Food system sustainability investigation using system dynamics approach

Amiri, Alireza; Mehrjerdi, Yahia Zare; Jalalimanesh, Ammar; Sadegheih, Ahmad

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124040

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“…Regarding environmental issues, the interrelationships between food and humans are complicated. An appropriate design for the food system and its sustainability that considers multiple perspectives is necessary to promote accurate decision-making and best practices (Filimonau and De Coteau, 2019;Amiri et al, 2020;Camarena, 2020). Gil et al (2019) addressed the consistency of the social, economic and environmental contexts by describing and examining sustainable development goals, which are the most substantial contribution of prior studies of food sustainability.…”

Section: Sustainable Food Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the sustainable food system in Thailand under uncertainties: governance, distribution and storage drive technological innovation

Tseng

Lim

Ali

et al. 2021

Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering

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This study contributes to the assessment of the sustainable food system in Thailand, showing that governance, distribution and storage lead to technological innovation under uncertainties. Prior studies to evaluate attributes of the sustainable food system under uncertainties are lacking. By nature, the sustainable food system has various attributes and applies the fuzzy Delphi method to construct a valid set of measurements of qualitative information. This study uses a fuzzy decisionmaking trial and evaluation laboratory method to visualize the causal-effect interrelationships among the proposed attributes. The food system needs to include governance and behavioral changes to assess quality, food waste and production. Practical solutions must focus on enhancing environmental friendliness, product labeling for authenticity arguments, and the reuse and recycling of products. The results show that production assessment and distribution and storage lead to technological innovation.

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Section: Sustainable Food Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the sustainable food system in Thailand under uncertainties: governance, distribution and storage drive technological innovation

Tseng

Lim

Ali

et al. 2021

Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering

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“…It can analyze complex systems and perform long-term dynamic simulations. The advantages of system dynamics have enabled scholars to apply it to medical treatments [9,10] , architecture [11] , agriculture [12] , and other fields. It is also used to solve different problems, such as water resources management [13,14] , power resources management [15] , battery solid recovery [16] and energy emissions [17] , population and housing issues [18] , urban development [19] , research on the influencing factors of strategic materials [20] , and research on the influencing factors of transportation [21] .…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emergency Supply Control from the Perspectives of Peacetime and Wartime: A System Dynamics Simulation

Zhao

El-Sayed

et al. 2021

Complex Syst. Model. Simul.

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The supply of emergency materials is the fundament of emergency rescues. In view of the demand for emergency materials in major calamities, in this paper, a system dynamics model of emergency materials is constructed from the perspectives of wartime and peacetime. By setting and controlling the relevant parameters and variables, the influence of a variable on the demand and supply of emergency materials and the influence of government strategies on the quantity and provision of emergency material supply are analyzed. We explore the measures that can better ensure the supply to stabilize the social and economic security of the country. The results show that the emergency degree of an event will lead to increases in the amount of government expenditures and in the duration of such expenditures. Meanwhile, the increase in emergency cases will increase the variation range of the supply and demand deviation curve, lengthen the response time to demand, and fasten the growth trend of material supply. The Chinese government adopts comprehensive regulation and control mode, which make the supply and demand reach the equilibrium state more than twice as fast as other control methods. In addition, the promotion of publicity will improve the number of civil materials. A high inflation rate will lead to high imports of government materials, which will consequently affect the supply of emergency materials. The above research findings have important reference significance for the government's emergency materials management.

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“…Public policies that aim towards obtaining sustainable food systems [60] are theoretically designed for all stakeholders involved, considering their possible level of contribution [59]. Therefore, there are specific policies who address food production and distribution so to determine these sectors to become more sustainable [61] through alternative production systems [56], new inputs [62], using biofuels [63], waste reduction through the circular economy [64] or reducing the resource consumption [65].…”

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Influencing Factors of a Sustainable Vegetable Choice. The Romanian Consumers’ Case

Lădaru

Ilie²,

Diaconeasa

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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The behavior of vegetable consumption in the context of sustainable development has become a point of interest. Determining the barriers and the drivers for developing a sustainable consumption pattern, including food, should be a priority for every nation, as so to be able to design targeted food policies that would contribute to this development. Reducing the pressure on resources by diminishing meat consumption and increasing vegetable consumption is one of the global directions that should be followed. The situation of the current status of vegetable consumption in Romania is, therefore, important. Through an empirical quantitative analysis, the vegetable consumption pattern of Romanian consumers is presented. The results show that the respondents lack proper environmental education and concern, but unconsciously are aware of sustainability criteria such as choosing local and seasonal vegetables, choosing according to the freshness of the vegetables, and wasting little of these purchases. The main barriers determined in developing more sustainable vegetable choices in the case of Romanian consumers are income and time availability restrictions. It is also important to have the ability to identify the local, seasonal, and organic vegetables through specific labels, and to provide the local producers with the ability to sell their products in supermarkets, at fair prices. These would be the main drivers for developing a sustainable vegetable choice. Adding to that, an awareness campaign at the national level regarding the importance of individual choice would contribute to educating towards a sustainable purchasing pattern.

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Food system sustainability investigation using system dynamics approach

Cited by 19 publications

References 14 publications

Assessing the sustainable food system in Thailand under uncertainties: governance, distribution and storage drive technological innovation

Assessing the sustainable food system in Thailand under uncertainties: governance, distribution and storage drive technological innovation

Emergency Supply Control from the Perspectives of Peacetime and Wartime: A System Dynamics Simulation

Influencing Factors of a Sustainable Vegetable Choice. The Romanian Consumers’ Case

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