Sustainable Solutions for Food Loss and Wastes
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable food production; food quality and safety; food processing and preservation technology; nutraceuticals; food for health; novel food products
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Interests: foodomics; food chemistry; food bioactive compounds; valorization of agri-food waste; sustainability; circular economy; chemistry of volatile compounds
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
To achieve a successful, sustainable food system, it is imperative to minimize food loss and food waste. This reduction has certain positive impacts, such as alleviating hunger, providing economic benefits, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and lessening pressure on natural resources. Sustainable solutions for agri-food loss/waste have been categorized along the entire supply chain, from production to consumption. Today, with the wider acceptance of the EU-proposed circular bioeconomy concepts, it is possible to keep resources in use for as long as possible and regenerate natural systems. In addition, creating a zero-waste food system requires a combination of sustainable practices, technological innovations, policy changes, and public engagement. Within this frame, this SI aims to cover various research innovations, directly or indirectly, linked to identifying sustainable solutions for food loss and waste.
In this Special Issue, we encourage all the researchers, innovators, and related stakeholders to submit manuscripts (original research articles and reviews) on some of the identified theme of: farm to fork efficiency, designing of supply chains, secondary markets, upcycling food wastes and byproduct valorization, policy and business models, environmental impacts, regenerative farming, use of artificial intelligence to manage loss and wastes, etc.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Rajeev Bhat
Dr. José Sousa Câmara
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- waste hierarchy
- food recovery
- waste reduction
- valorisation technologies
- circular food systems
- supply chain management
- logistics optimization
- sustainable food systems
- policy and business models
- environmental impacts
- use of AI and consumerism
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