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Food Security and Structural Transformation of the Food Industry—Volume II
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Food Security and Structural Transformation of the Food Industry—Volume II

A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Security and Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 360

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Linhai Wu

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School of Business, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
Interests: food safety risk management; food industry structural transformation; international food trade; food safety cross boundary governance; food safety societal co-governance
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed our way of life, including the way we interact with food. As we adapt to the new normal of the pandemic, the food industry is also undergoing profound structural transformation. For example, food security concerns such as fluctuations in the price of food, changes in the patterns of household and restaurant food waste, health risks introduced by take-out orders, etc., have arisen. Food security researchers have collected various data in order to investigate issues concerning food security. As a result, we feel that it is the right time to organize a Special Issue addressing food security and the structural transformation of the food industry. We are looking for papers that investigate issues regarding food security related to the impact of the pandemic, offer critical reflections and provide a forward-looking discussion on future expectations in the realm of food security.

Prof. Dr. Linhai Wu
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Foods is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • green/sustainable development
  • food consumption
  • coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • food security
  • international food trade
  • food-related E-commerce
  • global food industry
  • carbon emissions and eco-friendly development
  • take-out food industry
  • dietary habits and health

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Study on the Influences of Inter-Governmental Information Flow and Interdepartmental Collaborative Supervision on Pork Quality: A Case Study in China
by Linhai Wu and Zhiyu Chen
Foods 2024, 13(15), 2387; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13152387 (registering DOI) - 28 Jul 2024
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To study the influences of the degree of interdepartmental collaborative supervision on the behavioral strategy selection of pig farmers, pig slaughterers, and pork processing manufacturers in the pork supply chain system, this study established a three-party evolutionary game model involving pig farmers, pig [...] Read more.
To study the influences of the degree of interdepartmental collaborative supervision on the behavioral strategy selection of pig farmers, pig slaughterers, and pork processing manufacturers in the pork supply chain system, this study established a three-party evolutionary game model involving pig farmers, pig slaughterers, and pork processing manufacturers based on the social co-governance framework by focusing on the interdepartmental information sharing mechanism and cooperative governance. Here, we examined how the degree of collaborative supervision among government departments influences the behavioral strategy selection of these parties by focusing on key mechanisms such as information sharing and interdepartmental collaborative governance. Our findings revealed that within a social co-governance system, the strategic choices of the three entities in the pork supply chain closely correlate with the coordination level of collaborative supervision among government departments, particularly through information-sharing mechanisms. Additionally, the strategies are influenced by market-based contract supervision among entities, consumer reporting intensity, and the collaborative governance capabilities of the government, market actors, and consumers. Higher levels of social co-governance are associated with fewer risky links in the pork supply chain and reduced overall risk. Key factors affecting the behavioral strategy selection of the subjects in the pork supply chain include interdepartmental collaborative governance among government departments (e.g., optimizing random inspection frequencies, adjusting economic penalties, and disclosing enterprise market credit information via information sharing mechanisms), consumer complaint probabilities, and the intensity of mutual supervision among enterprises. Therefore, to enhance pork supply chain quality and mitigate risks, it is crucial to enhance the coordination of collaborative supervision among government departments, encourage consumer reporting, and improve market-based mutual supervision mechanisms among upstream and downstream subjects in the supply chain. Full article
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