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Agriculture and more in general modern agri-food supply systems and networks are called to satisfy a number of consumers needs and to create value to the benefit of the whole society. In fact, they are expected to ensure enterprise profitabilit[...]Article
R. Ruben ; R. Cavatassi ; L. Lipper ; E. Smaling ; P. Winters |Food systems must serve different societal, public health and individual nutrition, and environmental objectives and therefore face numerous challenges. Considering the integrated performances of food systems, this paper highlights five fundamen[...]Article
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H. Azadi ; S. Movahhed Moghaddam ; S. Burkart ; H. Mahmoudi ; S. Van Passel ; A. Kurban ; D. Lopez-Carr |Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is seeking to overcome the food security problem and develop rural livelihoods while minimizing negative impacts on the environment. However, when such synergies exist, the situation of small-scale farmers is ofte[...]Article
The compounding effects of climate change on food systems have led researchers into developing approaches aimed at understanding the multiple trade-offs and synergies associated to dealing with climate change. As countries continue to develop cl[...]Article
The COVID-19 pandemic heightened awareness that serious illness and injury are common and important shocks that result in food insecurity, the loss of livelihoods, and unsustainable coping strategies. These have significant negative impacts on w[...]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
A.K. Rad ; R.R. Shamshiri ; H. Azarm ; S.K. Balasundram ; M. Sultan |The consequences of COVID-19 on the economy and agriculture have raised many concerns about global food security, especially in developing countries. Given that food security is a critical component that is affected by global crises, beside the [...]Article
N. Guiomar ; S. Godinho ; M. Rivera ; T. Pinto-Correia ; R. Machado ; M. Czekaj ; E. Tyran ; J. Puchala |Recent findings on the contribution of smallholders to global food production and security challenge the values used in several reports of international organizations. The skewed distribution of the number of farms and the agricultural area by f[...]Article
La sécurité alimentaire en Tunisie ou à léchelle nationale est une question sensible et stratégique. La grande diversité du domaine climatique tunisien et l'extension des terres agricoles sur une superficie de 10 millions d'hectares, dont (5 mi[...]Article
This research aims to examine the existence or not of a relationship between governance and pulses food security in Morocco in terms of food availability, accessibility, utilization, and stability and to determine the governance indicators affe[...]Article
Whereas population is showing increasing distrust rates in the regular agri-food system, Alternative Food Networks (AFN) are gradually gaining space. This paper analyses the role of a specific kind of AFN, Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs) and it[...]Article
S.A.L. Smaal ; J. Dessein ; B.J. Wind ; E. Rogge |More and more cities develop urban food strategies (UFSs) to guide their efforts and practices towards more sustainable food systems. An emerging theme shaping these food policy endeavours, especially prominent in North and South America, concer[...]Article
Nombre de journalistes et collaborateurs réguliers du « Monde diplomatique » ont contribué à l'ouvrage « Le Nouveau Monde. Tableau de la France néolibérale » (Éditions Amsterdam), à paraître le 10 septembre. Dessinant un portrait de la France co[...]Article
This article summarized Protracted conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have left tens of millions of people in need of humanitarian and development assistance to have access to water. But the capacity of local water servi[...]Article
Food-related debates are being held more and more from a moral angle food is a highly political issue. Answers to the question how we can achieve food and nutrition security while protecting our natural resources, safeguarding biodiversity and[...]Article
M. Hoteit ; Y. Al-Atat ; H. Joumaa ; S. El Ghali ; R. Mansour ; R. Mhanna ; F. Sayyed-Ahmad ; P. Salameh ; A. Al-Jawaldeh |This study aims to explore the prevalence and correlates of food insecurity among Lebanese households since the ordeals of COVID-19, economic crisis, and Beirut port explosions. At the core of the study, a mobile application entitled Nutrition A[...]Article
Although the transition to industrial agriculture in the 20th century resulted in increased agricultural productivity and efficiency, the attainment of global food security continues to be elusive. Current and anticipated impacts of climate chan[...]Article
A. Al Dirani ; G.K. Abebe ; R.A. Bahn ; G. Martiniello ; I. Bashour |Agriculture is the most natural resource-intensive and climate-sensitive sector. This study examines the perceptions and attitudes of small family farmers toward climate change and identifies adaptation strategies supporting household food secur[...]Article
Despite the abundant evidence on the adverse effects of a food safety crisis on consumers, surprisingly little research has been conducted to explain the importance of consumers who are forgiving of failure. Drawing on a social intuitionist mode[...]Article
Several emerging technologies for agri-food systems are promoted by supporters as alleviating the instabilities of COVID-19 and thus increasingly necessary and inevitable. Compelled to pivot towards the pandemic, technologists align their projec[...]Article
The COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to examine the impacts of system-wide crises on key supply sectors such as water, energy and food. These sectors are becoming increasingly interlinked in environmental policy-making and with regard to [...]Article
L. Fredriksson ; M. Rizov ; S. Davidova ; A. Bailey |Bulgaria has a long tradition of smallholder farming, predominantly producing for self-consumption. As a result of land reform and farm restructuring, many rural households received agricultural land. Some developed commercial farms but most hou[...]Article
This paper deals with a very important topic concerning the adaptive actions of food retail entities, operating in a network model, during threats caused by a pandemic. The aim of the study was to identify and characterize the actions taken by f[...]Article
Food security, as part as public health protection, constitutes one of the main objectives for countries aiming to ensure the health of all their citizens. However, food security is compromised worldwide by conflict, political instability, or ec[...]Article
Développer lirrigation en France est nécessaire dans le contexte mondial où les ressources hydriques se raréfient.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
En Algérie, le secteur agricole a bénéficié dune stratégie appliquée à partir de lannée 2000. Lobjectif recherché est lamélioration des capacités productives du pays et la réduction des importations pour la concrétisation de la sécurité alim[...]Article
N.M. Hashem ; E.M. Hassanein ; J.-F. Hocquette ; A. Gonzalez-Bulnes ; F.A. Ahmed ; Y.A. Attia ; K.A. Asiry |In the near future, the year 2050, agricultural production should expand to fulfill the needs of approximately 9.7 billion inhabitants. Such an objective should be harmonized with social, economic, and environmental sustainability aspects to mai[...]Article
R. Bezner Kerr ; S. Madsen ; M. Stüber ; J. Liebert ; S. Enloe ; N. Borghino ; P. Parros ; D.M. Mutyambai ; M. Prudhon ; A. Wezel |Agroecology increasingly has gained scientific and policy recognition as having potential to address environmental and social issues within food production, but concerns have been raised about its implications for food security and nutrition, pa[...]