FOOD SYSTEM DRIVING FORCE

Driving forces can be understood as influential forces of changes that are shaping, or that have the capacity to shape or transform, a system. The driving forces stem from the DESTEP, which is an acronym that encompasses the dimensions of demographics, economic, social-cultural, technological, environmental, and political-institutional factors, are often used as a method for identification of driving forces and trends.

Possible values

Id	Title	Description	URI
Demography	Demography	Demographic trends involve population characteristics such as population composition, growth and size, and educational attainment.	None
Economy	Economy	Economic developments involve characteristics of the economy and the labour market, such as economic growth, job structures, employment and unemployment.	None
SocioCultural	Socio-cultural	Socio-cultural developments involve characteristics of society, such as quality of life, social cohesion and the relationship between citizens and the government, changing norms and values and a changing role/attitude of citizens	None
Technology	Technology	Technological developments involve developments and innovations in technology, for example in data-driven technology, artificial intelligence (AI), digitisation, genetic engineering, precision medicine and robots/cobots.	None
Ecology	Ecology	Ecological developments refer to features of the physical environment, such as climate change, air, water and soil pollution and the increase of renewable energy.	None
PoliticalInstitutional	Political-institutional	Changes, adjustments or reforms in the organisation, functioning and structures of political and administrative institutions within a society. This includes processes related to the organisation of public bodies, the system of governance, power relations, legal frameworks, democratic rules of the game, and the way decision-making takes place at national, European and global levels.	None