Traceability System as Perceived-Uncertainty Mitigator for Sustainable Global Food Trade

Sustainable Trade Relations in a Global Economy

This paper illustrates, how experimentation with a system dynamics model may be used to determine the terms of trade for meeting long term contentions for sustaining global economic relations and environment. It has two parts, a review of empirical evidence that describes the trends in the volume and the nature of international trade over the past decade, and an exploratory analysis of their im...

Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging

Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging Food and packaging waste are increasingly being assessed against common sustainability metrics and the value of a circular economy is being realized. Common sustainability metrics address the environmental cost of packaging to reduce food and nutrient waste. The advancing promise of a more circular economy is the result of new packaging legislatio...

Global trade, food production and ecosystem support:

Molecular Markers for Food Traceability

DNA analysis with molecular markers has opened a way to understand complex organism's genome. It is presently being widely applied across different fields, where food takes a preeminent position. Constant outbreaks of foodborne illnesses are increasing consumer's attention towards more detailed information related to what they are consuming. This overview reports on the areas where food traceab...

Livestock and global change: emerging issues for sustainable food systems.

The global food system is experiencing profound changes as a result of anthropogenic pressures. The ever-increasing human population (more than 9 billion by 2050), together with changes in consumption patterns (i.e., increasing demand for livestock products) caused by urbanization, increasing incomes, and nutritional and environmental concerns, is shaping what we eat, who eats, and how much, mo...