Food System Sustainability Insights From DuALIne

About this book

As western-style food systems extend further around the world, food sustainability is becoming an increasingly important issue. Such systems are not sustainable in terms of their consumption of resources, their impact on ecosystems or their effect on health and social inequality. From 2009 to 2011, the duALIne project, led by INRA and CIRAD, assembled a team of experts to investigate food systems downstream of the farm, from the farm gate, to consumption and the disposal of waste. Representing a diverse range of backgrounds spanning academia and the public and private sectors, the project aimed to review the international literature and identify major gaps in our knowledge. Food System Sustainability brings together its key conclusions and insights, presenting state-of-the-art research in food sustainability and identifying priority areas for further study. It will provide a valuable resource for researchers, decision-makers and stakeholders in the food industry.

Contents

Foreword
Introduction

1. Context: new challenges for food systems
2. Consumption and consumers
3. Carbon footprint and nutritional quality of diets in France
4. Food systems
5. Industrial organisation and sustainability
6. Urbanisation and the sustainability of food systems
7. Losses and wastage
8. International trade, price volatility and standards for sustainability
9. Elements for a foresight debate on food sustainability
10. A critical panorama of methods used to assess food sustainability

Conclusion
References
List of abbreviations
List of duALIne experts
Index.

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Biography

Catherine Esnouf is the Deputy Scientific Director for Food at INRA. She is also the head of a national research network that promotes research partnerships and industrial innovation on the sensory and nutritional quality of food.

Marie Russel is a scientific project manager at INRA. She uses interdisciplinary approaches involving food sciences and the humanities to investigate agricultural and nutritional issues.

Nicolas Bricas is a researcher at CIRAD who specialises in food security policies and projects. His main areas of research include the effects of urbanisation on food habits in Africa and Asia and the role of small scale food processing in food security and poverty alleviation.