@misc{9237193,
  abstract     = {{Sweden is currently facing its most serious security policy situation since World War II, with global pandemics, geopolitical conflicts, and extreme weather events. These events have shown the vulnerabilities of a food system built on "just-in-time" distribution and heavy reliance on external inputs. This thesis explores the mindset of regenerative food systems and analyses how regenerative methods and regenerative agriculture with its focus on restoring soil health, increasing biodiversity and improving farm profit, can enhance the resilience of the Swedish food system. The objective of the study is to identify key vulnerabilities related to climate change and resource dependency and investigate how regenerative methods can address these challenges.

Adopting an exploratory, qualitative approach, the study combines a literature review with 18 semi-structured interviews featuring a diverse range of actors, including farmers, industry, research, advisor services, industry organisation, retailers, municipality and banks. The results indicate that regenerative methods such as reduced tillage, diverse crop rotations, and integrated pest management provide critical ecosystem services that reduce the need for synthetic fertilizers, agrochemicals, and fuel, thereby increasing farm-level independence and resilience against extreme weather.
However, the research identifies several bottlenecks to a regenerative transition, including a lack of a standardised definition or label, an "upside-down pyramid" of profitability where farmers receive a disproportionately small share of food prices, and a significant administrative burden. The study concludes that while regenerative methods are a viable solution for building a resilient food system, a successful regenerative transition requires increased demand for crop diversity from processors and consumers, improved infrastructure for systems like intercropping, and a redistribution of financial responsibility across the entire supply chain.}},
  author       = {{Andersson, Elin}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Enhancing the resilience of the Swedish food system with regenerative methods}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}