scholarly journals Challanges of sustainable food technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Tolnay ◽  
Arijit Nath ◽  
Andras Koris
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Sustainable Food Production ◽  
The World

Over the last decades due to rapid development of human civilization along with revolution in technology, some burning issues about generation of environmental contaminant, management of by-products from technologies, high consumption of natural resources and conservation of natural resources have been dramatically raised. Without any contradiction, impacts in overall ecosystem as well as human civilization have negative effects. These evoked lots of scientific and industrial researches, and implemented several stricter environmental legislations on the development of sustainable ecosystem. Thus, sustainability has become an emerging topic all over the world, as evidenced by the growing body of scientific publications in the last 20 years with one order of magnitude increase since the start of the new century. The study attempts to perform a review ty is an emerging topic all over the world of the sustainable development from the food industry’s perspective. At present, the agro-food sector produces high amount of carbon dioxide, food waste, packaging waste, wastewater, etc. and it is still consuming a lot of water, land, oxygen and energy. Furthermore, taken into consideration the increasing number of the world’s population, there has been an enhancing interest experienced towards sustainable development among food manufacturers in the last decades. The article highlights the paramount areas of sustainable production, which offers new directions towards the increasing number of human beings for the future survival. The paper also gives an overview of the main perspectives contra constraints of sustainable food production, offers innovative food products from sustainable food waste and by-product, and focuses on the growing importance of sustainable food production in life cycle assessment methodology as well.

scholarly journals Consumption and Production Patterns for Agricultural Sustainable Development

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 814
Author(s):  
Riccardo Testa
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
World Population ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Sustainable Food Production ◽  
Agricultural Sustainable Development ◽  
The World

Agriculture has always played a key role in feeding the world population and ensuring the development of sustainable food production systems [...]

scholarly journals Balancing production and culture: Sustainable agriculture in the Amazon

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Gandarilla ◽  
Giovanni A Carosso ◽  
Mohammed A Mostajo-Radji
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Sustainable Food Production ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
Transgenic Seeds ◽  
The World ◽  
Single Exception

Sustainable food production in developing countries is challenging, as it requires balancing scalability with respect for local culture and traditions. Bolivia represents a particularly interesting example; with over 36 recognized indigenous groups encompassing over 70% of the country’s population in a relatively small territory, Bolivia is considered one of the most diverse countries in the world (Ferreira et al., 2019). Agriculture in Bolivia employs over 5% of the country’s population and represents over 14% of its GDP. Yet, the introduction of new agribusiness approaches has often been met with resistance by the local communities. For example, the use of transgenic seeds in Bolivia is forbidden by law, with a single exception in soybean production (Avila and Izquierdo, 2006). As result, Bolivia is at a disadvantage in relation to its neighbors in agricultural production. In addition, high costs of transport and export of produce due to the landlocked nature of the country, compounded by logistic difficulties of exporting through a third country, highlight the need of policies that facilitate a larger and more efficient food production.

scholarly journals The appeal-to-nature fallacy: Homeopathy and biodynamic agriculture in official EU regulations

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Miguel Mulet
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Sustainable Food Production ◽  
The World ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Biodynamic Agriculture

Although the consumption of organic food is increasing in Europe and other parts of the world, it is still a minor option. The total agriculture land used for organic production in Europe is less than 6% and less than 1% worldwide. Contrary to what most consumers think there is no scientific evidence to support the claim that organic food has better nutritional value or that its production is more sustainable. In addition, productivity is very low and concomitantly the price is higher. This report reviews the presence of pseudoscience and the exclusion of technology from the European organic regulations and proposes some improvements that would help to make organic food production a real alternative and attain its objectives of providing healthier and sustainable food production.

scholarly journals Food Security and Transition towards Sustainability

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12433
Author(s):  
Mohammad Fazle Rabbi ◽  
Morshadul Hasan ◽  
Sándor Kovács
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Sustainable Food Production ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Development Goals

In the light of linkages in various scales and targets, the complex and nuanced design of the sustainable development goals (SDG) raises more challenges in their implementation on the ground. This paper reviewed 25 food security indicators, proposed improvements to facilitate operationalization, and illustrated practical implementation. The research focused on three essential blind spots that arise from the potential interactions between sustainable food production, consumption, and domestic material consumption (DMC). Projection of latent structure regression was applied to link food security and sustainable development goals. Findings revealed that the key target in reducing trade-offs was the integration of DMC with sustainable food production and consumption. DMC was positively correlated with the creation of coherent SDG strategies and sustainable food security. Practical implications were discussed by highlighting how to achieve food security across contrasting development contexts and the challenges of addressing the links between targets and indicators within and beyond SDGs 2 and 12. The results are useful for setting a proper strategy for sustainable production and consumption that can improve the efficient use of resources in the eight Central European countries.

scholarly journals Sustainable Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 133-134
Author(s):  
Dhanshree Chilbule
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Future Generation ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Viral Disease ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
The World ◽  
Physical Comfort

The strategy of development is such as it can be sustained by ecology or which can sustain ecology .But fact is that the trend of development all over the world is such that it cannot be sustained by ecology, ecosystem has been badly affected. The Word sustainability of development is featured firstly in the year 1970. “Sustainable development” is a modern fashionable phrase which is frequently used in Social, economic, scientific, legal, business and political circles. The crisis of the phrase avers that the term “Sustainable Development” is not capable of any precise, succinct or final meaning of Universal acceptance. It conveys different meaning to different people. An Environmentalist would interpret it asa ample heritage for future generations. A legal scholar would describe it, as balanced synthesis of environmental and developmental imperatives. An economist would view it as economic growth which can be sustained for generations. A businessman might interpret it as sustainable profits. Politicians find their vote bank in the phrase and adopt it in their election campaign. The term sustainability means achieving environmentally benign or beneficial development. Amongst the various definition following is the most appropriate ‘Sustainable Development” means a kind of development that needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own needs. However, the good principle it is and however seriousness shown by the environmentalist, United Nations, and other agencies, nothing significantly has been changed. A day before yesterday glacier in Uttarakhand is burst and Tapowanhydal project is completely destroyed by the furry of water burst from the glacier. Same furry even more disastrous we witnessed five years back at Uttarakhand near Kedarnath. It was more dangerous and more disastrous, caused the heavy loss to life and property. This is not happened only in India. But continuously has been happening all over the world. Heavy raining, heavy flooding, increased the water level in Sea, and depleting the ozone layer. These all have caused serious damage and disaster to the life on earth. Human beings are not the only creature on planet affected by the pollution of environment but all living creatures of the world are equally affected. Human rights organization shows much concern to the Human but less concern to the creatures. God will save this world. Entire humanity is in the race of physical comfort and happiness but in the process lost all thoughts of real happiness. India is a land of spirituality, all the diversity if finds anywhere in the world that is India Only. Now the time has come to find out the source of real happiness instead of being happy with physical comfort. Researcher is hoping that the message of protecting the Environment will lastly come from India. Most of the developed countries of the world have exploited natural resources and now they are advising the developing and backward Nations to restrict the use of natural resources which developing Countries are not following willingly and seriously. Yes, Humanity and world needs development but this development should not be at the cost of life of future generation. Today world is reached to such situation in which only possible outcome is the disaster which actually world is frequently experiencing in one part or other. Corona virus is one of the outcomes of environmental furry. The cause of corona virus is still not identified. Still it is a viral disease of no specification rather nonspecific disease having no medicine to cure except recently invented vaccine but how effective it would be, time ahead will tell. When scientists are doing the continuous and day night efforts for one year and invented vaccine. At least Researcher can say that the battle against said virus has won by Man. But many more battle has to face in future. Recently in Europe new form of Corona Virus is emerged. Disturbance to the ecosystem resulted into the disturbance to the ecology and that has created all sorts of problem. This is continuous process. “Sustainable Development” is one of the issue which may be taken care but equally even more disaster issues are crop of and that is the real threaten to the public health. If not controlled same can be threat to the creature and one day our own existence will come in danger.

scholarly journals Voedselproduksie in ontwikkelende lande - die rol van plantbiotegnologie

1995 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-29
Author(s):  
D. I. Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Culture ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Rapid Population Growth ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Sustainable Food Production ◽  
The World

The world is facing major problems with regard to food production. Agricultural land suffers from various conditions which make it less efficient for crop production while the rapid population growth, especially in developing countries, raises concern for sustainable food production. The Green Revolution has failed to secure sustainable food production and it is hoped that biotechnology will facilitate the transition to more sustainable agriculture. Excellent progress has been made with both Cell Biology (tissue culture) and Molecular Biology (genetic engineering).

The Management Research of the Mineral Resource Complex at the Sustainable Development Level

2014 ◽  
Vol 1051 ◽  
pp. 542-546
Author(s):  
T. Badrakh-Yeruul ◽  
Jian Hua Zhang ◽  
B. Chinzorig
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Management Research ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Level ◽  
New Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Economic Development Model

Human beings have recognized that the philosopy of “Utilization of natural resources for economic reasons disregarding the need for replenishing these resources” would overexploitate all the natural resources in the world and realized that we must live by adapting to the nature in the modern 21st century. This new development model is known as “Sustainable development”. The model is being implemented by many nations in the world regardless of whether they are big or small, developed or under developed. The “Sustainable development” model includes educational and development requirements that countries need to address in order to follow the model.This paper presents our hypothesis on the economic development model that fulfills the above requirements gipro-economics and documents the results of our research on this hypothesis.

نُدرة الموارد وعلاقتها بالبيئة من وجهة نظر إسلاميّة The Issue of Scarcity of Resources and Its Relationship to the Environment

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 01
Author(s):  
حسن بن إبراهيم الهنداوي (Hassan Hendawi)
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Modern Economy ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Scarcity Of Resources ◽  
Economic Dilemma

الملخّصإنّ الفقر والإملاق من المشكلات الرئيسة التي يواجهها العالم اليوم، ومن أسبابها ندرة الموارد الاقتصادية الشديدة وندرة الغذاء والماء. فندرة الموارد وقلتها كانت ذات أثر مباشر في قتل الملايين من الأنفس البشريّة. وتعدّ ندرة الموارد عند الاقتصاديين الخطر الأساس الذي يهدد الوجود البشري في هذا العصر. ويعتبرها الاقتصاديّون كذلك معضلة اقتصادية ناتجة عن رغبات الإنسان غير المتناهية مقابل موارد محدودة ومتناهية. ومن الأمور التي يقترحها الاقتصاديون من اجل التغلب على هذه المشكلة أن النّاسن ينبغي عليهم أن يختاروا الموارد الضرورية والحاجية لتلبية رغباتهم. فمفهوم الندرة من منظور الاقتصاد التقليدي يعني موارد محدودة في العالم مقابل حاجات ورغبات غير محدودة. وسبب ذلك عند الاقتصاديين أن الطبيعة لا توفر موارد كافية لتلبية حاجات الناس ورغباتهم غير المتناهية. ونظرة الإسلام التي يمثلها القرآن الكريم والسنة النبوية الشريفة لمسألة الندرة نظرة مختلفة تماما عن نظرة الاقتصاد التقليدي. ويعنى هذا البحث ببيان أن الندرة ليست مشكلة الطبيعة التس سخّرها الله تعالى للإنسان،  ولكن المشكلة في أخلاقيات الناس وتصرفاتهم في الموارد الطبيعية وطريقتهم في الانتفاع بها التي أدت إلى إدخال الضرر والفساد على الموارد الموجودة.الكلمات المفتاحية: الإسلام، ندرة الموارد، الاقتصاد المعاصر، الموارد الطبيعية، الطبيعة. **************************************               AbstractAmong the main problems that the world is facing today are poverty and destitution caused by severe scarcity of economic resources and the scarcity of food and water. The lack of resources has already caused the death of millions of human beings. The scarcity of resources is counted by economists as the primary danger that threatens the human existence. Economists also consider it an economic dilemma caused by infinite human desires against limited and finite resources. In order to overcome this problem among the suggestions made by economists is that human beings should choose only necessary resources to satisfy their desires. The conventional concept of scarcity is that the resources in the world are limited vis-à-vis the unlimited human needs and desires. The reason for that according to economists is that the nature does not provide sufficient resources to meet people’s endless needs and desires. Islamic approach as represented by the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah to the issue of scarcity is essentially different from the conventional viewpoint of economists. This paper proposes and explains that the problem is not in the nature which Allah has made subservient to man, but it is in the ethics of the people and their behaviour and way of utilization of natural resources, which ultimately damage and corrupt the available resources.Keywords: Islam, Scarcity of Resources, Modern Economy, Environmental Resources, Nature.

scholarly journals Boomerang hiring: Strategy for sustainable development in COVID-19 era

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Penumadu V. Raveendra ◽  
Yellappa M. Satish
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Organization Culture ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Hiring Process ◽  
Positive Growth ◽  
The World ◽  
Key Drivers ◽  
Hr Managers ◽  
The Right

BACKGROUND: Many companies are forced to restructure themselves by right sizing due to unexpected fall in demand for their products and services created by the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID 19 not only affected the health of human beings but also their wealth across the world. Global economic parameters are showing a sign of positive growth with decreased number of COVID 19 cases across the world. Many companies are in a dilemma to rehire their former employees or to hire the new candidates to meet the increased demand. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of study are i) to analyze the key drivers for boomerang hiring and ii) to develop a conceptual process for boomerang hiring. METHODS: An exploratory methodology was designed to identify the key drivers of boomerang hiring by studying the various successful stories of those companies which had rehired their former employees. Various papers were reviewed to develop the process for boomerang hiring. RESULTS: Study showed that knowledge about the culture of the company, cost of hiring, morale booster for the existing employees, and customer retention, are the key drivers for boomerang hiring. This hiring process requires special skills from HR Managers, as this decision will impact long term success of the company. CONCLUSION: The process of boomerang hiring cannot be standardized as each organization culture is different and companies cannot have the same strategy for each candidate as every individual is different. Boomerang hiring will work as the right strategy during pandemic situation as former employees would have built relations with the customers. The customers will be happy to see the former employees who had served them better.

scholarly journals Actions on sustainable food production and consumption for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. eabc8259
Author(s):  
Izabela Delabre ◽  
Lily O. Rodriguez ◽  
Joanna Miller Smallwood ◽  
Jörn P. W. Scharlemann ◽  
Joseph Alcamo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Transformative Change ◽  
Political Commitment ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Sustainable Food Production ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities ◽  
Sustainability Standards

Current food production and consumption trends are inconsistent with the Convention on Biological Diversity’s 2050 vision of living in harmony with nature. Here, we examine how, and under what conditions, the post-2020 biodiversity framework can support transformative change in food systems. Our analysis of actions proposed in four science-policy fora reveals that subsidy reform, valuation, food waste reduction, sustainability standards, life cycle assessments, sustainable diets, mainstreaming biodiversity, and strengthening governance can support more sustainable food production and consumption. By considering barriers and opportunities of implementing these actions in Peru and the United Kingdom, we derive potential targets and indicators for the post-2020 biodiversity framework. For targets to support transformation, genuine political commitment, accountability and compliance, and wider enabling conditions and actions by diverse agents are needed to shift food systems onto a sustainable path.

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