The Role of Institutions in Promoting Resilience in the Development of Sustainable Food Systems: The Farmer’s Perspective in the Northeast of Brazil

2019 ◽  
pp. 651-666
Author(s):  
Monica Dantas
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Sustainable Food Systems ◽  
Sustainable Food

scholarly journals Assessing the Role of Cattle in Sustainable Food Systems

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 160-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald K. Layman
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Sustainable Food Systems ◽  
Sustainable Food

scholarly journals Discussion: Food security and sustainable food systems: The role of soil

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matheus Alves Zanella ◽  
Maryam Rahmanian ◽  
Leisa Nicola Perch ◽  
Carolin Callenius ◽  
José Luis Rubio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Sustainable Food Systems ◽  
Sustainable Food

scholarly journals Serving Social Justice: The Role of the Commons in Sustainable Food Systems

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Sumner
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Local Economies ◽  
Sustainable Food Systems ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Clean Air ◽  
The Commons

Food is a source of sustenance, a cause for celebration, an inducement to temptation, a vehicle for power, an indicator of well-being, a catalyst for change and, above all, a life good.  Along with other life goods such as potable water, clean air, adequate shelter and protective clothing, food is something we cannot live without.  The global corporate food system, however, allows 800 million to go hungry, while an even larger number of people grow obese.  Based in money-values, this food system promotes accumulation first and foremost, enriching a few while creating economic, social and environmental externalities that are destroying local economies, devastating individuals, families and communities and degrading the planet. What would a food system look like that was based in life-values, centred on the commons and anchored by social justice?  This paper will focus on the creation of sustainable food systems, beginning with the crises of the global corporate food system and then moving to the heart of sustainable food systems – the civil commons.

scholarly journals Pulses for Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems: The Effect of Origin on Market Price

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Claudio Acciani ◽  
Annalisa De Boni ◽  
Francesco Bozzo ◽  
Rocco Roma
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Strong Dependence ◽  
Market Price ◽  
Good Alternative ◽  
Hedonic Price ◽  
Sustainable Food Systems ◽  
Market Prices ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Social Environmental

Pulses are widely acknowledged for their high nutritional value due to high protein content, low content in calories, and low glycemic index; they are a good alternative to animal proteins thus offering a considerable number of social, environmental, and health benefits. Despite pulses being widely acknowledged as healthy and sustainable food, in mainly European countries, consumption is growing but still lower than the recommended level, production is unprofitable in comparison to the current market prices level, and a reduction in harvested area has led to a strong dependence on import for pulses supply. Pulses are particularly fitting to the feature of local food because they can be suitably grown in any context, even in the most complex areas, and consumer interest and awareness of food origin has strongly increased in recent years. Lentils were selected as a case study in this paper that aims to define which features are effective on market price and, in particular, the role of origin declaration on label plays in defining the market price and how the origin attributes may enhance market price and farms competitiveness. The methodological tool for this investigation is the hedonic price model, useful to explain the effects of attributes of pulses affecting the market price. Results contribute to a better understanding of the pulse market, emphasizing that the “origin declaration” on label may have a positive effect on market price.

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