Special Issue "Climate Changes and Global Warming—the Future of Foods"
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Security and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 August 2021.
Special Issue Editors

Interests: food science and technology; phytochemistry; bioactive compounds; health-promoters, functional ingredients; natural foods; healthy foods; energy metabolism (obesity and diabetes); human nutrition; wellbeing
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Interests: aquaporins; plant adaptation to climate change; water absorption and transport in plants; proteomics and genomics of aquaporins; nanotechnology of proteins; biomolecules of industrial use
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2. Associated Unit of R&D and Innovation CEBAS-CSIC+UPCT on “Quality and Risk Assessment of Foods”, CEBAS-CSIC, Campus Espinardo - 25, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
Interests: food science and technology; phytochemistry; bioactive compounds; health promoters; functional ingredients, beverages and foods; natural and minimally processed foods; healthy foods; energy metabolism (obesity, diabetes); chronic inflammation; human nutrition; wellbeing
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Interests: food safety; microbial predictive modelling
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2. Associated Unit of R&D and Innovation CEBAS-CSIC+UPCT on “Quality and Risk Assessment of Foods”, CEBAS-CSIC, Campus Espinardo - 25, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
3. Instituto de Biotecnología Vegetal, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Regional “Campus Mare Nostrum”, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain
Interests: food microbiology; thermal hygienization; natural antimicrobials; processing technologies; predictive microbiology; food risk assessment; shelf life and food safety
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Billions of people around the world are poorly nourished, millions of farmers must live at a subsistence level, enormous amounts of food go to waste, and poor farming practices are endangering agroecosystems, especially when growing for quantity rather than quality, when it comes to agriculture and food systems. The rising rates of non-communicable diseases (obesity, diabetes), and the persistence of hunger in many parts of the world are also a dramatic part of the problem. The future of agriculture in this changing climate and global warming trend will have severe impacts on water supply, soil quality, and the future of food production. The achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals will require the adaptation of food systems to be more inclusive, sustainable, efficient, and nourishing. This situation calls for advances and critical discussions and investigations on interconnected areas of research, development, and innovation, when it comes to the security or the insecurity of foods for the future. Potential topics include:
- Food chain—efficiency, supply chain and transport, environmental footprint;
- SDG O2—zero hunger; climate change; water; sustainable development;
- Food technology and innovation—food and beverage;
- Chemical and material industries;
- Biotechnology;
- Nutrition and health.
Dr. Diego A. Moreno
Prof. Dr. Micaela Carvajal-Alcaráz
Prof. Cristina García-Viguera
Prof. Dr. Pablo S. Fernández-Escamez
Prof. Dr. Paula Mª Periago-Bayonas
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- food for the future
- bioactive compounds
- agriculture and environment
- food safety and security
- food technology and innovation
- nutrition and health
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
1. Mª Carmen Martínez-Ballesta1, Micaela Carvajal, etc. Halophytes of the Mediterranean basin – underutilized species with potential for nutritious crops in the scenario of the Climate Change. 1) UPCT; 2) CEBAS
2. Villacrés Elena, Quelal María Belén, Samaniego Iván. The valorization of Quinoa leaves to promote the resilience in the agri-food systems. INIAP, Quito, Ecuador
3. María Dolores López, Mª Trinidad Toro, Mª Eugenia Romero, Guillermo Pascual and Mauricio Schoebitz. New Perspective in Sustainable production of Chilean native fruits. UDEC, Concepción, Chile.