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Agricultural and Food Systems Sustainability The Complex Challenge of Losses and Waste

This book focused on researching food loss and waste in various agricultural supply chains, searching for reduction strategies and possible technological solutions without neglecting the relevance of the socioeconomic factors that influence the functioning of food value chains. The adoption of the 2...

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Other Authors: Suardi, Alessandro (Editor), Palmieri, Nadia (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
Subjects:
Technology: general issues
Environmental science, engineering & technology
biomass
bioenergy
straw
combine harvester
chaff
by-product
bioeconomy
life cycle assessment
life cycle costing
Ricinus communis, L.
castor oil
harvesting
residue management
biopreservatives
shelf life
essential oil
organic foods
consumers' attitude
willingness to pay
work productivity
harvesting costs
harvesting efficiency
wheat header
seed loss
header impact
ecoefficiency
life cycle assessment (LCA)
life cycle costing (LCC)
run-off
pond
flexible water storage system
Cynara roots
biorefinery
marginal lands
multipurpose crop
fermentable sugars
agricultural residues exploitation
postharvest losses
food waste
physicochemical properties
table grape
shelf-life
decay
stem browning
SO2 damage
socioeconomic impacts
pomegranate
losses
nutrition
environmental
resources
packhouse
postharvest
impacts
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Summary:This book focused on researching food loss and waste in various agricultural supply chains, searching for reduction strategies and possible technological solutions without neglecting the relevance of the socioeconomic factors that influence the functioning of food value chains. The adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Goal 12-"Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns") calls for renewed efforts to reduce food losses along production and supply chains. Achieving this goal will require greater efforts globally to implement food loss reduction policies and interventions. In addition, the sustainable management and use of byproducts from agriculture, including agricultural residues, has been analyzed. Special attention is given to pre- and post-harvesting losses of agricultural products, including the assessment of their environmental and economic sustainability.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (138 p.)
ISBN:books978-3-0365-6014-4
9783036560137
9783036560144
Access:Open Access

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