Food Security and Sustainability
A section of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158).
Section Information
This section encompasses all aspects of food security and sustainability.
When addressing global food security issues, one should consider the challenges of globally achieving food security and the obstacles/constraints—physical, biological, economic, and socio-political—that limit food production and obstruct access to healthy diets.
Various methods and models should be proposed to drastically address and resolve these obstacles.
In this section, all dimensions of food security should be covered, from production, stability, physical/economic access, stocks, markets, trade (local to global), and the nutritional value of food. This section covers all sectors of science, sociology, and economics of food production, agricultural development, access to food, quality, safety, and nutrition.
Food sustainability covers all areas of food waste, food recovery, and climate change. Food waste management might include case studies of the life cycle assessment and issues with the circular economy. Studies may also address issues of ISO14040, ISO14044, ISO14045, and food waste treatment methodologies. Such methodologies might include membrane technologies, anaerobic digestion, landfilling, or incineration.
A more sustainable production and consumption is presently required, as is incorporating a waste-to-energy process guideline in the waste hierarchy to aid in the implementation of a circular economy.
Moreover, recovery for high value byproducts from food waste should be included in any proposed study.
Innovative work will be considered if it meets the requirements listed above and features keywords, as noted below.
Keywords
- Food security
- Natural constraints to satisfying global food needs
- The sociological contexts of food production, access, quality, and consumption
- Nutrition, food quality, and food safety
- Socio-political factors that affect the ability to satisfy global food needs
- Research policies for effective food security
- Food sustainability
- Food recovery
- Recovery of high value byproducts
- Food waste
- Valorization
- ISO 14045
- ISO 14040 and 14044 guidelines
- Life cycle assessment
- Circular economy
- Natural products
- Phytochemical analysis
- Polyphenols
- Membrane technologies
- Climate change
- (Bio) analytical chemistry
- Anaerobic digestion
- Landfilling
- Incineration
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Valorization and Utilization of Plant-Based Food Wastes and By-Products: Recent Trends, Technologies and Sustainability Challenges (Deadline: 28 October 2024)
- Sustainable Management of Food Loss and Waste: Current Status and Prospects (Deadline: 10 November 2024)
- Sustainable Food Processing and Preservation Methods: Research Advances and Applications (Deadline: 15 November 2024)
- Optimization in Sustainable Food Processing to Improve Efficiency and Quality (Deadline: 29 November 2024)
- Food Security and Structural Transformation of the Food Industry—Volume II (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Food Policy, Strategy and Safety in the Middle East (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Wild Edible Plants: Ensuring Sustainable Food Security in an Era of Climate Change (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Waste Reduction and Management in Food Security and Food Sustainability (Deadline: 3 December 2024)
- Feature Review on Food Security and Sustainability (Deadline: 5 December 2024)
- AI Applications for Sustainable Fruit and Vegetable Distribution: Strategies for Waste Reduction (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- The Ethnobiology of Wild Foods: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 16 December 2024)
- Food Insecurity: Causes, Consequences and Remedies—Volume II (Deadline: 25 December 2024)
- Recycling of Food Waste for the Production of Valuable Products (Deadline: 25 December 2024)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series in “Food Waste and Byproduct Valorization” (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Edible Insects as a Healthy and Sustainable Strategy to Handle Protein Demand and Food Insecurity (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Consumer Perception and Behaviour regarding Sustainable Agri-Foods Consumption (Deadline: 10 January 2025)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: “Global Food Security and Sustainability” (Deadline: 10 January 2025)
- Sustainable Agriculture for Food and Nutrition Security (Deadline: 15 January 2025)
- From Farm to Fork—Consumer Perceptions of Food Safety and Quality (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- New Insights into Food Consumption and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- The Traditional and Innovative Approaches for Bioactive Compound Extraction from Plant Food Waste and By-Products (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Sustainable Uses and Applications of By-Products of the Food Industry (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Food Waste and By-Products: Bioactive Compounds, Their Extraction, and Possible Utilization (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Value-Added Applications of Bioactive Compounds from By-Products of Food Processing (Deadline: 27 February 2025)
- Exploring Bioactive Compounds in Agrifood Waste: Sustainable Valorisation of Food Residues (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Recent Advances and Opportunities in Sustainable Food Supply Chain (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Innovation in and Optimization of Strategies for the Ethical Food Industry: Production, Packaging, and By-Product Valorization (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Eco-Innovation for Sustainable Agri-Food Supply Chains: Pioneering a Greener Future (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- New Insights into the Development and Advancements of Sustainable Dairy and Meat Products (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Valorization of Agrifood Waste and Byproducts in the Development of New Added-Value Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2026)