by Luca Colombo | Dec 16, 2015 | in scientific journals
Some promote “high tech” solutions designed to boost yield while others prefer local food systems. To better understand these debates, a scientific article explores four perspectives from the literature: (1) technology to increase food production; (2) equitable food...
by Gianluca Brunori | Sep 28, 2014 | in scientific journals
Food policy, Volume 49, Part 1, December 2014, Pages 151–159 What are the costs of increased food system localization in the case of a fresh vegetable product? When production is reallocated across space and seasons, how do supply chain costs and consumer prices...
by Gianluca Brunori | Sep 4, 2014 | in scientific journals
Hayo M.G van der Werf, , Jean Petit http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880901003541 This paper compares and analyses 12 indicator-based approaches to assessing environmental impact at the farm level, in order to propose a set of guidelines for the...
by Gianluca Brunori | Aug 28, 2014 | in scientific journals
The notion of a “third food regime” implies simultaneous processes of further global concentration and integration and at the same time resistance through new emerging producer–consumer relations. This paper examines these processes by looking at Austria over the last...
by dreamup | Jul 3, 2014 | External documents, reports
The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) presents today (3rd July 2014) in FAO headquarter (Rome) its new report on food losses and waste. “Although accurate estimates of losses and waste in the food system are unavailable, the best...
by dreamup | Jun 10, 2014 | * Resources, External documents, reports
A European Commission Joint Research Centre report on the state of play of local food system socio-economic characteristics draws conclusions on whether a labeling scheme can help promote European short food supply chains (SFSCs). Globally, arguments in favour of a...
