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L. Severova ; R. Svoboda ; K. Sredl ; M. Prasilova ; A. Soukup ; L. Kopecka ; M. Dvorak |The purpose of this study is to express changes in consumer preferences for certain food products due to the income growth of the population, and to specify the way producers or retailers of these commodities respond to the changes in customer c[...]Article
For decades, global food security has not been able to address the structural problem of economic access to food, resulting in a recent increase in the number of undernourished people from 2014. In addition, the FAO estimates that the number of [...]Article
This paper focuses on a possible connection between food security and the migrant crisis that began in 2015, which had a tremendous impact on the European Union as well as on the Mediterranean area. The goal of this paper is to determine if ther[...]Article
A.C. Farcas ; C.M. Galanakis ; C. Socaciu ; O.L. Pop ; D. Tibulca ; A. Paucean ; M.A. Jimborean ; M. Fogarasi ; L.C. Salanta ; M. Tofana ; S.A. Socaci |One of the biggest challenges in managing the food sector during a pandemic crisis is sustaining a robust food security system and adopting the right strategies in correlating the consumers needs and requirements with those of food safety, the [...]Article
Improvement of food security is a common objective for many agricultural systems analyses, but how food security has been conceptualized and evaluated within agricultural systems has not been systematically evaluated. We reviewed the literature [...]Ouvrage
This fully updated new edition of a respected text retains the originals comprehensive and practical approach to food supply chain management, and introduces a global perspective and a wide range of new material. More than ever, this is the foo[...]Article
Industrial agriculture has been promoted widely as essential for ending hunger, the second Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). Despite increases in global productivity and yields of many commodity crops, SDG2 has not yet been achieved and the ne[...]Article
The restriction measures linked to the COVID-19 shock suddenly highlighted the vulnerability of most socioeconomic systems, including the food sector. In a context in which the limitation to the movement of people and goods has put the longer an[...]Article
The regionalization of food systems in order to shorten supply chains and develop local agriculture to feed city regions presents particular challenges for food planning and policy. The existing foodshed approaches enable one to assess the theor[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
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C. Béné ; D. Bakker ; M.J. Chavarro ; B. Even ; J. Melo ; A. Sonneveld |In this paper we present the first global assessments of COVID-19's impacts on food systems and their actors, focusing specifically on the food security and nutritional status of those affected in low and middle-income countries. The assessment [...]Article
There are few examples in the existing literature that address the quantitative linkages between food waste, food security, and environmental sustainability, at global scale. Here we develop a new panel database on household food waste at the na[...]Article
El objetivo de este artículo es presentar una visión general de las principales tendencias del sistema agroalimentario global tras la pandemia del COVID-19. La crisis económica resultante, las transiciones climática y digital, y las cada vez may[...]Article
The reduction of food waste, especially in households where more than half of its global quantity is generated, has become an increasing economic, social and environmental concern, and represents one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals withi[...]Article
E. Rajala ; I. Vogel ; A. Sundin ; D. Kongmanila ; M.G. Nassuna-Musoke ; R. Musundire ; M.N. Mulangala ; L. Chiwona-Karltun ; U. Magnusson ; S. Boqvist |Sustainable development of smallholder agriculture production in low and lower middle-income countries are crucial for improving food security. To accommodate this science based evidence needs to bridge with agricultural practices and policy dev[...]Article
Climate change might have direct impacts on water quantity in Egypt and lead to indirect effects on Mediterranean saltwater intrusion to groundwater, which exposes agriculture to vulnerability. This study investigated impacts of climate change o[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
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C. Fabi ; F. Cachia ; P. Conforti ; A. English ; J. Rosero Moncayo |Food Losses and Waste (FLW) have received increased attention in the past decade especially after the 20072008 food crisis, which has rekindled debate about the global availability of food. This has highlighted the need to reduce harvest and po[...]Article
Cities, which now host the majority of the global population, are vulnerable to environmental and socio-economic disturbances, which are likely to increase in number and severity in the near future. Urban agriculture (UA) could help increase the[...]Article
The food- and feed-value systems in the European Union are not protein self-sufficient. Despite their potential to improve the well-being of arable cropping systems, sufficient production of high-protein legume grains in Europe has not been achi[...]Article
S. Maitra ; A. Hossain ; M. Brestic ; M. Skalicky ; P. Ondrisik ; H. Gitari ; K. Brahmachari ; T. Shankar ; P. Bhadra ; J.B. Palai ; J. Jena ; U. Bhattacharya ; S.K. Duvvada ; S. Lalichetti ; M. Sairam |Intensive agriculture is based on the use of high-energy inputs and quality planting materials with assured irrigation, but it has failed to assure agricultural sustainability because of creation of ecological imbalance and degradation of natura[...]Article
Agriculture and food systems are in urgent need of transformation. Various foresight reports unpack food systems challenges and propose diverse pathways of change towards sustainability. We interrogate the framings and proposed pathways of elev[...]Ouvrage
Food systems around the world face a triple challenge: providing food security and nutrition for a growing global population; supporting livelihoods for those working along the food supply chain; and contributing to environmental sustainability.[...]Article
À lheure où lété bat son plein et quune partie des vacanciers a rejoint les côtes pour profiter de la mer, Futuribles poursuit sa série consacrée aux océans, lancée il y a un an, en juillet-août 2020. Cette fois, cest la Méditerranée qui est[...]Article
S.S. Maican ; A.C. Muntean ; C.A. Pastiu ; S. Stepien ; J. Polcyn ; I. Dobra ; M. Darja ; C.O. Moisa |The agricultural sector ensures food security and is a major source of employment, income, and economic activity in rural areas. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) considers that family farms are the key to a susta[...]