Special Issue "Sustainable Evaluation and Competitiveness in Food Production"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Giuliana Vinci
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Department of Management, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Interests: food quality; certification; LCA, ISO 14000; food sustainability; environmental impacts analysis; life-cycle assessment; life-cycle costing; carbon footprint; food safety
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Dr. Roberto Ruggieri
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Guest Editor
Department of Management, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Interests: technological innovation; customer satisfaction; total quality management typicality of Made in Italy food; new technologies of Industry 4.0; eco-innovation and sustainability
Dr. Mattia Rapa
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Department of Management, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Interests: food sustainability; environmental impacts analysis; life-cycle assessment; life-cycle costing; carbon footprint; food quality; food safety
Dr. Cecilia Silvestri
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University of “Tuscia” of Viterbo, Department of Economics and Management (DEIM), Via del Paradiso, 47, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Interests: quality of goods, products and services; developing studies and research on the quality according to the approaches of “Total Quality Management” and standards “ISO 9000”; relationship between quality and consumers, with particular reference to satisfaction and loyalty; quality, innovation, and technology transfer, with particular attention to the role of technological innovation for sustainability; circular economy and sustainability
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to invite you to participate in this Special Issue of Sustainability titled “Sustainable Evaluation and Competitiveness in  Food Production”. The agri-food sector is one of the most impactful worldwide. For this reason, it is necessary that the entire agri-food supply chain begins to be more sustainable throughout the entire production process (from raw material procurement to waste management). There are many tools to assess the sustainability of processes and products. Although the impacts associated with food production can also be assessed using spatial methods or methods based on point of production, life-cycle assessment (LCA) and the tools deriving from it (e.g., life-cycle costing, carbon footprint, water footprint) are widely used to evaluate the sustainability and competitiveness of food production. This Special Issue focuses on reviews, research papers, communications, and short notes regarding all aspects of sustainable food production. The sustainable use and extraction of raw materials, new food production processes, the technical and technological innovation of production processes, Industry 4.0, sustainable packaging, new materials and bio-materials for packaging, waste recovery and valorization, the use of by-products as raw materials for other processes, energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, and the sustainability of food distribution (digital transformation, block chain) are all examples of topics that may be included in this Special Issue. However, papers on other aspects of the sustainability and competitiveness of food production are also welcome.

Prof. Dr. Giuliana Vinci
Dr. Roberto Ruggieri
Dr. Mattia Rapa
Dr. Cecilia Silvestri
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • Food sustainability
  • Food production
  • Sustainability evaluation in food production
  • Competitiveness in food production
  • Life-cycle assessment (LCA)
  • Life-cycle costing (LCC)
  • Carbon footprint
  • Water footprint
  • Social life-cycle assessment (S-LCA)
  • Social organization life-cycle assessment (SO-LCA)

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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