Textbox: Internalizing Externalities: Techniques to Reduce Ecological Impacts of Food Production

2016 ◽  
pp. 359-363
Author(s):  
Randy Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Ecological Impacts

Environmental impacts of food supply and obesogenic severity worldwide

2015 ◽  
Vol 117 (12) ◽  
pp. 2863-2879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Botti Abbade
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Water Footprint ◽  
Ecological Impacts ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Scatter Plots ◽  
Average Body Mass ◽  
Average Body

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the severity of obesogenic societies is associated with more significant environmental impacts, and whether these impacts are associated with the production, supply, and consumption of animal foods more so than with plant foods. Design/methodology/approach – This ecological study was based on analyses of available data regarding populations of countries throughout the world. The study analyzed indicators related to food production, food supply, the anthropometric traits of malnutrition, and ecological impacts. Data were analyzed via scatter plots and Pearson’s correlation. Findings – Food supply, when compared with food production, is more significantly associated with environmental impacts. Also, the supply of meats, when compared with the supply of cereals, has a stronger association with environmental impacts and obesogenic severity. Meat supply is strongly associated with the ecological footprint (r=0.782, p < 0.001), with CO2 emissions (r=0.602, p < 0.001), and with the water footprint (r=0.503, p < 0.001). Thus, the average body mass index (BMI) of populations worldwide is strongly associated with environmental impacts considering the ecological footprint (r=0.559, p < 0.001), and the CO2 emissions (r=0.460, p < 0.001). Practical implications – Actions that are better aligned with worldwide urgencies related to obesogenic problems, food supply/consumption, and environmental issues are needed. This study provides a better understanding about environmental and obesogenic impacts associated with food supply. Originality/value – The originality is focussed on important evidence regarding environmental and obesogenic severity strongly associated with meat supply.

‘Flexible’ system makes pet food production easy

1984 ◽  
Vol 63 (8) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Stephen Margolis
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Pet Food ◽  
Flexible System

Domestic Food Production and Food Security in the Caribbean

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clinton L. Beckford ◽  
Donovan R. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Production ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Domestic Food

Enhancement of food production quality: the truffle case

2020 ◽  
pp. 587-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Viganò ◽  
Federico Gori ◽  
Antonella Amicucci
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Production Quality ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Marketing Literature

The central role of quality agri-food production in the promotion of a given territory is actually widely recognized by both the economic and marketing literature and the stakeholders involved in the enhancement process of rural systems. On this basis, this work analyzes one of the finest Italian agri-food products: the truffle. This work tries to point out the main problems characterizing the current regulatory framework, the trade and the production of the Italian truffle sector, emphasizing their causes, consequences and possible solutions.

Sustainable Agriculture and No-Food Production: An Empirical Investigation on Organic Cosmetics

2015 ◽  
pp. 63-77
Author(s):  
Francesco Marangon ◽  
Tiziano Tempesta ◽  
Stefania Troiano ◽  
Daniel Vecchiato
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Empirical Investigation

410. Performance of Selected N95 and P100 Respirator Filters to Plant Aerosols at a Snack Food Production Facility

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Berardinelli ◽  
R. Lawrence ◽  
C. Coffey ◽  
E. Moyer ◽  
G. Kullman
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Snack Food ◽  
Production Facility

High predatory efficiency and abundance drive expected ecological impacts of a marine invasive fish

2020 ◽  
Vol 637 ◽  
pp. 195-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
EM DeRoy ◽  
R Scott ◽  
NE Hussey ◽  
HJ MacIsaac
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Ecological Impact ◽  
Marine Species ◽  
Ecological Impacts ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Marine Predator ◽  
Eastern Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Red Grouper ◽  
Per Capita

The ecological impacts of invasive species are highly variable and mediated by many factors, including both habitat and population abundance. Lionfish Pterois volitans are an invasive marine species which have high reported detrimental effects on prey populations, but whose effects relative to native predators are currently unknown for the recently colonized eastern Gulf of Mexico. We used functional response (FR) methodology to assess the ecological impact of lionfish relative to 2 functionally similar native species (red grouper Epinephelus morio and graysby grouper Cephalopholis cruentata) foraging in a heterogeneous environment. We then combined the per capita impact of each species with their field abundance to obtain a Relative Impact Potential (RIP). RIP assesses the broader ecological impact of invasive relative to native predators, the magnitude of which predicts community-level negative effects of invasive species. Lionfish FR and overall consumption rate was intermediate to that of red grouper (higher) and graysby grouper (lower). However, lionfish had the highest capture efficiency of all species, which was invariant of habitat. Much higher field abundance of lionfish resulted in high RIPs relative to both grouper species, demonstrating that the ecological impact of lionfish in this region will be driven mainly by high abundance and high predator efficiency rather than per capita effect. Our comparative study is the first empirical assessment of lionfish per capita impact and RIP in this region and is one of few such studies to quantify the FR of a marine predator.

Successful farmer collective action to integrate food production into value chains

Food Chain ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis Herbel ◽  
Nora Ourabah Haddad
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Value Chains
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