Informal food chains and agrobiodiversity need strengthening—not weakening—to address food security amidst the COVID-19 crisis in South America
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DOI: 10.1007/s12571-020-01088-x
Abstract: The COVID-19 crisis is worsening food insecurity by undermining informal food chains. We focus on impacts involving the informal food chains that incorporate the resilience-enhancing biodiversity of food and agriculture known as agrobiodiversity. Our analysis… read more here.
Keywords: informal food; resilience; food security; food chains ... See more keywords
The hybrid media of economy and moral: A Luhmannian perspective on value-based-food-chains
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.09.004
Abstract: Abstract Value Based Food Chains (VBFC) differ throughout Europe but are often found to share the same problem of integrating and maintaining their values as the chain grows. In this paper, we analyse a number… read more here.
Keywords: hybrid media; based food; value; food chains ... See more keywords
The consumption of viruses returns energy to food chains
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2215000120
Abstract: Viruses impact host cells and have indirect effects on ecosystem processes. Plankton such as ciliates can reduce the abundance of virions in water, but whether virus consumption translates into demographic consequences for the grazers is… read more here.
Keywords: food chains; energy food; consumption viruses;
The emergence of biological invasions on food chains: a DPSIR analysis
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DOI: 10.1108/bfj-10-2020-0908
Abstract: PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to illustrate the emergence of a biological invasion and to explain the potential economic and social consequences on food chains. Straddling between ecology, social sciences, resource management and economics,… read more here.
Keywords: emergence biological; invasion; biological invasions; food chains ... See more keywords