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E. Röös ; B. Bajzelj ; C. Weil ; E. Andersson ; D. Bossio ; L.J. Gordon |Organic farming aims to minimize negative impacts on the local environment, but its contributions to global food sustainability also depend on a resilient food supply. We studied a farm aiming to move beyond organic and become a sustainable far[...]Article
Expanding populations, the impacts of climate change, availability of arable land, and availability of water for irrigation collectively strain the agricultural system. To keep pace and adapt to these challenges, food producers may adopt unsusta[...]Article
A. Muscolo ; F. Romeo ; F. Marra ; C. Mallamaci |This work was focused on recycling different typology of pollutant wastes (olive pomace and orange residues; municipal wastes and sulphur residue of hydrocarbon refining processes) with the triple objectives of limiting wastes in landfill, reduc[...]Article
S. Ouda ; T. Noreldin ; J.J. Alarcon ; R. Ragab ; G. Caruso ; A. Sekara ; M.T. Abdelhamid |In many areas of the world, water shortages prevail and threaten food production. Deficit irrigation was commonly investigated in dry areas as a precious and sustainable production approach. Using the CropSyst model to simulate the effects of di[...]Article
L. Briamonte ; R. Pergamo ; B. Arru ; R. Furesi ; P. Pulina ; F.A. Madau |Today, the transition to a more sustainable model of the agro-food system is increasingly impellent, requiring all actors commitment. In particular, small and medium agro-food business (SMABs) play a decisive and central role in the food and ec[...]Article
B. Torquati ; L. Cecchini ; C. Paffarini ; M. Chiorri |Following the growing trend towards globalisation of the agrifood system over the last few years, a number of scientific publications with different aims and methodological approaches have addressed the issue of the progressive link loss between[...]Article
There is an increasing awareness about the importance of the role that small food and beverage producers play in the socio-economic development in many countries. However, since they face many specific problems which create obstacles for their e[...]Article
K.E. Giller ; T. Delaune ; J.V. Silva ; K. Descheemaeker ; G. van de Ven ; A.G.T. Schut ; M. van Wijk ; J. Hammond ; Z. Hochman ; G. Taulya ; R. Chikowo ; S. Narayanan ; A. Kishore ; F. Bresciani ; H.M. Teixeira ; J.A. Andersson ; M.K. van Ittersum |Achieving SDG2 (zero hunger) in a situation of rapid global population growth requires a continued focus on food production. Farming not merely needs to sustainably produce nutritious diets, but should also provide livelihoods for farmers, while[...]Article
R. Bulgari ; A. Petrini ; G. Cocetta ; C. Nicoletto ; A. Ertani ; P. Sambo ; A. Ferrante ; S. Nicola |The COVID-19 pandemic is causing many victims worldwide and has generated a serious economic crisis. Substantial changes have occurred in the food and ornamental production chains. The aim of the present review has been to summarize some of the [...]Article
The purpose of this paper is to investigate corporate environmental responsibility in the agri-food industry in the Republic of Serbia. Empirical research was conducted on a sample of 112 managers of agri-food organizations operating in the terr[...]Article
A.C. Hoek ; S. Malekpour ; R. Raven ; E. Court ; E. Byrne |A transformation of the food system will require action and changes in decision making from individuals across the entire food system. This paper synthesises the literature and develops a framework for analysing the factors which influence decis[...]Article
Contemporary food systems face several paradoxes regarding equity and sustainability. Considering food productionan issue that simultaneously affects both the supply (production) and demand (consumption) sidesseveral cities have begun to imple[...]Article
D. Hoehn ; M. Margallo ; J. Laso ; I. Ruiz-Salmon ; A. Fernandez-Rios ; C. Campos ; I. Vázquez-Rowe ; R. Aldaco ; P. Quinteiro |The availability of freshwater is one of the biggest limitations and challenges of food production, as freshwater is an increasingly scarce and overexploited resource in many parts of the world. Therefore, the concept of water footprint (WF) has[...]Article
Africa has a huge opportunity to make agriculture its economic driver. However, the potential for this is far from being made exhaustive use of, one reason being that women face considerable difficulties in their economic activities. The organis[...]Article
Food security faces many multifaceted challenges, with effects ranging far beyond the sectors of agriculture and food science and involving all the multiscale components of sustainability. This paper puts forward our point of view about more sus[...]Article
Blockchain is today one of the most interesting and debated research topics. Blockchain technology was implemented for the first time in the financial sector a few years ago. However, it is currently used in many other areas, such as: healthcare[...]Article
R. Ridolfi ; S. Dernini ; J. Morrison ; A.M. Mathiesen ; R. Capone |The Coronavirus pandemic has revealed the fragility of our food systems, affecting all dimensions of food security and nutrition across the world. It has highlighted how deeply our world is interconnected and the importance of better recognising[...]Article
During the past few decades many types of research have been studied Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) but the most of these researches were focused on CSR effect on enterprise performance, but less attention has been given to the public per[...]Article
This paper analyzes the causes and effects of the COVID-19 crisis, with a specific focus on the food system. Food consumption and production has not only been impacted by the crisis, but it may have also contributed to causing the pandemic. Afte[...]Article
Resilience of food systems is being tested by the COVID-19 disruption. As with any severe disruption, collapse of some systems, innovation in others, and total reorganization of some will occur. Direct delivery of food, online farmers markets, c[...]Article
Parmi les différentes acceptions et mots dérivés de lagriculture urbaine, le terme agriurbain désigne plus spécifiquement des processus de territorialisation de lagriculture à proximité des villes. Cet article porte sur lémergence du terme ag[...]Article
Les productions et les systèmes alimentaires évolueront en fonction de la démographie, du revenu des consommateurs mais aussi du changement climatique.Article
Agro-food networks are characterized by complex material exchanges among farms, processors, consumers, and waste managers involved in fertilization, food, feed and bioenergy production. Better coordination of material exchanges at the local scal[...]Article
S. Liu |The food supply has been disrupted by COVID-19. Shopping in supermarkets and grocery stores in the pandemic may not be a pleasant experience, as it can often lead to disappointment and anxiety since a lot of food items are not available or out o[...]Article
The maintenance or even more the enhancement of stuttering networks and supply chains suffering the imperfections of globalisation have been critically stressed by the pandemic. Solutions will require technology, innovation, and political determ[...]Article
R. Aldaco ; D. Hoehn ; J. Laso ; M. Margallo ; J. Ruiz-Salmon ; J. Cristobal ; R. Kahhat ; P. Villanueva-Rey ; A. Bala ; L. Batlle-Bayer ; P. Fullana-i-Palmer ; A. Irabien ; I. Vázquez-Rowe |Improving the food supply chain efficiency has been identified as an essential means to enhance food security, while reducing pressure on natural resources. Adequate food loss and waste (FLW) management has been proposed as an approach to meet t[...]Article
The response of the global food system to the Covid-19 crisis demonstrated not just its capacity to prevent a health crisis turning into a food crisis, but also highlighted deep divisions around the manner in which food security and climate acti[...]Article
Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs) between businesses in the food supply chain have a significant impact on the various stakeholders involved, and on the environment. So far, no attempt has been made at the Member State level for the identification[...]Article
D. Sarkar ; S.K. Kar ; A. Chattopadhyay ; Shikha, ; A. Rakshit ; V.K. Tripathi ; P.K. Dubey ; P.C. Abhilash |Maximizing food production for feeding a rapidly growing human population while minimizing critical resource use and soil quality degradation is a major challenge for global sustainability. Sustainable agricultural practices based on low-externa[...]Article
Farm structure is a multi-dimensional concept that can be measured through different criteria. Meanwhile, farm structure has been identified to discern small farms or well-endowed farms from the other farms. Distinguishing and identifying these [...]