A new agri-food systems sustainability approach to identify shared transformation pathways towards sustainability

2017 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 52-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Hubeau ◽  
Fleur Marchand ◽  
Ine Coteur ◽  
Koen Mondelaers ◽  
Lies Debruyne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Transformation Pathways ◽  
Food Systems Sustainability

scholarly journals Food systems sustainability: The complex challenge of food loss and waste

2019 ◽  
pp. 249-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Vittuari ◽  
Fabio De Menna ◽  
Laura García-Herrero ◽  
Marco Pagani ◽  
Laura Brenes-Peralta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Food Loss ◽  
Food Systems Sustainability

scholarly journals Affordability of Healthy and Sustainable Diets in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Mekonnen ◽  
Dare Akerele ◽  
Thom Achterbosch ◽  
Thijs de Lange ◽  
Elise F. Talsma
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Food Preferences ◽  
Food Groups ◽  
Dietary Recommendations ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Healthy Diets ◽  
Southern Nigeria ◽  
Protein Rich ◽  
Food Systems Sustainability

This study examines the cost and affordability of healthy diets in Nigeria. Using the 2015/16 and 2018/19 waves of Nigeria General Household Surveys, we find that, generally, the least-cost options to meet dietary recommendations for vegetables, dairy, and protein-rich foods are more expensive to meet than that of other food groups. Despite improvements during the survey years, the challenges of affordability of healthy diets appear more pronounced in rural than urban, among poorest household groups, and in northern than southern Nigeria. Results suggest that it will be more expensive to meet the dietary recommendation for dairy foods if priority will be given for food systems sustainability over concerns for food preferences of the households. It will however be cheaper to achieve dietary recommendations for vegetables, fruits and starchy staples even when households give more consideration to food systems sustainability than tastes and preferences in their choice of healthy foods. Relative affordability of protein-rich foods are less affected by whether (or not) tastes/preferences or food systems sustainability drives healthy food choices. Key implication is that interventions targeting on affordability of healthy diets should give greater attention to the poorest of the poor, to rural than urban, and to northern than southern Nigeria. Implications relevant for research, policy, and other actors that focus on transformation of the food systems toward achieving healthier diets in a sustainable food systems are discussed.

Life Cycle Methodologies to Improve Agri-Food Systems Sustainability

2015 ◽  
pp. 135-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Irene De Luca ◽  
Giacomo Falcone ◽  
Giovanni Gulisano ◽  
Nathalie Iofrida ◽  
Teodora Stillitano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food Systems Sustainability

Ethical dilemmas in food choice: A dietitian’s reflexive journey

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-43
Author(s):  
Dean Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Food Choice ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
The Right ◽  
Food Systems Sustainability

This paper will explore, from the perspective of food systems sustainability, ethical dilemmas contained within dietitians’ healthy eating advice as framed by Canada’s Food Guide. The author’s own experience as a dietitian, who is also situated within the discourse of sustainability, is described to illustrate ethical dilemmas that arise when deciding ‘what is the right thing to do?’ regarding our food choices.

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