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 ...
Publisher
Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Citation
Amfiteatru Economic, 2019, No.51, pp 281-407 (En), 219-302 (Ro)
More and better quality private sector investment in food systems will be needed for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Recent developments in food systems have resulted in new challenges and controversies, both with respect to their sustainability, and the extent to which they...
Author(s)
Morrison, J.; Bianchi, E.; Bowyer, C.; Vos, R.; Wellesley, L.
Publisher
Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation
Redirecting investment for a global food system that is sustainable and promotes healthy diets, 2018, pp 12 pp.
State legislators passed laws preempting, or prohibiting, local governments from regulating beverage containers. Although the primary purpose of these laws may be to ban local environmental regulations addressing single-use plastics, it is unknown the extent they also preempt public health policies ...
Author(s)
Pomeranz, J. L.; Mozaffarian, D.
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc., Hagerstown, USA
Citation
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 2022, 28, 3, pp 222-232
The primary driver of food security or insecurity is the food system which creates a framework of approach to study and also solving this issue in region. The case study is analyzing the availability and accessibility of food in settlements Sangrelaya and Cocalito in Honduras. The local food system ...
Author(s)
Tolmáči, A.; Tolmáči, L.
Publisher
Universitatea din Oradea Romania, Oradea, Romania
Citation
GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites, 2018, 22, 2, pp 359-372
This issue presents seven plenary papers from the XVth EAAE Congress, which examine key trade-offs that confront the agri-food system in Europe as well as the rest of the world. Three themes are addressed: (i) sustainability issues in food supply chains and international trade; (ii) consumer...
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
Citation
European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2017, 44, 4, pp 539-754
Frundu, which in a local term in Darfur for fermented seeds of roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.), is a traditional Sudanese food often used as a meat substitute during famine times. The objective of this study was to assess the relationships between socio-demographic and management regimes on the...
Author(s)
Mohammed, A. E. S.; Elkhalil, E. A. I.; Mohamed, E. M.; Osman, H. A. H.; Elzein, A. E. M.; Ahmed, E. E. A.
Publisher
African Crop Science Society, Kampala, Uganda
Citation
African Crop Science Journal, 2022, 30, s1, pp 37-43
Food loss and food waste are recognized as two of the most challenging dilemmas facing the world today with serious repercussions on food security, the environment, and global as well as regional and national economies. This is not different in the Arab countries where the food loss and food waste...
Author(s)
Abiad, M. G.; Meho, L. I.
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Food Security, 2018, 10, 2, pp 311-322
Purpose: The development of the short food supply chain (SFSC) is one of the issues of the current agri-food systems. Consumers are re-connecting the food they eat with the farming process and are increasingly asking for fresh, seasonal and traceable food products from known producer source. The...
Author(s)
Kallas, Z.; Alba, M. F.; Casellas, K.; Berges, M.; Degreef, G.; Gil, J. M.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing, Bingley, UK
Citation
British Food Journal, 2021, 123, 5, pp 1664-1680
This chapter describes the popularity of farmers' markets and its impact on local food sales, food supply and food security. The environmental impact (e.g., pollution) of producing and buying local foods, and consumer's trust to local farmers are discussed. The misguided theory of food...
Author(s)
Smyth, S.; Kerr, W. A.; Phillips, P. W. B.
ISBN
2019 CABI (H ISBN 9781786392213)
Background: The concepts of sustainability and food systems have developed over time and their definitions vary depending on different discipline perspectives. There has been an evolution of the term sustainability, particularly as it relates to the sustainability of food systems. However, most...
Author(s)
Knorr, D.; Augustin, M. A.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2021, 110, pp 812-821