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

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.

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jafar Rezaei ◽  
Athanasios Papakonstantinou ◽  
Lori Tavasszy ◽  
Udo Pesch ◽  
Austin Kana

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
David McCarthy ◽  
Aristides Matopoulos ◽  
Philip Davies

2012 ◽  
pp. 115-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisbeth Mogensen ◽  
John E. Hermansen ◽  
Niels Halberg ◽  
Randi Dalgaard ◽  
J.C. Vis ◽  
...  

BioResources ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 5774-5777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Turon ◽  
Joachim Venus ◽  
Mehrdad Arshadi ◽  
Michalis Koutinas ◽  
Carol S. K. Lin ◽  
...  

The bioeconomy era will rely on efficient fractionation of renewable resources via integrated biorefineries. The food supply chain waste, despite its inherent variability, could evolve into an important industrial feedstock on account of its availability, versatility, and sustainability, for the production of bio-based products. Waste streams generated from all stages of the life cycle of food products could be refined into different fractions, which will be either purified to high-value molecules or converted via green chemical and/or biotechnological routes for the production of bio-based products. A working group of the EUBis COST Action TD1203 is taking steps to gather a critical mass of knowledge and expertise to create innovation and technological breakthroughs.


2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleonora Bottani ◽  
Michele Manfredi ◽  
Giuseppe Vignali ◽  
Andrea Volpi

2018 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 451-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
López Isabel Noya ◽  
Vasileia Vasilaki ◽  
Valentina Stojceska ◽  
Sara González-García ◽  
Chantelle Kleynhans ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 105119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yetunde Omolayo ◽  
Beth J. Feingold ◽  
Roni A. Neff ◽  
Xiaobo Xue Romeiko

Author(s):  
Nazaruddin Matondang ◽  
Irwan Budiman

Komoditas minyak kelapa sawit merupakan komoditas unggulan di Indonesia dan 60% produk minyak kelapa sawit atau Crude Palm Oil (CPO) telah diekspor. Indonesia menjadi negara terbesar yang mengekspor CPO dan menguasai sekitar 62% pangsa pasar dunia. Namun, Indonesia menghadapi hambatan dalam melaksanakan ekspor CPO sehingga menyebabkan pelemahan neraca perdagangan dalam beberapa tahun terakhir. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui hambatan yang terjadi dan memetakan rantai pasok dalam proses produksi CPO, serta menganalisisnya. Dalam penelitian ini digunakan metode Food Supply Chain Networking (FSCN) yang dilakukan terhadap 24 perusahaan. Pengumpulan data primer diperoleh melalui informasi secara langsung, sedangkan data sekunder diperoleh dari dokumen/ publikasi/ laporan penelitian dari dinas/instansi maupun sumber data pendukung lainnya. Selanjutnya data diolah dan dilanjutkan dengan metode Porters Diamond. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat beberapa hambatan dari regulasi dan adanya kampanye negatif, serta peningkatan biaya impor. Penyebaran perkebunan dan teknologi yang tidak merata dalam negeri juga berkontribusi terhadap menurunnya ekspor produk ini. Pemerintah Indonesia telah mengambil inisiatif untuk menangani hal tersebut, yaitu dengan memenuhi beberapa syarat yang diajukan oleh negara-negara importir berupa hak paten, sertifikasi dan jaminan, bahkan dengan cara hilirisasi produk minyak sawit. Berdasarkan hal tersebut dan didukung dengan permintaan CPO yang terus meningkat, diperkirakan CPO akan terserap baik di pasar dalam negeri maupun pasar luar negeri.   Palm oil is a leading commodity in Indonesia and 60% of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) products have been exported. Indonesia is the largest country exporting CPO and controlling around 62% of the world market share. However, Indonesia faces obstacles in carrying out CPO exports, causing a weakening of the trade balance in recent years. This research was conducted to determine the obstacles that occur and map the supply chain in the CPO production process, and analyze it. In this study the Food Supply Chain Networking (FSCN) method was conducted on 24 companies. Primary data collection is obtained through direct information, while secondary data is obtained from documents / publications / research reports from agencies / agencies and other supporting data sources. Then the data is processed and continued with the Porters Diamond method. The results showed that there were some obstacles from regulation and the existence of a negative campaign, as well as an increase in import costs. The uneven distribution of plantations and technology in the country also contributed to the decline in exports of these products. The Indonesian government has taken the initiative to deal with this, namely by fulfilling several conditions proposed by importing countries in the form of patents, certifications and guarantees, even by way of downstreaming palm oil products. Based on this and supported by the increasing demand for CPO, it is estimated that CPO will be absorbed in both the domestic and foreign markets. 


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-12
Author(s):  
Mohammad FARSHAD

One of the most important challenges facing the world is how to feed expected population by 2050. Despite trying to increase food production over the past half-century, food security has been a strategic issue and an important goal of agricultural policies in many countries by challenges including population grow, increasing demand, natural resources erosion, etc. One of the critical dimensions in achieving food security is expanding food supply chain. A food supply chain can be defined as a set of interdependent components include of input supply, production, storage, processing, marketing, distribution and consumption or as the activities from “farm to fork”.


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