Sustainable Agriculture and Food Supply: Scientific, Economic and Policy Aspects
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2024) | Viewed by 82371
Special Issue Editors
Interests: international trade; economic development; agrarian trade and policy; world economy, trade and policy; sustainable agriculture
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Interests: agricultural economics; international economics; international trade and trade policy; foreign direct investment; international competitiveness; regional integration; agricultural policy; agricultural markets; food industry; food security; general and partial equilibrium modeling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Agriculture, the food industry, and food distribution are of high importance to each economy for a wide variety of reasons. The most important ones include their essential role in ensuring food security, balancing the labour market, and improving the population’s income level as well as boosting international trade and economic growth. When taking into account the growing number of undernourished people, a key challenge that is faced by agriculture and food production systems is how to feed the world’s population sustainably. This means that the global agri-food system has to meet the needs of present and future generations, while ensuring economic productivity and profitability, environmental protection, and social equity at the same time. In order to reach this aim, it is necessary for the agri-food system to deal with such hindrances as the unequal distribution of resources and income, poverty and unemployment in rural areas, modern technology and investment deficiencies, domestic and international market failures, climate change, food losses and waste, mismatched agricultural and trade policies, etc. Effective institutions and decision-making that is tailored towards agri-food industries and rural areas play a crucial role in the global transition to sustainable agriculture and the food supply.
This Special Issue addresses all of the aspects related to sustainable agriculture and food supply as well as to rural development. The floor is open for the scientific discussions on the trends, determinants, and challenges for the sustainable agri-food systems worldwide. Original research papers, including theoretical studies and/or empirical analyses concerning the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of sustainability are welcome. Review articles are also encouraged. Submissions employing various quantitative methods or qualitative analyses at the micro-, meso-, and macroeconomic level are also acceptable.
Dr. Luboš Smutka
Dr. Karolina Pawlak
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainability
- agricultural production
- agricultural policy
- food industry
- rural areas
- agri-food markets
- environmental policy
- international trade and policy
- food security
- socio-economic problems of rural areas
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