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C. Caldeira ; V. De Laurentiis ; A. Ghose ; S. Corrado ; S. Sala |National studies on food waste quantification in EU countries present highly discrepant results due to the different quantification approaches adopted. The European Commission has published a delegated act establishing a common methodology and m[...]Article
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
In theory, eco-labels have great potential to reduce the environmental and social impact of products via consumer choice. In practice, the diffusion of eco-labels remains limited, with consumers expressing concerns about their value. One problem[...]Article
This study is framed within the concept of sustainability of local foods such as extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) and considers the effects of country of origin (COO) and ethnocentrism as relevant factors in decision making about product choice. Ou[...]Article
R.F. Rodgers ; C. Lombardo ; S. Cerolini ; D.L. Franko ; M. Omori ; J. Linardon ; S. Guillaume ; L. Fischer ; M. Fuller-Tyszkiewicz |The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly disrupted household food purchasing and preparation, including elements identified as important drivers of household food waste. The two main aims of this study were (1) to examine changes in food waste behav[...]Article
About 30% of food produced globally is lost or wasted along the food supply chain. In this sense, the objective of this research is to identify and systematize scientific publications relating food losses and wastes with solutions based on the c[...]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
Innovations in food packaging, such as active and intelligent ones, improve food safety and lower household food waste by extending product shelf life and providing information about food quality, respectively. The consumer adoption of such inno[...]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
Background: This study aims to examine how behavioral variables interact with and stimulate purchasing decisions and influence the process of purchasing healthy foods during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Principal component analysis was carried[...]Article
P. Sánchez-Bravo ; E. Chambers V ; L. Noguera-Artiaga ; E. Sendra ; E. Chambers IV ; Á.A. Carbonell-Barrachina |The term sustainability is based on three main pillars: environment, society and economy. To achieve sustainable development, agriculture is one of the main fields to be considered and it is key to address economic, environmental and ethical p[...]Article
F. Tekinbas Ozkaya ; M.G. Durak ; O. Dogan ; Z.A. Bulut ; R. Haas |The scarcity of natural resources together with the exponentially increasing world population has made the sustainable consumption of food (SCF) a crucial issue, as it has impacts on a variety of environmental, health, economic, and social dimen[...]Article
Food waste is a global challenge that raises many questions about the reasons and prevalence of this phenomenon in all sectors of the economy. The youth is regarded as a consumer group, which is the most prone to food waste. This paper aims to u[...]Article
Food loss and waste have become a serious global issue for business and society. To reduce food loss and waste, it is important to understand in depth their antecedents behind and consequences. This paper analyses the major antecedents and conse[...]Article
Pro-ecological behavior of consumers on the food market is conditioned by many factors, among which the literature on the subject particularly indicates, is high environmental awareness. Among other factors, the influence of social groups is als[...]Article
G. Di Vita ; R. Zanchini ; G. Falcone ; M. D'Amico ; F. Brun ; G. Gulisano |This paper aims to identify the hierarchical relationship in a consumers mind with respect to the three main and different quality schemes. With this purpose, we decided to analyse the role that local, organic, and traditional attributes have o[...]Article
During the first COVID-19 wave in Spain, confining the population at home was seen as an effective way to prevent the disease from spreading. This limited mobility affected citizens routines at homes because it influenced their life habits, inc[...]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
We performed a laboratory study in France to explore consumer reactions to information about lentils, a legume whose consumption is sustainable and recommended by nutritionists and environmentalists. More specifically, we examined the effect of [...]Article
I.S. Bruma ; C. Dinu Vasiliu ; S. Rodino ; M. Butu ; L. Tanasa ; S. Dobos ; A. Butu ; O. Coca ; G. Stefan |In Romania, there is an emerging market of dairy products delivered through short food supply chains. Although this distribution system has existed since the communist period, and even though more than three decades have passed since then, the m[...]Article
Alternative spaces for the consumption of non-conventional foods as short commercialization chains have been increased worldwide, as well as the interest in understanding the dynamics developed in those initiatives from a social approach, has in[...]Article
Current food production and consumption practices have had negative impacts on the environment and are central to global health concerns. Using a mixed-methods review, we examined the nutritional and environmental impacts of our global food syst[...]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[...]Article
R.P.F. Guiné ; E. Bartkiene ; S.G. Florença ; I. Djekic ; M. Cernelic-Bizjak ; M. Tarcea ; M. Leal ; V. Ferreira ; I. Rumbak ; P. Orfanos ; V. Szucs ; D. Klava ; M. Korzeniowska ; K. Isoldi ; P. Correia ; M. Ferreira ; A.P. Cardoso |This work intended to explore some motivations that influence peoples eating habits towards sustainability. This was an observational, cross-sectional study, carried out by questionnaire survey on a non-probabilistic sample of 10,067 participan[...]Article
Nowadays, even with the growth and progress of the agricultural sector, the food gap (FG) is still wide, particularly for strategic crops, affecting the national economy and compromising the food security. The realization of self-sufficiency can[...]Article
B. Minotti ; A. Cimini ; G. D'Amico ; D. Marino ; G. Mazzocchi ; S. Tarra |In the food policy arena, the topic of governance and how to create a governance system that would deal with cross-cutting issues, including new ways of perceiving the public sphere, the policymaking, and the involvement of the population, has b[...]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 [...]Article
R. Santagata ; M. Ripa ; A. Genovese ; S. Ulgiati |The transition towards a Circular Economy in the agri-food supply chain will require appropriate support mechanisms. Globally, 1/3 of food is wasted, generating by-products which could be treated and processed. In a bioeconomy perspective, quali[...]Article
Agribusiness firms requiring a consistent supply of high quality agricultural raw materials have increasingly adopted production contracts to coordinate their supply chains. The present work is aimed to shed light on the role played by sources o[...]Article
Algeria as an important North African and Mediterranean country with remarkable bioclimatic, edaphic, and political characteristics is under many sorts of negative stress affecting considerably alimentary dependence. Today, Algerian agriculture [...]