Food Supply Chain and Land Management between Climate Neutrality and Circular Economy Goals: New Challenges for Social and Environmental Transition
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land–Climate Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2023) | Viewed by 1937
Special Issue Editor
Interests: food quality system; food sustainability; land management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The current and emerging challenges facing the planet, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, underline the need to build a more resilient, sustainable, and inclusive society. Various communities are working to ensure a healthy, safe, and innovative future for young people and future generations. To this end, several challenges have emerged, including the transition to a climate-neutral economy and the implementation of the circular economy concept as a new socio-economic paradigm, involving different sectors producing goods and services.
In this context, the role of the agri-food chain and the related land management are crucial. Indeed, the transition towards climate neutrality and the circular economy presents challenges related to the definition of new business and agricultural production models, institutional sustainability measures, the introduction of innovative technologies and the sharing of know-how, and a change of approach in consumption and waste management. In short, this transition is necessary to redesign production and consumption patterns, land management, and, where possible, optimize existing systems.
Considering the number and variety of issues and problems that can be highlighted in the food supply chain, this special issue intends to encourage academics, public bodies, and entrepreneurs to submit contributions that analyze approaches to climate neutrality and the circular economy and/or show solutions that can improve operations and processes, reconsider environmental and social criteria, and redesign products, services, and decision-making processes, with a view to better land management.
This special issue therefore welcomes contributions on improving the relationship between man and planet in relation to the food chain and land management. Contributions presenting the current state of knowledge in these research fields are also welcome.
Dr. Alessandro Bonadonna
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- food supply chain
- land management
- climate neutrality
- circular economy
- social and environmental transition
- sustainability
