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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[...]Article
T. Tsironi ; A. Koutinas ; I. Mandala ; N.G. Stoforos |Food security, seen from a global perspective, encompasses both the sustainable production of high-quality food and the reduction of food waste. Food production needs to be resource efficient and contribute to economic growth through sustainable[...]Article
Much information on the food security status of countries has become increasingly available in recent years. However, alternative measures, especially with large variation, can affect policy design and delivery to alleviate food insecurity. This[...]Article
Agriculture is one of the most important sectors in the world. It provides food for the growing world populations while also creating employment opportunities. This sector, however, is greatly threatened by climate change, increased water scarci[...]Article
The analyses focus on the structural change in agriculture and farm households for the selected hilly and mountainous areas in Slovenia before and after the accession to the European Union, with an emphasis on empirical analysis of a sample of i[...]Article
While female labour force participation is on the decline in many parts of the developing world, female participation in agriculture is increasing worldwide. Our review of the literature however confirms that employment in farming has not yet br[...]Article
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
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
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.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[...]Article
F. Mamine ; M. Fares ; G. Duteurtre ; T. Madani |La sécurité alimentaire est au cur des débats actuels concernant les politiques de développement agricole. Il sagit notamment darbitrer entre le soutien à la production locale et louverture au commerce international pour répondre à lessor r[...]Article
Although an emerging literature evaluates the impact of agricultural interventions on food security, studies taking a multi-country perspective are scarce. We construct a cross-project dataset - encompassing 14 household surveys from IFAD-funded[...]Article
M.G. Rivera-Ferré ; F. López-i-Gelats ; F. Ravera ; E. Oteros-Rozas ; M. Di Masso ; R. Binimelis ; H. El Bilali |CONTEXT The COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the most pressing challenges for humanity. The pandemic is affecting all aspects of human lives and livelihoods, including food. In this context, new research shows the nexus between agri-food syst[...]Article
Urban and peri-urban areas are subject to major societal challenges, like food security, climate change, biodiversity, resource efficiency, land management, social cohesion, and economic growth. In that context, Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture [...]Article
The new coronavirus (Covid-19), which spread almost the entire world, adversely affected many sectors, both internationally and 30 locally. Households panic purchase have rocketed the demand for some food items in the early days. Besides, food [...]Article
About one-third of the food produced globally for human consumption is lost or wasted each year. This represents a loss of natural resources consumed along the food supply chain that can also have negative impacts on food security. While food lo[...]Article
Traceability regulations are a way to protect consumers by forcing firms to identify and track products step-by-step through all stages of production, processing, and distribution. Traceability is often used in conjunction with country-of-origin[...]Article
The food system, and those who depend on it, have been strongly but unevenly affected by COVID-19. Overall, the impacts on food systems, poverty, and nutrition have been caused by a combination of a generalized economic recession and disruptions[...]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
Afin de nourrir dix milliards dêtres humains dici à 2050, les agriculteurs ne doivent sinterdire aucune piste.Article
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Un peu plus dun an après le début de la pandémie et les scènes daffolement montrant de nombreuses personnes remplissant leur chariot dans les magasins par crainte de pénuries de nourriture, les Français ont pu constater quils nont manqué de [...]Article
Understanding specialization patterns of countries in food production can provide relevant insights for the evaluation and design of policies seeking to achieve food security and sustainability, which are key to reach several Sustainable Develop[...]Article
The aim of this research is to analyse the way young people perceive the food waste process, as well as the determinants and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the responsible behaviour of young people towards food waste. The research design[...]Article
Food businesses in the European Union are preparing for a carbon-neutral future by gradually transitioning to a circular way of operating. Building upon results from the EU REFRESH project, we consider the most valuable food processing by-stream[...]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
An increasing number of scientific papers has been written on the topic of resilience. It explains the way individuals and regions face to shocks and stressors. It focuses on farmers resilience and food security. The main shocks related to food[...]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
Like agriculture and climate change, agriculture and biodiversity, and hence food security, are interconnected in both a negative and a positive sense. In this article, our author describes what we know about the links, what role the agricultura[...]Article
A.K. Farmery ; T.D. Brewer ; P. Farrell ; H. Kottage ; E. Reeve ; A.M. Thow ; N.L. Andrew |Value chains are key pathways within food systems and an important focus for analysis and policy intervention. A systematic scoping review was used to examine how different value chain approaches consider food security and nutrition, with partic[...]