinimas, Management theory and studies for rural business and infrastructure development = Vadybos mokslas ir studijos - kaimo verslų ir jų infrastruktūros plėtrai 35(4): 512-521. (ISSN 1822-6760 (print) / ISSN 2345-0355 (online)) [EBSCO host: Business source complete nuo 2006 (EBSCO sąrašas) Central & Eastern European Academic Source nuo 2006 (EBSCO sąrašas); Ulrich’s; IndexCopernicus].
