High potentials of water and land efficiency in agricultural production and trade for rich food supply by Central Asia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yilin Liu ◽  
La Zhuo ◽  
Olli Varis ◽  
Kai Fang ◽  
Gang Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Rich Food ◽  
High Potentials

Mechanisms of Green Development of Urban Agricultural Production in a Large Industrial City

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 823-829
Author(s):  
E. V. Malysh
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Industrial City ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Green Development

A city’s potential for food self-sufficiency is expected to increase through the distribution of innovative, high-tech, green agricultural practices of producing food in an urban environment, which can improve the city’s food security due to increased food accessibility in terms of quantity and quality. Aim. Based on the systematization of theoretical approaches and analysis of institutional aspects, the study aims to propose ways to strengthen the city’s food security by improving food supply in urban areas, increasing the socio-economic and environmental sustainability of urban food systems, and changing the diet of urban residents.Tasks. The authors propose methods for the development of urban agricultural production in a large industrial city based on the principles of green economy and outline the range of strategic urban activities aimed at implementing green agricultural production technologies associated with the formation and development of the culture of modern urban agricultural production.Methods. This study uses general scientific methods of cognition to examine the specificity of objectives of strengthening a city’s food security by improving the quality of food supply to the population. Methods of comparison, systems analysis, systematization of information, and the monographic method are also applied.Results. A strategic project for the development of urban agricultural systems through the implementation and green development of advanced urban agricultural technologies is described. Green development mechanisms will create conditions for the city’s self-sufficiency in terms of organic and safe products, functioning of short supply chains, and green urban agriculture.Conclusions. Managing the growth of urban agriculture will promote the use of highly effective, easily controlled, resource-efficient, eco-friendly, weather- and season-independent, multi-format urban agricultural technologies. The study describes actions aimed at creating conditions for stabilizing a city’s high-quality food self-sufficiency with allowance for the growing differentiation of citizen needs.

Enhancing water and land efficiency in agricultural production and trade between Central Asia and China

2021 ◽  
pp. 146584
Author(s):  
Yilin Liu ◽  
La Zhuo ◽  
Olli Varis ◽  
Kai Fang ◽  
Gang Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Agricultural Production

scholarly journals Life Cycle Environmental Impacts and Health Effects of Protein-Rich Food as Meat Alternatives: A Review

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 979
Author(s):  
Maurizio Cellura ◽  
Maria Anna Cusenza ◽  
Sonia Longo ◽  
Le Quyen Luu ◽  
Thomas Skurk
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Rich Food ◽  
Cultivable Land ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Protein Rich

The food sector is responsible for a considerable impact on the environment in most environmental contexts: the food supply chain causes greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption, reduction in cultivable land, and other environmental impacts. Thus, a change in food supply is required to reduce the environmental impacts caused by the food supply chain and to meet the increasing demand for sufficient and qualitative nutrition. Large herds of livestock are inappropriate to achieve these goals due to the relevant impact of meat supply chain on the environment, e.g., the land used to grow feed for animals is eight times more than that for human nutrition. The search for meat alternatives, especially for the intake of critical nutrients such as protein, is a consequent step. In the above context, this paper summarizes the health aspects of protein-rich food alternatives to meat and carries out a literature review on the life-cycle environmental impacts of this alternative food.

scholarly journals Application of nanotechnologies along the food supply chain

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 749-760
Author(s):  
Luísa Cruz-Lopes ◽  
Morgana Macena ◽  
Raquel P. F. Guiné
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Food Additives ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Industrial Processing ◽  
Nanoscience And Nanotechnology ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Food Conditions

Abstract Nanoscience and nanotechnology are new frontiers for this century. Nanotechnology translates into the ability to manipulate the material on a nanoscale. As in other sectors, recent developments in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology offer new opportunities for innovation for food. Nanofoods are considered foods grown, produced, processed or packaged using nanotechnological tools that incorporate nanomaterials to improve nutritional quality, taste or texture, and increase the shelf life of food. Nanotechnology’s applications are diverse, going from nanoencapsulated ingredients, such as bioactive compounds, nutrients and food additives that increase the bioavailability of the compounds, to ingredients that constitute nanostructures and nanotextures that provide barriers for physical-chemical protection, which allow modification of flavour and odour. Also, has the potential to be used as biosensors to monitor food conditions during storage and transport, through packaging that includes indicators. This review covers the development and use of nanotechnology along the food supply chain, focusing the agricultural production, industrial processing and protection through packaging, as well as addressing the advantages and disadvantages of using this technology.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF AGRO-ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRO-ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN WEST AFRICA

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdou Gafarou Abdoulaye Bamoi ◽  
Hasan Yılmaz
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
West African ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
African Countries

The agricultural sector, indispensable in meeting the increasing demand for food, is the main user of natural resources. Agricultural production breeds significant environmental impacts and problems both within and outside farms or agricultural holdings. This situation increases the sensitivity of the agriculture to the risks that can cause serious economic losses. Thus, unless measures are taken to solve the environmental problems arising from agricultural production, the sustainability of agricultural production and food supply even less the achievement of food and agriculture-related sustainable development goals can be seriously threatened. However, these risks and losses can be mitigated through policy reform, institutional and technological innovations. In West Africa, more than 40% of water and land resources are used for agricultural production. This makes agro-environment relations more important. This study has been carried out to reveal the major agro-environmental challenge in West Africa and to examine the current approaches and policies applied to solve these problems. In the study, data obtained from FAO agro-environmental indicators database were used as the main material. In this study, using a research methodology subdivided into two stages, the effects of agricultural activities on the environment were examined, analyzed and interpreted by comparing the agro-environmental profiles of West African countries with other OECD countries based on agro-environmental indicators. Agro-environmental policies applied to resolve agro-environmental problems in West African countries were reviewed and recommendations for sustainable agro-environmental management and also a more efficient and environmentally friendly agricultural sector were formulated for sustainable agriculture and food supply.

On Synchronization in the Reproduction of the Stickleback (Gasterosteus Aculeatus L. Forma Leiura Cuv.)

1966 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 258-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.J. Vanmullem
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Gasterosteus Aculeatus ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
Reproductive Period ◽  
Rich Food ◽  
Summer Temperatures ◽  
High Degree

Abstract1. It is demonstrated that the Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L. forma leiura Cuv.) in the Geelmolen brook near Vaassen has two reproductive periods: one in spring (first macro-breeding wave, I), and one in late summer (second macro-breeding wave, II). In general, only one reproductive period is known for the Stickleback, i.e., in spring. The phenomenon of macro-breeding wave II must be seen as an exceptional situation, possibly created by rich food supply and relatively high winter and moderate summer temperatures of the brook water. 2. Both macro-breeding waves show two micro-breeding waves (hatching-waves, I1, I2 and II1, II2). During a micro-breeding wave, all the eggs hatch on one given day ± a couple of days. The data make it seem probable that in 1963 the highest frequency of hatching for I1 fell on 11 May, for I2 on 2 June, for II1 on 3 August, and for II2 on 28 August. Outside these short periods, which include the dates mentioned ± a couple of days, no eggs hatch. It may therefore be stated that there is a high degree of synchronization in the reproduction of the Stickleback. 3. The interval between two micro-breeding waves amounts to about three weeks. 4. The interval between I2 and II1 amounts to about 2 months. 5. The growth of the young animals from the 4 micro-breeding waves during the period of the investigation (22 April through 17 October 1963) is shown by the growth lines in figure 2.

scholarly journals Food System Study of Martin County, Florida

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
William A Messina ◽  
Lisa House ◽  
Yvette Goodiel ◽  
Carol Alberts
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Processing ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Food System ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Agricultural History ◽  
System Study ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Marketing Systems

Martin County, Florida has a rich agricultural history with farming and cattle ranching being important economic drivers since the early 1930s. Nevertheless, the county struggles to meet the balance between food supply and demand. Farmers often face challenges finding sizable, secure, well-paying markets, and the most consumers do not participate in local food transactions. This 4-page fact sheet written by William A. Messina, Jr., Lisa House, Yvette Goodiel, and Carol Albertsand published by the UF/IFAS summarizes two studies conducted to examine agricultural production in Martin County and its food processing, distribution and marketing systems and infrastructure to better identify potential constraints and opportunities for the local food system.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1071

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