Food Loss–Food Waste–Food Security: A New Research Agenda

Santeramo, Fabio Gaetano; Lamonaca, Emilia

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“…A greener economy, based on eco-design, eco-innovation, waste prevention and the reuse of raw materials, means smart, inclusive, and sustainable growth. The benefits would be for the economic activities, the social wellbeing of citizens, the environment: the scientific debate may contribute with a new research agenda [ 39 , 40 , 41 ]. The interested readers should not limit their attention to the present cursory review, but rather consider that the literature is so rapidly evolving that several other recent reviews and applied papers on circular economy have been published [ 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 ], a further proof of the relevance of the themes that have been described in this paper.…”

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Circular and green economy: the state-of-the-art

Santeramo

2022

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Circular and green economy: the state-of-the-art

Santeramo

2022

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“…Another important issue is the problem of food loss and food waste (FAO, 2011) that, in addition to being a direct expression of the inefficiency of the current production and consumption system (Alexander, et al, 2017), it has also important implications in terms of food security and environmental impacts. Food losses not only involve a reduction in food availability (Santeramo and Lamonaca, 2021), but also a useless waste of natural resources and productive factors, with all that is in terms of environmental impacts on water, soil and emissions (Hodges, Buzby and Bennet, 2011).…”

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Sustainability in Global Food System and the Pursuit of Human Life on Earth

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Calabrò²

2022

New Trends in Sustainable Business and Consumption

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The global food system represents the set of the most important activities aimed at both the continuation of human life on Earth and the safeguard of natural resources. There is no doubt, in fact, that human beings cannot live without food and, at the same time, for their food supply they are dependent on global food system. In addition, agricultural activities involve 37% of all the emerged land and they require the use of natural resources (soil, water) and living organisms (cultivated plants and raised animals) to be done. It follows that, for the sustainability, no human activity is more relevant than those aimed at food production. At present, all the agro-industrial activities covered by the food global system, are experiencing serious efficiency problems, which effects are evident in environmental, social and economic criticalities, whose costs tend to be higher than the total value of the production. The future of mankind appears to be more and more tied not so much to a further increase in the agricultural productivity, but rather to the possibility to redirect the agro-industrial activities towards a more efficient behaviour able to achieve the best possible compromise between the different human needs and the necessity to preserve natural resources useful for their development. The purpose of this paper is to analyse if the current productive systems are able to achieve their economic objective while taking into account the human needs and the characteristics of the nature, that is if their development can be achieved through a cost benefit ratio acceptable as regards the objective of sustainability. To do this, a comparative analysis of studies about the sustainability of global food system was conducted. The analysis highlighted the unsustainability of the current global food system and the need to re-orientate in a more efficient way agro-industrial business so that the top quality of product and process sustainability and efficiency can be ensured. This study might serve as a starting point for further research on the subject.

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“…Proactively creating solutions to resource management challenges, achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in time, and responding to the on-going COVID-19-related issues are three factors that amplify the scientific interest for the WEFW nexus [43]. Moreover, the food loss-waste-food security dynamic has also become an ardent topic in the societal and scientific attention, as it contributes to holistically understanding the issues occurred as a result of unsustainable consumption and production patterns [44][45][46].…”

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Water, Energy, Food, Waste Nexus: Between Synergy and Trade-Offs in Romania Based on Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance

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Boosting the externalities across the water, energy, food, and waste (WEFW) sectors is challenging, especially considering tightening constraints such as population growth, climate change, resource-intensive lifestyles, increased waste production, sanitary crises and many others. The nexus approach supports the transition to a more sustainable future because intersectoral trade-offs can be reduced and externalities exploited, making imperative for decision makers, entrepreneurs, and civil society to simultaneously engage, with respect to all the components of the nexus. This research addressed intersectoral synergies and trade-offs in the case of the WEFW nexus in Romania, judging from the perspectives of entrepreneurial activity and economic results. The objective of this research was to explore the nexus in-depth by statistically analyzing the financial and economic indicators reported by active enterprises at county-level, based on the Romanian Ministry of Public Finance data. Research results describe the effects of the policies implemented in the fields of WEFW sectors. At the same time, attention was paid to the quality of the entrepreneurial activity, analyzed from the perspective of economic performance. This paper fills a research gap regarding the WEFW nexus by resorting to an economic and entrepreneurial performance assessment in order to find sectoral pathways toward policy cohesion in Romania. Findings suggested the existence of major trade-offs among sectors, owing to the fact that each county has a different development degree.

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Food Loss–Food Waste–Food Security: A New Research Agenda

Cited by 40 publications

References 36 publications

Circular and green economy: the state-of-the-art

Circular and green economy: the state-of-the-art

Sustainability in Global Food System and the Pursuit of Human Life on Earth

Water, Energy, Food, Waste Nexus: Between Synergy and Trade-Offs in Romania Based on Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance

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