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A call to governments to enact a strategy for a sustainable food system is high on the global agenda. A sustainable food system presupposes a need to go beyond a view of the food system as linear and narrow, to comprehend the food system as dynamic and interlinked, which involves understanding...

Author(s)
Kugelberg, S.; Bartolini, F.; Kanter, D. R.; Milford, A. B.; Pira, K.; Sanz-Cobena, A.; Leip, A.
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Global Food Security, 2021, 28,
Abstract

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...

Author(s)
Raposo, A.; Ramos, F.; Raheem, D.; Saraiva, A.; Carrascosa, C.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, 18, 15,
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Cover for BERAS - a global network of food systems with examples from Sweden, Haiti, Tanzania and India.

Adopting a food systems approach in practice starts from recognizing that food systems serve the basic human needs of food and drink needed to sustain human life, but also serve wider cultural needs. The food systems approach helps organic food and farming by making interdependencies more apparent, ...

Author(s)
Hertwig, J.
ISBN
2020 CABI (H ISBN 9781786399601)
Type
Book chapter
Abstract

Food security is a global concern affecting even highly developed countries. Ongoing globalisation of food systems, characterised by trading interdependencies, means that agricultural production can be disrupted by climate change, affecting food availability. This study investigated Sweden's food...

Author(s)
Horn, B.; Ferreira, C.; Kalantari, Z.
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Ambio, 2021, 51, 4, pp 943-954
Abstract

Trading practices such as the take-back agreement (TBA) can become a tool for retailers to exert coercive power over suppliers when market concentration is high. We explore the implications of TBAs for the Swedish bread industry using unique company data from a premium bread supplier and find that...

Author(s)
Ranjan Ghosh; Eriksson, M.
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Global Food Security, 2019, 20, pp 1-8
Abstract

Purpose: Intermediate short food supply chains (SFSC) have been presented as a possible solution to unsustainable global food supply chains. There is currently a knowledge gap about intermediate SFSC. Thus, this review synthesizes the available literature to identify prominent themes and their...

Author(s)
Renkema, M.; Hilletofth, P.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing, Bingley, UK
Citation
British Food Journal, 2022, 124, 13, pp 541-558
Abstract

Can parts of the future food system include bi-weekly opportunities to purchase uneven stocks of produce at semi-remote locations? Current development in the Swedish food system suggests so. In the last few years, the Swedish Alternative Food Network 'REKO' has grown at an explosive pace. This...

Author(s)
Gruvaeus, A.; Dahlin, J.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Sustainability, 2021, 13, 18,
Abstract

Globally, food systems face multifaceted sustainability challenges and the need for food system transformation is increasingly acknowledged. However, there is still a lack of knowledge on the pathways for transformation and how they will play out in diverse regional social-ecological contexts. We...

Author(s)
Sellberg, M. M.; Norström, A. V.; Peterson, G. D.; Gordon, L. J.
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Global Food Security, 2020, 24,
Abstract

The consumption of food and its safety are important for human security. In this paper, we reviewed the literature on future possibilities for transforming the food system through digital solutions in the Barents region. Such digital solutions will make food business operators more efficient,...

Author(s)
Raheem, D.; Shishaev, M.; Dikovitsky, V.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Agriculture, 2019, 9, 8,
Abstract

In the EU, including Sweden, organic farming is seen as a promising pathway for sustainable production, protecting human health and animal welfare, and conserving the environment. Despite positive developments in recent decades, expanding organic farming to the Swedish national target of 30% of...

Author(s)
Basnet, S.; Wood, A.; Röös, E.; Jansson, T.; Fetzer, I.; Gordon, L.
Publisher
Springer-Japan, Tokyo, Japan
Citation
Sustainability Science, 2023, 18, 1, pp 501-519

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