Sustainable agri-food systems: environment, economy, society, and policy

H El Bilali, C Strassner, T Ben Hassen - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Agri-food systems (AFS) have been central in the debate on sustainable development.
Despite this growing interest in AFS, comprehensive analyses of the scholarly literature are …

[HTML][HTML] Achieving healthy and sustainable diets: a review of the results of recent mathematical optimization studies

N Wilson, CL Cleghorn, LJ Cobiac, A Mizdrak… - Advances in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate protection and other environmental concerns render it critical that diets and
agriculture systems become more sustainable. Mathematical optimization techniques can …

[HTML][HTML] Packaging choice and coordinated distribution logistics to reduce the environmental footprint of small-scale beer value chains

DR Morgan, D Styles, ET Lane - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
This study assesses the extent to which packaging and distribution impacts can be mitigated
as environmental hotspots in the life cycle of micro-brewed beer. We conduct life cycle …

From fork to farm: Impacts of more sustainable diets in the EU‐27 on the agricultural sector

J Rieger, F Freund, F Offermann… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The implications of dietary changes for the environment and for human health are well
documented, but the impacts on the agricultural sector are less well researched. We fill this …

Crossing sociological, ecological, and nutritional perspectives on agrifood systems transitions: Towards a transdisciplinary territorial approach

C Lamine, D Magda, MJ Amiot - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
The need to reconnect agriculture, environment, food, and health when addressing agrifood
system transitions is widely acknowledged. However, most analytical frameworks, especially …

General limitations of the current approach in developing sustainable food system frameworks

T Zou, A Dawodu, E Mangi, A Cheshmehzangi - Global Food Security, 2022 - Elsevier
Current studies on sustainability transitions of the food system (FS) are limited. The tools for
assessing FS sustainability and enhancing FS performance are still lacking, highlighting the …

Consumer preferences for origin and organic attributes of extra virgin olive oil: A choice experiment in the Italian market

M Carzedda, G Gallenti, S Troiano, M Cosmina… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
The paper investigates Italian consumers' behavior towards characteristics of extra virgin
olive oil, in particular organic production methods and geographical origin. On the basis of …

Agri-food contexts in Mediterranean regions: Contributions to better resources management

VJPD Martinho - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The agri-food frameworks have specific characteristics (production units with small
dimensions and in great number with implications in the respective markets) that call for …

[HTML][HTML] Making healthy, sustainable diets accessible and achievable: a new framework for assessing the nutrition, environmental, and equity impacts of packaged …

DI Gustafson, EA Decker, A Drewnowski… - Current developments in …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is a growing global consensus among food system experts that diets and how we
source our foods must change. The sustainable nutrition community continues exploring the …

Nutrient adequacy of global food production

C Chen, A Chaudhary, A Mathys - Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 - frontiersin.org
A major challenge for countries around the world is to provide a nutritionally adequate diet to
their population with limited available resources. A comprehensive analysis that reflects the …