The fragility of global food supply chains, which signals food shortages and increases in food prices in recent years, has reached the highest level with the government's lockdown measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study aims to highlight the disruptions in global food supply chains brought ...

Many regions of the world still suffer from food insecurity, undernourishment and hunger problems. These problems are basically caused by a changing climate, natural disasters, depletion of natural resources, rapid population growth, lack of knowledge, conflicts and wars. Governments and United...

The United Nations Agriculture and Food Organization (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Program (WFP), and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) produce various policies on global nutrition and food security and work by the policies. The study aims to...

It is possible to talk about food ethics in the period from the ancient civilizations to the present day. Issues such as "adequate and balanced nutrition differences", "food insecurity", "food wasting" and "animal welfare" arising from the geographical and cultural conditions of the countries...

This article explores the potential of alternative food networks (AFNs) for food security and resilience as COVID-19 has raised challenges to the global food supply chain. Pandemic-induced disruptions to conventional food production, distribution, and consumption networks have revealed problems...

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 climatic events to prevent further declines in...

Food insecurity is the situation where people do not have access to sufficient, stable and safe food that meets their dietary needs for an active and healthy life. The objective of this study was to determine the status of food security in the Adana metropolitan area by using, for the first time in ...

Outside of the Global North, where agri-food systems have not yet consolidated into a 'funnel shape', what makes an urban provisioning actor 'alternative' is not always clear. In this paper, I use members' own definitions, emphases, and arguments to differentiate 'alternative' networks from other...

It is crucial to ensure food security to continue the sustainable nutrition of the world population. Food losses in the global food supply chain pose a significant risk to food security. Especially foods that require cold chain logistics are prone to deterioration and eventually food losses....

In recent years, intensive legal regulations aimed at the production of urban areas in Türkiye, the phenomenon of migration, the spread of higher education, abnormal cost increases in agricultural activities have accelerated urbanization. Parallel to the increase in the urban population, the food...