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The essential first steps of addressing the problem of food loss are measuring the loss, identifying where in the food system it occurs, and developing effective policies to mitigate it along the value chain. Food loss has been defined in many w[...]Article
Despite broad agreement in policy circles on the need to reduce food loss and waste (FLW), considerable gaps in information still exist. This paper identifies policy-relevant information gaps, summarizes recent research that tries to fill these [...]Article
This paper examines the rationale for pursuing environmental objectives by reducing food loss and waste (FLW). The main thrust of the literature on this issue is that FLW reduction can make a major contribution to making food systems more sustai[...]Article
N.M. Mohd Nizar ; E. Jahanshiri ; A.S. Tharmandram ; A. Salama ; S.S. Mohd Sinin ; N.J. Abdullah ; H. Zolkepli ; E.M. Wimalasiri ; T.A.S.T. Mohd Suhairi ; H. Hussin ; P.J. Gregory ; S.N. Azam-Ali |Digital agriculture is driven by the interrelated needs to increase crop production, develop sustainable food systems and cope with the global change. Databases exist for several major crops but a barrier to increasing agrobiodiversity is the la[...]E-Book
K. Schroeder ; J. Lampietti ; G. Elabed | Washington [États-Unis] : Banque Mondiale | Agriculture and Food Series | 2021The digital agriculture revolution holds a promise to build an agriculture and food system that is efficient, environmentally sustainable, and equitable, one that can help deliver the Sustainable Development Goals. Unlike past technological revo[...]Article
La datte détient un statut élevé dans le marché des produits agricoles et est lune des plus importantes productions de rente en particulier des petits agriculteurs. Lanalyse de la chaîne de valeur des dattes revêt une importance de premier deg[...]Article
M. Thorsøe ; E. Noe ; D. Maye ; M. Vigani ; J. Kirwan ; H. Chiswell ; M. Grivins ; A. Adamsone-Fiskovica ; T. Tisenkopfs ; E. Tsakalou ; P.-M. Aubert ; W. Loveluck |For more than two decades market conditions for European producers have changed significantly due to liberalization and increasing price volatility. The objective of this article is to analyze how farming systems in five European countries (Denm[...]Article
Fisheries are among the sectors hardest-hit by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) crisis due to the sudden decrease in the demand for seafood. This study employs demand-driven and supply-driven input-output models to conduct an economy-wide ass[...]Article
To meet the challenges of sustainability in agricultural system design, reducing the dependency on synthetic plant protection products has become a core issue. There are currently two major reasons for farmers' decision to reduce their use of sy[...]Article
Attention to food waste is an increasingly growing phenomenon today, especially in the context of a circular economy. The InnovaEcoFood project investigates the use of by-products of the Piedmontese rice and wine production chains to valorize th[...]Article
L.A. German ; A.M. Bonanno ; L.C. Foster ; L. Cotula |Sustained interest by the business community in commercial agriculture in the global South has been welcomed for its potential to bring capital into long neglected rural areas, but has also raised concerns over implications for customary land ri[...]Article
Collective action for quality differentiation of food products linked to a territory is a long-term process. It is often hindered by a lack of understanding of multilevel institutional dynamics. This article aims at conducting a socio-historical[...]Article
Beyond the ecosystem benefits of diversification through wheatpea intercropping, this review analyzes the barriers and levers to its adoption and diffusion. The present review shows that structuring the value chain around the products of this i[...]Article
M. Millet ; V. Keast ; S. Gonano ; F. Casabianca |Existing frameworks offer a holistic way to evaluate a food system based on sustainability indicators but can fall short of offering clear direction. To analyze the sustainability of a geographical indication (GI) system, we adopt a product-cent[...]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
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
M. Fetoui ; B. Dhehibi ; A. Frija ; A. Sghaier ; A. Aw-Hassan ; M.A. Abdeladhim ; M. Sghaier |The objective of this paper is to analyse the olive oil value chain (OVC) in the Governorate of Medenine (south-east of Tunisia) and the relationships between its main operators for an effective involvement and better performance and resilience [...]Article
For most poor countries of today, using agriculture for development is widely recognized as a promising strategy. Yet, in these countries, investment in agriculture has mostly been lagging relative to international norms and recommendations. Cur[...]Article
The fresh fruit industry is a highly dynamic sector in the food market. Fresh fruit chain actors have to adapt to the changing market environment in order to face upcoming challenges. The objective of this study is to analyze the market sustaina[...]Article
Environmental and economic impact assessment of products have a long record, while social performance analysis of products have less references in the scientific literature due its particularities and the adaptations needed for the features of t[...]Article
J. Sarkis ; M.J. Cohen ; P. Dewick ; P. Schröder |As members of the Future Earth Knowledge-Action Network on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production we have as virtually everyone else paid close attention to the COVID-19 pandemic which is one of the most comprehensive and tragic p[...]Article
This paper contributes to the theoretical debate in agri-food economics on sustainable innovations. Specifically, it aims to define an interpretative model of sustainable innovation processes conceived at the supply chain level, and the determin[...]Article
La question de la réglementation des responsabilités de lentreprise en matière de respect des droits de lhomme et de lenvironnement figure, quel que soit lendroit où elle est discutée, en bonne place de lagenda politique. Les États membres [...]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
The paper investigates how food safety investment decisions are affected on the one hand by laws and on the other by firms economic and organizational drivers. The paper shares findings from an empirical study that considers investments in HACC[...]