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This publication offers a systemic analysis of sustainability in
the food system, taking as its framework the Sustainable
Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations.
Targeted chapters from experts in the field cover main challenges
in the food system and propose methods for achieving long term
sustainability. Authors focus on how sustainability can be achieved
along the whole food chain and in different contexts. Timely issues
such as food security, climate change and migration and sustainable
agriculture are discussed in depth. The volume is unique in its
multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder approach. Chapter authors
come from a variety of backgrounds, and authors include academic
professors, members of CSO and other international organizations,
and policy makers. This plurality allows for a nuanced analysis of
sustainability goals and practices from a variety of perspectives,
making the book useful to a wide range of readers working in
different areas related to sustainability and food production. The
book is targeted towards the academic community and practitioners
in the policy, international cooperation, nutrition, geography, and
social sciences fields. Professors teaching in nutrition, food
technology, food sociology, geography, global economics, food
systems, agriculture and agronomy, and political science and
international cooperation may find this to be a useful supplemental
text in their courses.
This publication offers a systemic analysis of sustainability in
the food system, taking as its framework the Sustainable
Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations.
Targeted chapters from experts in the field cover main challenges
in the food system and propose methods for achieving long term
sustainability. Authors focus on how sustainability can be achieved
along the whole food chain and in different contexts. Timely issues
such as food security, climate change and migration and sustainable
agriculture are discussed in depth. The volume is unique in its
multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder approach. Chapter authors
come from a variety of backgrounds, and authors include academic
professors, members of CSO and other international organizations,
and policy makers. This plurality allows for a nuanced analysis of
sustainability goals and practices from a variety of perspectives,
making the book useful to a wide range of readers working in
different areas related to sustainability and food production. The
book is targeted towards the academic community and practitioners
in the policy, international cooperation, nutrition, geography, and
social sciences fields. Professors teaching in nutrition, food
technology, food sociology, geography, global economics, food
systems, agriculture and agronomy, and political science and
international cooperation may find this to be a useful supplemental
text in their courses.
This book pursues a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach in
order to analyze the relationship between water and food security.
It demonstrates that most of the world’s economies lack
sufficient water resources to secure their populations’ food
requirements and are thus virtual importers of water. One of
the most inspiring cases, which this book is rooted in, is Italy:
the third largest net virtual water importer on earth. The
book also shows that the sustainability of water depends on
the extent to which societies recognize and take into account its
value and contribution to agricultural production. Due to the large
volumes of water required for food production, water and food
security are in fact inextricably linked. Contributions from
leading international experts and scholars in the field use the
concepts of virtual water and water footprints to explain this
relationship, with an eye to the empirical examples of wine,
tomato and pasta production in Italy. This book provides a valuable
resource for all researchers, professionals, policymakers and
everyone else interested in water and food security.
This book pursues a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach in
order to analyze the relationship between water and food security.
It demonstrates that most of the world's economies lack sufficient
water resources to secure their populations' food requirements and
are thus virtual importers of water. One of the most inspiring
cases, which this book is rooted in, is Italy: the third largest
net virtual water importer on earth. The book also shows that the
sustainability of water depends on the extent to which societies
recognize and take into account its value and contribution to
agricultural production. Due to the large volumes of water required
for food production, water and food security are in fact
inextricably linked. Contributions from leading international
experts and scholars in the field use the concepts of virtual water
and water footprints to explain this relationship, with an eye to
the empirical examples of wine, tomato and pasta production in
Italy. This book provides a valuable resource for all researchers,
professionals, policymakers and everyone else interested in water
and food security.
Food Sustainability and the Media: Linking Awareness, Knowledge and
Action is the first book to explore the roles that the media plays
in raising awareness, spurring action, and increasing understanding
about food security and global sustainability issues. The book
addresses the means of leveraging traditional and new media to
advance food and sustainability discourse by linking awareness,
knowledge, and action. The book links sustainability and food
security in media communication to address different topics,
including the way climate change is framed by the media, key
factors of success and failure in NGOs, public and corporate
communication, and climate change denial.
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