Circular Economy in Food Supply Chain
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 769
Special Issue Editors
Interests: circular economy; life cycle assessment
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Interests: life cycle assessment (LCA) of agro-ecosystems; rice postharvest technology
Interests: sustainable rural development; program assessment; green energy
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2. Department of Food technology, Safety and Health, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
Interests: post-harvest technology; food microbiology; non-destructive food evaluation methods
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The circular economy concept is receiving growing attention as an alternative to the current linear economy “take, make, waste” concept. The circular economy conceives of a system with a minimum loss of resources in the production system through the reuse, recycling and recovery of materials and energy. Moving toward a circular food system is highly important, due to the huge greenhouse gas emissions, water and energy footprints of the food supply chain. In this regard, measuring the circularity of the food production systems is the first step in the process of moving towards a circular food production system.
Given the importance and relevance of this Special Issue, we invite researchers to contribute original research articles as well as review articles. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Measuring circularity in food supply chain
- Life cycle assessment of food production
- Sustainable food systems
- Food waste valorization
- Circular future food
Dr. Amin Nikkhah
Prof. Dr. Saeed Firouzi
Dr. Mohammad Sadegh Allahyari
Prof. Dr. Sam Van Haute
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- food waste
- global warming
- life cycle assessment
- sustainable food
