Governance of food systems across scales in times of social-ecological change: a review of indicators
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DOI: 10.1007/s12571-018-0770-y
Abstract: Governance of food systems is a poorly understood determinant of food security. Much scholarship on food systems governance is non-empirical, while existing empirical research is often case study-based and theoretically and methodologically incommensurable. This complicates… read more here.
Keywords: governance; food systems; governance food; food ... See more keywords
Internationally-based indicators to measure Agri-food systems sustainability using food sovereignty as a conceptual framework
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DOI: 10.1007/s12571-019-00964-5
Abstract: Agri-food systems are essential not only in achieving food security but also in achieving both social and environmental sustainability. Despite different actors use different frameworks to define and assess food systems sustainability, there is growing… read more here.
Keywords: food sovereignty; agri food; food systems; sustainability ... See more keywords
Pandemics and food systems - towards a proactive food safety approach to disease prevention & management
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DOI: 10.1007/s12571-020-01074-3
Abstract: Recent large-scale pandemics such as the covid19, H1N1, Swine flu, Ebola and the Nipah virus, which impacted human health and livelihoods, have come about due to inadequate food systems safeguards to detect, trace and eliminate… read more here.
Keywords: food safety; safety approach; food systems; prevention ... See more keywords
Sustainable food systems, health and infectious diseases: Concerns and opportunities.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.12.042
Abstract: Food systems have been identified as one of the key issues in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Hence, food systems are embodied in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a range of ramifications on… read more here.
Keywords: sustainable food; infectious diseases; food systems; food ... See more keywords
Impacts of COVID-19 on agriculture and food systems in Pacific Island countries (PICs): Evidence from communities in Fiji and Solomon Islands
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103099
Abstract: Abstract CONTEXT COVID-19 mitigation measures including border lockdowns, social distancing, de-urbanization and restricted movements have been enforced to reduce the risks of COVID-19 arriving and spreading across PICs. To reduce the negative impacts of COVID-19… read more here.
Keywords: mitigation measures; food; impacts covid; production ... See more keywords
Advancing the research agenda on food systems governance and transformation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2019.08.003
Abstract: The food systems upon which humanity depends face multiple interdependent environmental, social and economic threats in the 21st Century. Yet, the governance of these systems, which determines to a large extent the ability to adapt… read more here.
Keywords: governance; food systems; research agenda; food ... See more keywords
The future(s) of digital agriculture and sustainable food systems: An analysis of high-level policy documents
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101183
Abstract: Abstract Ecosystem services delivery is influenced by food systems and vice versa. As the application of digital technologies in agriculture continues to expand, digital technologies might affect the delivery of ecosystem services in view of… read more here.
Keywords: food systems; digital agriculture; food; ecosystem services ... See more keywords
Value chain partnerships and farmer entrepreneurship as balancing ecosystem services: Implications for agri-food systems resilience
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101279
Abstract: Abstract Both in the European Union (EU) and worldwide, the resilience of agri-food systems depends on the human ability to balance between socio-economic and ecological trade-offs. Recent ecosystem services literature acknowledges that smallholder farmers’ participation… read more here.
Keywords: value chain; agri food; systems resilience; food systems ... See more keywords
Sustainable food systems for healthy diets in Europe and Central Asia: Introduction to the special issue
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101952
Abstract: Abstract This Special Issue highlights various good practices and food policy discussion in relation to the transformation of current food systems toward their social, environmental and economical sustainability. The papers describe policies, programmes and initiatives… read more here.
Keywords: healthy diets; europe central; food; food systems ... See more keywords
Formulation engineering of food systems for 3D-printing applications - A review.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110585
Abstract: The efficient development of extrusion-based 3D-printing requires flexibility in both formulation- and process design. This task requires a fundamental understanding of the influence of material rheological properties on the extrusion process. Within this review, a… read more here.
Keywords: rheology; formulation; process; food systems ... See more keywords
Approaches to reduce zinc and iron deficits in food systems
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2017.03.003
Abstract: There is a deficit of mineral micronutrients in global food systems, known as ‘hidden hunger’, especially in the global south. This review focuses on zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe), whose entry into food systems depends… read more here.
Keywords: food systems; zinc iron; food; approaches reduce ... See more keywords