Food (in)security has become a challenge not only for developing economies but also for High Income Countries. In parallel, food scholars have actively investigated the contribution of alternative food networks (AFNs) to the development of more sustainable and just food systems, paying attention to ...

This section consists of eight papers that address food security from various perspectives. Among the specific topics covered are: the relationships between agriculture, food security and climate change; Romania's position in Europe according to the Global Food Security Index; the measurement of ...

Food systems are at the center of global environmental, social, and economic challenges such as resource scarcity, ecosystem degradation, and climate change [1]. The current food systems are generating negative outcomes, such as land, water, and ecosystem degradation, biodiversity loss, excessive...

Urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) is one of the most interesting phenomena of land management and transformation in recent decades. Thanks to its multiple functions, it can become an effective strategy to create more sustainable and resilient cities and food systems as well as to cope with...

Discussions on food security in the Global North have raised questions about the capacity of peri-urban organic agriculture to provide sufficient healthy food for the urban market. Dealing with food security requires more attention to how to protect peri-urban organic farming systems from urban...

Food is back on the agenda. After the global financial crisis of 2008, food insecurity became rampant even in high-income countries, and COVID-19 has only worsened the situation. Action is needed to build emancipatory practices dealing with food insecurity. The cultural and technical legacy of...

City councils around the globe are developing food policies that aim to integrate different sectors and actors involved in delivering sustainability and food security outcomes fostering changes in policy-making processes. However, the co-production of public policies faces multiple drawbacks to...

The special issue on "Urban food policies for a sustainable and just future" aims to reflect on a decade of work and identify key concepts to deepen and broaden a transformative urban food agenda. This issue also demonstrates some of the breadth of approaches used to study this phenomenon in...

Assessing, designing and implementing more sustainable agri-food systems has become a high priority in scientific research and political agendas worldwide. The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict is highlighting the fragility of globalised food distribution systems, and there is a need to focus on...

One constraint when dealing with food security problems is the absence of measurement tools that allow for mitigation strategies to be targeted on each region individually. The elasticities can be used as a good exploratory instrument of food security. This paper presents a proposal for measuring...