Identifying food policy coherence in Italian regional policies: The case of Emilia-Romagna
研究以意大利艾米利亚-罗马涅大区为例，通过混合方法分析区域政策中食品相关目标的一致性，发现政策在经济目标上较一致，但缺乏系统流程降低不一致性，建议采用政策一致性矩阵来协调。
Achieving a coherent set of food-related policies is a challenge for policymakers worldwide, as food matters are addressed at more than one level of governance and across several policy domains. Policies in different domains can sustain each other by sharing the same objectives and actions or they can hinder each other, resulting in different levels of coherence. Focusing on the case study of the region Emilia-Romagna (Italy), the present research aims to answer the following research questions: to what extent is food mentioned in regional policies? Are the food-related objectives of Emilia-Romagna policies coherent with each other? Mixed methods were used in three subsequent research steps. Step 1 consisted of collating an inventory of regional policies where food is present. In Step 2, identified policies were analysed with quantitative content analysis, to examine their objectives, degree of targeting, which food supply chain step they focus on, and which policy instrument type they plan to use. Step 3 aimed to assess the coherence of the identified food-related policies’ objectives among each other through expert interviews, analysed with thematic coding. Overall, regional policies reached a good degree of coherence around the common intention of making Emilia-Romagna thrive economically. However, some level of incoherence is present, as a systematic process that lowers incoherence in policymaking is not in place yet. Therefore, implementing the use of a Policy Coherence Matrix as a standardised practice for policy approval is recommended to coordinate food-related policies.