Global food-miles account for nearly 20% of total food-systems emissions

M Li, N Jia, M Lenzen, A Malik, L Wei, Y Jin… - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
Food trade plays a key role in achieving global food security. With a growing consumer
demand for diverse food products, transportation has emerged as a key link in food supply …

International trade related food miles–The case of Canada

M Kissinger - Food policy, 2012 - Elsevier
At the beginning of the 21st century imports of agricultural and food commodities have
become a major part of many nations' food baskets. Indeed the global food system has …

Changes in global food consumption increase GHG emissions despite efficiency gains along global supply chains

Y Li, H Zhong, Y Shan, Y Hang, D Wang, Y Zhou… - Nature Food, 2023 - nature.com
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to food consumption complement production-
based or territorial accounts by capturing carbon leaked through trade. Here we evaluate …

[HTML][HTML] The role of trade in the greenhouse gas footprints of EU diets

V Sandström, H Valin, T Krisztin, P Havlík, M Herrero… - Global food security, 2018 - Elsevier
International trade presents a challenge for measuring the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission
footprint of human diets, because imported food is produced with different production …

Land-use emissions embodied in international trade

C Hong, H Zhao, Y Qin, JA Burney, J Pongratz… - Science, 2022 - science.org
International trade separates consumption of goods from related environmental impacts,
including greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and land-use change (together …

[HTML][HTML] Adjusting agricultural emissions for trade matters for climate change mitigation

A Foong, P Pradhan, O Frör, JP Kropp - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in food systems is becoming more challenging as food
is increasingly consumed away from producer regions, highlighting the need to consider …

[HTML][HTML] China's future food demand and its implications for trade and environment

H Zhao, J Chang, P Havlík, M van Dijk, H Valin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Satisfying China's food demand without harming the environment is one of the greatest
sustainability challenges for the coming decades. Here we provide a comprehensive …

Modeling the carbon footprint of fresh produce: effects of transportation, localness, and seasonality on US orange markets

EM Bell, A Horvath - Environmental Research Letters, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Agriculture is one of the most impactful ways that we interact with the environment. Food
demand is expected to increase 70% by 2050 as a result of population growth and the …

A half-century of production-phase greenhouse gas emissions from food loss & waste in the global food supply chain

SD Porter, DS Reay, P Higgins, E Bomberg - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Research on loss & waste of food meant for human consumption (FLW) and its
environmental impact typically focuses on a single or small number of commodities in a …

Feeding humanity through global food trade

P D'odorico, JA Carr, F Laio, L Ridolfi… - Earth's Future, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The recent intensification of international trade has led to a globalization of food
commodities and to an increased disconnection between human populations and the land …