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Among the Sustainable Development Objectives adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015, is the 12th objective of Ensuring sustainable production and consumption patterns which aims to promote the efficient use of resources[...]Article
Food waste has become an area of increasing concern in recent years, since unsustainable food waste practices have been associated with a range of adverse environmental, economic and societal impacts. Food waste is a multi-sectoral issue and mus[...]Article
G.-R. Ladaru ; D.M. Ilie ; M.C. Diaconeasa ; I.L. Petre ; F. Marin ; V. Lazar |The behavior of vegetable consumption in the context of sustainable development has become a point of interest. Determining the barriers and the drivers for developing a sustainable consumption pattern, including food, should be a priority for e[...]Article
Food waste is a global issue with major environmental and socio-economic implications. The problem is even worse in Arab countries where tremendous amounts of food are wasted everyday. In this study, we engaged in an ethnographic journey documen[...]Article
Food waste is a significant problem and consumers tendency to reject misshapen produce has been identified as a key contributing factor. The current work investigates the implications of consumers incorporating aesthetic beauty into their proto[...]Article
Considering the current pandemic, in which changes in the food system and the relationship between food and society are under discussion, I take the opportunity with this editorial to offer some points for debate.Article
L. Laguna ; S. Fiszman ; P. Puerta ; C. Chaya ; A. Tarrega |This preliminary study describes the impact of the COVID-19 health crisis on peoples interests, opinions, and behaviour towards food. Here, the evolution of peoples internet searches, the characteristics of the most watched YouTube videos, and[...]Article
In a context of increased world population and imbalanced access to resources, the concept of food waste has gained increased attention in the past years. The waste of food has a negative impact on the economy, the society and the environment. I[...]Article
The mass production and use of plastics over the past decades is now posing a threat to the environment due to increasing pollution. The industrial transition towards more sustainable plastic alternatives has already started, but the process wil[...]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
Economic development approaches are increasingly entailing local geographic scales and encouraging the mobilization and organization of territorial actors given local conditions and resources. Lebanon is a country facing frequent uncertainty wit[...]Article
La première phase de confinement de 2020 semble avoir été loccasion dune réflexion sur les modes de vie et de changement dans les pratiques quotidiennes. Par le processus dimmersion, il sagit ici détudier limpact du confinement sur les pra[...]Article
Despite food waste occurring along the entire food supply chain, a significant proportion occurs in domestic settings. Large quantities of domestic food waste have been attributable to consumer behaviors during buying, cooking, consumption, and [...]Article
A. Pelt ; R. Saint-Bauzel ; L. Barbier ; V. Fointiat |This action-research project conducted in partnership with French local public authorities aims at designing an intervention procedure to reduce food waste in households. To broach the complex problem of food waste reduction as a behavioral gap,[...]Article
Food systems and our ability to secure food and nutrition for current and future generations is challenged by population growth, climate change, resource depletion and pollution. The current agricultural and supply chain systems are one of the m[...]Article
P. Guarnaccia ; S. Zingale ; A. Scuderi ; E. Gori ; V. Santiglia ; G. Timpanaro |The alignment of food systems with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is generally envisaged to make a positive impact on sustainability. This paper outlines some critical environmental and socio-economic indicators for Sicily in order to [...]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
This introductory article presents the three main challenges faced in economics to issues raised by dietary models. The first part of this paper examines the dietary models that maximise the health profile of a population under various constrain[...]Article
H. Hamilton ; H. Hamilton ; R. Henry ; M. Rounsevell ; D. Moran ; F. Cossar ; K. Allen ; L. Boden ; P. Alexander |Globalised food supply chains are increasingly susceptible to systemic risks, with natural, social and economic shocks in one region potentially leading to price spikes and supply changes experienced at the global scale. Projections commonly ext[...]Article
As a result of the growing awareness of the need to prevent food waste, several initiatives have been launched in the last few years to reduce food waste generated across the food supply chain. However, the evaluation of food waste prevention in[...]Article
A. Thomas ; C. Lamine ; B. Allès ; Y. Chiffoleau ; A. Doré ; S. Dubuisson-Quellier ; M. Hannachi |We discuss in this paper the role of the economic and social organization in agriculture and the food industry, in relation with the Health-Agriculture-Food-Environment (HAFEN) concept. The aim is to better understand the potential impact of the[...]Article
B. Bajzelj ; T.E. Quested ; E. Röös ; R.P.J. Swannell |Food waste undermines long-term resilience of the global food system by aggravating ecosystem damage. The global community must therefore work to reduce the amount of food that gets wasted. However, we should be mindful of some potential conflic[...]Article
The aim of this study was to determine attitudes of consumers in the northwestern part of Turkey towards food waste behaviour. A structural equation model was used to analyze the attitudes and behaviour of consumers to food waste within the fram[...]Article
The study examines the influence of dispositional traits (consumer optimism and consumer pessimism) upon the adoption of organic food. It also measures the mediation effect of environmental concern between dispositional traits and organic food c[...]Article
Pass-through of global food commodity prices to food inflation in Morocco: a structural VAR approach
This paper examines the pass-through of world food commodity prices to food inflation in Morocco, over the period 2004-2018, by using Structural Vector Autoregression (SVAR) model on monthly data. Several interesting results are found from this [...]Article
In the last decade, efforts to re-localize the food system have been gaining ground in a way that is intended to induce changes in the primary sector, thereby improving its conditions and sustainability. The European Union has identified food as[...]Article
La pandémie de coronavirus, déclarée le 11 mars 2020 par l'OMS, conduit à penser que d'autres agents pathogènes pourraient se propager dans les années à venir. La mondialisation des échanges peut donc transformer une épidémie localisée en pandém[...]Article
La covid a mis en lumière l'importance de la sécurité alimentaire et des approvisionnements. De plus en plus de pays revendiquent le droit à la souveraineté alimentaire.Article
A. Polito ; E. Azzini ; L. Barnaba ; M. Verrascina ; B. Zanetti ; A. Monteleone ; F. Intorre ; D. Ciarapica ; S. Tomassini ; L. Guidarelli |This paper analyses the relationship between food system dynamics with consumer behaviors, in population within a protected mountain area in Italy. In order to obtain socioeconomic and nutritional data, a combination of qualitative and quantitat[...]Article
N.M. Saviolidis ; G. Olafsdottir ; M. Nicolau ; A. Samoggia ; E. Huber ; L. Brimont ; M. Gorton ; D. von Berlepsch ; H. Sigurdardottir ; M. Del Prete ; C. Fedato ; P.-M. Aubert ; S.G. Bogason |Transitioning agri-food systems towards increased sustainability and resilience requires that attention be paid to sustainable food consumption policies. Policy-making processes often require the engagement and acceptance of key stakeholders. Th[...]Article
L. Arnalte-Mura ; D. Ortiz-Miranda ; P. Cerrada-Serra ; V. Martinez-Gomez ; O.M. Moreno-Pérez ; R. Barbu ; H. Bjørkhaug ; M. Czekaj ; D.G. Duckett ; F. Galli ; G. Goussios ; M. Grivins ; P.A. Hernández ; P. Prosperi ; S. Sumane |The capacity of the food system to respond to the economic, demographic and environmental challenges ahead has become a topic of increasing interest, with particular attention to the roles and responsibilities of the different actors to ensure m[...]Article
L. Cappelli ; F. D'Ascenzo ; M.F. Arezzo ; R. Ruggieri ; I. Gorelova |Previous publications have shown that Italian consumers are willing to pay a premium price for certain categories of Made in Italy products. The premium price has proven to be higher in the food sector. This study provides an extensive literatur[...]Article
La sécurité alimentaire de lAlgérie est en grande partie dépendante de deux facteurs fortement impactés par la pandémie de la covid-19 : les finances publiques et le marché mondial des produits alimentaires. Le poids des importations dans la sa[...]Article
The Corona virus is spreading at a very rapid rate, causing tremendous damage to all sectors without any exception, but nevertheless the extent of these damage and the losses resulting from the pandemic differ from one sector to another and from[...]Article
M. Vittuari ; L. Falasconi ; M. Masotti ; S. Piras ; A. Segré ; M. Setti |About one third of all food produced for human consumption is wasted. Along with a lively debate on food loss and waste definition and quantification, growing attention is dedicated to the faceted dimensions of consumers food waste. Drivers, ef[...]Article
En prospective, comme les lecteurs de Futuribles le savent bien, on étudie différents scénarios, mais également les ruptures possibles. En juillet 2019, lors dun atelier sur les ruptures possibles du système alimentaire, les membres du club Vig[...]Article
H.L. Rippin ; K. Wickramasinghe ; A. Halloran ; S. Whiting ; J. Williams ; K. Hetz ; A. Pinedo ; J. Breda |Dietary health and sustainability are inextricably linked. Food systems that are not sustainable often fail to provide the amount or types of food needed to ensure population health. The ongoing pandemic threatens to exacerbate malnutrition, and[...]Article
Nowadays, the problems that afflict our planet (climate change, loss of biodiversity, etc.) are leading to the implementation of a more sustainable type of consumption. Increasing the consumption of organic products is a way to face and try to s[...]Article
Increased recognition of the persistent and interconnected nature of food system challenges resulted in the creation of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) in 2015. MUFPP signatory cities commit themselves to contribute to a better function[...]Article
Past approaches to food security in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) were informed by concerns about food availability. They aimed at domestic self-sufficiency and self-sufficiency by proxy (via farmland investments abroad). T[...]Article
Cette recherche exploratoire vise à étudier les représentations sociales du gaspillage alimentaire à travers létude de la presse quotidienne régionale. La compréhension des représentations sociales est la première étape pour adapter les stratég[...]Article
From a perspective of valorization of the Spanish olive oil at the international market, this research tries to determine the benefits of adopting environmental and social labeling of the product. Findings from a qualitative study performed to F[...]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
J. Ikerd |When anticipating the future, many experts simply examine trends of the past and project them into the futureas if trends continue indefinitely. However, one of the most fundamental principles of science is that everything on earth tends to cyc[...]Article
Consumers are increasingly concerned about the way their food is produced. This is particularly relevant in the case of meat, due to the impacts that its production methods can have on greenhouse gas emissions and its role in climate change. In [...]Article
Improving food sustainability and reducing food waste are among the top challenges for achieving global sustainable development. In particular, changes towards more sustainable consumption are of vital importance in creating a more sustainable w[...]Article
Food waste is a very pressing sustainability issue due to the social and environmental impacts it generates, as pointed out by the 2030 United Nations Agenda. It has also been extensively discussed in the literature and by experts on the subject[...]Article
E. Birlouez ; C. Praly, intervieweur |Peur du manque, ruée vers les supermarchés, repas pris en famille confinée La pandémie de Covid-19 modifie non seulement les comportements alimentaires, mais aussi le regard que les citoyens portent sur lensemble de la chaîne dapprovisionneme[...]Article
Face aux scandales alimentaires qui se sont succédé depuis les années 1990, la méfiance des consommateurs envers leur alimentation sest accrue de façon importante. Pour les producteurs, les industriels et les marques, lenjeu nest plus seuleme[...]Article
Choisir ses productions est un casse-tête pour les agriculteurs. Les pouvoirs publics pourraient les aiguiller pour répondre aux attentes des consommateurs.