Food Security during the Pandemic and the Importance of the Bioeconomy in the New Era

Farcas, Anca C.; Galanakis, Charis M.; Socaciu, Carmen; Pop, Oana L.; Tibulca, Dorin; Paucean, Adriana; Jimborean, Mirela A.; Fogarasi, Melinda; Salanta, Liana C.; Tofana, Maria; Socaci, Sonia A.

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Department of Food Science, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Department of Research & Innovation, Galanakis Laboratories, GR-73131 Chania, Greece

Food Waste Recovery Group, ISEKI Food Association, 1190 Vienna, Austria

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Sustainability 2021, 13(1), 150; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010150

Received: 8 December 2020 / Revised: 22 December 2020 / Accepted: 23 December 2020 / Published: 25 December 2020

(This article belongs to the Special Issue High Added-Value Molecules Recovered from Agri-Food Waste and by-Products)

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One of the biggest challenges in managing the food sector during a pandemic crisis is sustaining a robust food security system and adopting the right strategies in correlating the consumers’ needs and requirements with those of food safety, the producers, the distribution chain, the economic environment, and waste management. The restrictions on people’s global movement, commodities, and services and the measures taken to reduce the spread of COVID-19 have disrupted food environments around the world and forced us to collectively redesign and optimize our systems using existing resources from a more sustainable perspective. This paper offers an overview of the implications of COVID-19 for the food supply chain and discusses several potential strategies for tackling short- and long-term adverse effects resulting from the pandemic. View Full-Text

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; pandemic crises; food security; health implications; bioeconomy

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Farcas, A.C.; Galanakis, C.M.; Socaciu, C.; Pop, O.L.; Tibulca, D.; Paucean, A.; Jimborean, M.A.; Fogarasi, M.; Salanta, L.C.; Tofana, M.; Socaci, S.A. Food Security during the Pandemic and the Importance of the Bioeconomy in the New Era. Sustainability 2021, 13, 150. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010150

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Farcas AC, Galanakis CM, Socaciu C, Pop OL, Tibulca D, Paucean A, Jimborean MA, Fogarasi M, Salanta LC, Tofana M, Socaci SA. Food Security during the Pandemic and the Importance of the Bioeconomy in the New Era. Sustainability. 2021; 13(1):150. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010150

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Farcas, Anca C., Charis M. Galanakis, Carmen Socaciu, Oana L. Pop, Dorin Tibulca, Adriana Paucean, Mirela A. Jimborean, Melinda Fogarasi, Liana C. Salanta, Maria Tofana, and Sonia A. Socaci 2021. "Food Security during the Pandemic and the Importance of the Bioeconomy in the New Era" Sustainability 13, no. 1: 150. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010150

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