Waste Reduction and Management in Food Security and Food Sustainability
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Security and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 3 December 2024 | Viewed by 4553
Special Issue Editor
Interests: new food product development; value addition to food and food waste; functional food; food/feed processing; climate change and food; adulteration in food; indigenous food ingredients and their potential applications in food product development
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Around 700 million people suffer with food poverty, while plenty of food is wasted or lost every year. Food loss and wastage occur from farms to households, which could be due to poor handling, improper transport or storage, extreme weather conditions, cosmetic standards, etc. Researchers across the globe aim to find the best ways to prevent food loss and waste to provide enough food for all, while reducing the pressure on the environment (lesser land and water usage) and decreasing greenhouse gas emission levels.
Therefore, communicating the research output that addresses food security and sustainability challenges throughout the value chain is vital. In addition, this information pertains not only to food loss/waste (food security and sustainability challenges); it must address the ways that food is being wasted in households and how to change the consumers’ behaviour to prevent food wastage.
Dr. Ali Khoddami
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- food system
- food security
- food sustainability
- value adding to food waste
- food loss
- world hunger
- consumer behaviour
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