Current Perceptions of Sustainable Diets in Ireland and the Outlook of Circular Eating Practices

30/10/2023

Encouraging sustainable dietary practices is a positive step towards alleviating the negative impact of increasing food waste. This study explores consumers’ perceptions of sustainable diets and factors influencing their adoption of sustainable practices, such as circular eating.

In search of economically significant food losses: Evidence from Tunisia and Egypt

01/01/2021

Large estimates of food losses among farms and intermediaries publicized recently by several international organizations invite the question: Why do economic decision makers live with such losses? The intuitive, economic response would be that the marginal benefits of loss reduction do not exceed...

Food Losses and Wastage along the Wheat Value Chain in Egypt and Their Implications on Food and Energy Security, Natural Resources, and the Environment

07/09/2021

Pushing yield frontiers of cereals and legumes is becoming increasingly difficult, especially in drylands. This paper argues and provides empirical evidence that food loss and wastage constitute a sizeable proportion of the total wheat supply in Egypt. By following the life cycle of food and usin...

Estimates of Food Losses and Wastes at Each Node of the Wheat Value Chain in Morocco: Implications on Food and Energy Security, Natural Resources, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

27/10/2022

Several research and development efforts have been made to ensure food security in developing countries. Dissemination of improved agricultural technologies was used as the main avenue through which some increases in food supply have been achieved. However, food insecurity remains a major challen...

Food waste to energy: Forecasting Turkey’s bioethanol generation potential from wasted crops and cereals till 2030

01/12/2019

First generation bioethanol production can be sustainable if food wastes are used as feedstock. Novel to this study, it is estimated that Turkey’s wheat, maize, rice and potato (i) production, (ii) consumption, (iii) production losses, (iv) consumption losses, (v) bioethanol yield from production...