Frontiers in Agrifood Value Chain and Sustainable Agriculture Economics
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2023) | Viewed by 7122
Special Issue Editors
Interests: agrifood value chain analysis; price transmission analysis; bargaining and market power analysis in value chains; agricultural innovations; certifications of origin in food value chains
Interests: agricultural innovations; climate smart agriculture; climate change; food security; sustainable natural resource management; gender equality in agricultural system
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food systems present many interlinked challenges that threathen their sustainability, such as changing climate conditions, deteriorating natural resources, increasing power imbalances in the agrifood value chain, changing demographics and dietary habits. The Farm to Fork Strategy aims to accelerate the transition towards healthy, environmental friendly and competitive food systems through food research and innovation; climate change adaptation and mitigation; agroecology; sustainable natural resources management and governance; circularity of food systems; and sustainable, inclusive and fair market systems. Putting food systems on a sustainable path also creates new opportunities for agrifood value chain actors. Particular attention should be paid to the potential of innovation adoption to reduce trade-offs and to boost synergies among the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainability as well as to promote the fair distribution of costs, benefits and risks among all actors involved in agrifood systems.
This Special Issue calls for papers to share their findings on actions aimed at developing pathways to transform the existing agrifood value chains into more economic, inclusive and sustainable ones. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, papers should have a specific focus on one or more of the following areas (not an exhaustive list):
- Transition towards climate neutral and resilient farming systems;
- Sustainable natural resource management;
- Technological, nature-based and institutional innovations in agrifood value chains;
- Sustainable and innovative business models in agrifood systems;
- Analysis of governance models for sustainable and competitive agrifood value chains;
- Circular economy analysis in the agrifood chains;
- Sustainable food consumption and healthy diets;
- Policy contribution to sustainable and competitive agrifood chains.
Dr. Luca Cacchiarelli
Dr. Chiara Perelli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agrifood value chain
- agricultural innovations
- sustainable farming system
- circular economy
- sustainable food consumption
- food policy
- Farm to Fork Strategy
- governance of agrifood value chain
