Article
Environmental Sciences
Kaveri Ashok, Ramya Natarajan, Poornima Kumar, Kabir Sharma, Mihir Mathur
Summary: This paper discusses the challenges and strategies for ensuring food security in India, introducing two system dynamics simulation models. Simulation results demonstrate that measures such as increasing micro-irrigation coverage, limiting sugarcane cultivation, improving water recycling, and shifting towards cultivating coarse cereals can help achieve sustainable food production. The simulations also reveal regional water scarcity and land constraints, highlighting the need for crop redistribution and reduced groundwater dependence to meet future food demand.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Nuria Roura-Pascual, Brian Leung, Wolfgang Rabitsch, Lucas Rutting, Joost Vervoort, Sven Bacher, Stefan Dullinger, Karl-Heinz Erb, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Stelios Katsanevakis, Ingolf Kuehn, Bernd Lenzner, Andrew M. Liebhold, Michael Obersteiner, Anibal Pauchard, Garry D. Peterson, Helen E. Roy, Hanno Seebens, Marten Winter, Mark A. Burgman, Piero Genovesi, Philip E. Hulme, Reuben P. Keller, Guillaume Latombe, Melodie A. McGeoch, Gregory M. Ruiz, Riccardo Scalera, Michael R. Springborn, Betsy von Holle, Franz Essl
Summary: This study uses a novel participatory process to develop a diverse set of global biological invasion scenarios, highlighting the potential impact of socioeconomic developments and technological innovation on biological invasions. It emphasizes the importance of including factors related to public environmental awareness, technological development, and trade in global scenarios and models to better assess and understand future social-ecological developments.
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
(2021)
Review
Food Science & Technology
Antonios Mavroeidis, Ioannis Roussis, Ioanna Kakabouki
Summary: Achieving food security is a major challenge globally, with millions of people facing malnutrition or hunger. The geopolitical situation and the COVID-19 pandemic have raised concerns about a global food crisis. This article discusses the factors that threaten food security, the potential of alternative crops in addressing the crisis, and the key aspects of introducing these crops in new regions.
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
David Laborde, Will Martin, Rob Vos
Summary: This study evaluates the impact of COVID-19 on poverty, food insecurity, and diets, with projections of nearly 150 million people falling into extreme poverty and food insecurity. The global recession caused by the pandemic is expected to be deeper than the 2008-2009 financial crisis, with South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa experiencing the most severe impacts, particularly in urban areas.
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Lydia O'Meara, Christopher Turner, Denise Costa Coitinho, Stineke Oenema
Summary: This study investigated consumer experiences of food environments and food acquisition practices during the Covid-19 pandemic, revealing common global experiences related to food availability and accessibility, food sharing, and resource allocation. The findings emphasize the importance of community food participation, increasing awareness of healthy diets, and identifying synergistic policy entry points to promote sustainable healthy diets for all.
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Business, Finance
Xinjie Lu, Yuandong Su, Dengshi Huang
Summary: This paper investigates the efficiency of potential predictors from China and globally in predicting Chinese agricultural futures volatility using the REGARCH-MIDAS framework. The study finds that Chinese potential predictors outperform global potential predictors in forecasting the volatility of ten agricultural futures. Robustness tests, including different realized measures and forecasting windows, support these conclusions. The paper also examines the performance of predictors during different volatility levels and the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, this study provides new insights into the volatility prediction of Chinese agricultural futures markets.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
(2023)
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Johan Swinnen, Rob Vos
Summary: The food system and poverty have been unevenly affected by COVID-19 due to a combination of economic recession and disruptions in supply chains. Areas with weaker supply chains and higher poverty levels are more severely impacted, while reliable data remains scarce.
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Shonil A. Bhagwat
Summary: This perspective article emphasizes the need for a systemic transformation in the food and farming sector to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. By better managing agricultural landscapes, diversifying the food system, and utilizing neglected and underutilized species, varieties, and breeds, global sustainability can be promoted. This is important for achieving three key UN Sustainable Development Goals.
FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Eduardo Botti Abbade
Summary: This study aimed to estimate the global land footprint associated with food loss (FL) and waste (FLW), finding that the average land footprint associated with FL worldwide is about 69 million ha per year. Maize, wheat, and rice are the main food items responsible for most of the land footprint associated with FL. Food loss leads to significant greenhouse gas emissions, highlighting the importance of global initiatives to reduce FLW.
JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
H. Holly Wang
Summary: China has become the world's largest meat consumer, with a rapidly growing per capita meat consumption. Chinese consumers are aware of environmental, health, and animal welfare issues, but have a low adoption rate and willingness-to-pay for plant-based and lab-cultured meats.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Muh Amat Nasir, Agus Dwi Nugroho, Zoltan Lakner
Summary: The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has negatively impacted the global food situation, with disrupted food production in Ukraine and positive growth in Russian food production. The global supply chain and food trade have been hampered, leading to an increase in global food prices and posing a danger to food security in low-income countries.
Article
Urban Studies
Daniele Fattibene, Giampiero Mazzocchi, Marta Antonelli, Davide Marino, Luca Romagnoli
Summary: Global food systems are in need of profound change, especially in cities where most of the population resides. This article focuses on Italian cities and examines the role of food policies within urban policies. It analyzes data collected from representatives of 100 municipalities across Italy and identifies potential models of urban food policies as part of a broader urban agenda. This research aims to fill a gap in current literature by providing the first large-scale survey on urban food policies in Italy.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Babatunde J. Abiodun, Ahmed M. Kalumba, Olapeju Yewande Ekundayo
Summary: Over the past 150 years, there has been a significant increase in global research on droughts, with a focus on topics such as drought tolerance, resilience, climate change, and drought resistance. Remote sensing has emerged as a widely used method for monitoring droughts. The identified thematic areas in drought-related research include climate change, physiology and biochemistry in plant/herb photosynthesis, molecular genetics and mechanisms of drought impacts, tolerance and resistance in crops/plants, and circadian rhythms of biological systems in drought conditions. South Africa has shown particular interest in drought research related to agriculture and food security, water security, environmental sustainability, and socioeconomics.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Zarrar Khan, Isaac Thompson, Chris R. Vernon, Neal T. Graham, Thomas B. Wild, Min Chen
Summary: Water usage is closely tied to local and global societal goals, such as sustainable development and economic growth. Understanding how future water usage could change globally is valuable for long-term planning, especially considering the influence of global forces like socioeconomic and climate change. A novel dataset has been generated, providing a global gridded monthly sectoral water withdrawal and consumption data at fine resolution for 2010-2100, harmonized with different scenarios to study the implications of uncertain human and earth system change on future dynamics.
Article
Environmental Sciences
S. Torhan, C. A. Grady, I Ajibade, E. K. Galappaththi, R. R. Hernandez, J. Musah-Surugu, A. M. Nunbogu, A. C. Segnon, Y. Shang, N. Ulibarri, D. Campbell, E. T. Joe, J. Penuelas, J. Sardans, M. A. R. Shah
Summary: Food-energy-water systems are vulnerable to natural hazards and climate change risks. Adaptations to these vulnerabilities are occurring globally, with a focus on food security. There are interconnected relationships between different variables characterizing these adaptations. However, there is a need to consider interconnectivity and adopt a nexus approach in future adaptations.