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The issue of food loss and waste is vital for minimising resource consumption and CO2 emissions. In particular, reducing fruit and vegetable loss and waste would contribute to keeping the food system within planetary boundaries. At the same time[...]
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A decision support model for cost-effective choice of temperature-controlled transport of fresh food
L.M. Maiyar ; R. Ramanathan ; I. Roy ; U. Ramanathan |The application of a plethora of wireless technologies to support real-time food quality monitoring during transportation has significantly improved the performance of fresh food delivery systems. However, deployment of these technologies increa[...]
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In the fight against hunger and malnutrition, food and nutritional insecurity are major global issues. The agri-fresh produce sector has the potential to feed billions of people healthier meals and reduce malnutrition. However, achieving food an[...]
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Food processing companies have a financial interest in saving resources. However, they have different perceptions of the relevance of the issue of food waste. Hence, companies deal with the topic of waste in different ways. Some companies do imp[...]
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This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of agricultural subsidies on food loss using the two-stage dynamic panel model. The results reveal that dynamic adjustments exist in agricultural productivity (0.56) and food loss (0.58), with a U-shaped c[...]
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Turkey is increasingly concerned about the effects of climate change, weather unpredictability, and severe events on agricultural production, food loss, and livelihoods. Turkey has long struggled against climate variability and catastrophic clim[...]
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G. Anríquez ; W. Foster ; J. Santos Rocha ; J. Ortega ; J. Smolak ; S. Jansen | Le Caire [Égypte] : FAO | 2023Food loss and waste (FLW) reduction is an important component in the transformation of the region’s agrifood systems. Addressing the drivers of FLW along value chains provides an opportunity to tackle some of the inherent problems within the NEN[...]
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Environmental perspectives for food loss reduction via smart sensors: a global life cycle assessment
This study incorporates theoretical and empirical perspectives in developing an understanding that, whether there is a leverage on the key environmental impacts through the potential large-scale application of Internet of Things (IoT) in the foo[...]
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T.-Y. Lin ; Y.-H. Chiu ; W.-Z. Xu |About 88 million tons of food is wasted in Europe every year, which makes it one of the most serious regions for food waste in the world. This research uses a two-stage undesirable dynamic data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to explore the env[...]
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Climate variability and extremes, socio-economic conditions, crisis and market shocks are among the main factors determining risk in the agricultural sector. Drought, heat stress, flood, market volatility among the others, have caused heavy loss[...]
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Although reducing food loss and waste (FLW) is a global concern, there is a scarcity of literature devoted to the selection of suitable mitigation strategies. Previous studies are more focused on the disposal or valorisation of FLW, rather than [...]
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L.R. Trento ; G.M. Pereira ; C.J. Chiappetta Jabbour ; N.O. Ndubisi ; V. Mani ; M. Hingley ; M. Borchardt ; J.U. Gustavo ; M. de Souza |This exploratory paper investigates how to reduce 25% of the potential perishable processed food disposal (PPFD) in the industrial-retail sector in a specific emerging economy The data were collected through 28 semi-structured interviews with su[...]
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Investigating logistics-related food loss drivers: a study on fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain
Food loss is one of the significant threats to sustainable development. Although various studies investigating food loss drivers disclosed that logistics is a significant reason for food loss, logistics-related food loss drivers have not been th[...]
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One third of all food produced for human consumption ends up as food loss and waste (FLW) each year along the food supply chain (FSC). To prevent FLW, it is paramount to understand why food is being discarded and to identify the most appropriate[...]
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The aim of this paper is to present data on the scale of food waste in the meat sector and to emphasize the need to disseminate measures to reduce the number of losses in this sector. The article discusses food loss and waste in the meat sector [...]
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Several initiatives have been proposed to address food waste and loss issues and support stakeholders throughout the food chain. However, the literature still lacks a review paper that compiles methods, practices, and solutions to reduce food wa[...]
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C. Chauhan ; A. Dhir ; M.U. Akram ; J. Salo |This study examines the state of the art of the literature in the domain of food loss and waste (FLW) in food supply chains (FSC). The authors used a systematic literature review (SLR) approach to examine and synthesise the findings of the exist[...]
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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[...]
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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[...]
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H. Lazouzi ; S. Ziani, intervieweur ; E.H. Abdellaoui, intervieweur |
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This paper proposes a quantum game to study the food loss and waste (FLW) reduction in a two-echelon food supply chain (FSC) consisting of single supplier and single retailer. First, a Non-zero-sum game model based on the efforts of supplier and[...]
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Food loss and waste occur at all stages of the food supply chain. Since their causes are interconnected and may influence each other, then approaches with holistic supply chain perspectives are useful to map their relationships and guide the sel[...]
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C. Fabi ; F. Cachia ; P. Conforti ; A. English ; J. Rosero Moncayo |Food Losses and Waste (FLW) have received increased attention in the past decade especially after the 2007–2008 food crisis, which has rekindled debate about the global availability of food. This has highlighted the need to reduce harvest and po[...]
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Large estimates of food losses among farms and intermediaries publicized recently by several international organizations invite the question: Why do economic decision makers live with such losses? The intuitive, economic response would be that t[...]
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Y. Omolayo ; B.J. Feingold ; R.A. Neff ; X.X. Romeiko |Addressing food loss and waste (FLW) globally is critical for both improving food security and mitigating environmental pollution. While there are numerous studies addressing FLW in terms of nutrition, food security, food safety, public health a[...]
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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[...]
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We identify promising leverage points for food loss reductions from a food system perspective with a global economy-wide model capturing price and income feedbacks of changes at different points in the supply chain. Using new FAO food loss estim[...]
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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.
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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[...]
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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[...]
