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The Future of Food and Feed Based on Agriculture 5.0: Latest Advances and Prospects

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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Food".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 6124

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Dr. Olivera Đuragić

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Institute of Food Technology in Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Interests: feed technology

Dr. Marija Milašinović Seremesic

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Institute of Food Technology, Research Center for Feed Technology and Quality, University of Novi Sad, 21102 Novi Sad, Serbia
Interests: feed; maize; in vitro digestibility; raw materials

Dr. Ivana Čabarkapa

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Institute of Food Technology in Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
Interests: food; feed; safety; quality

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Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, the information available in agriculture can contribute to making cost-effective solutions only when managed efficiently. Improving data management can influence smart agriculture to grow very fast as data have become a key element in modern agriculture. This helps food chain producers to make critical decisions. Benefits arise through objective information obtained by sensors to increase productivity and sustainability. Agriculture based on the management of accurate data results in increased efficiency by reducing resource misuse and environmental pollution. In this way, the foundations are laid for the sustainable agriculture of the future. To improve this situation, everyone in the food chain can make optimized decisions to save money, while protecting the environment and changing the way food will be produced so that the process is sustainable and in line with the growing population on the planet. This new agriculture aims to do as much as possible with as little as possible because a sustainable increase in food production and care for the environment will be crucial in the coming years. Advanced sensor technologies in agriculture can help meet the challenge, and provide detailed information on soil quality, crop status, and environmental conditions that enable the precise application of phytosanitary measures, resulting in a reduced use of herbicides and pesticides, improved water efficiency, and increased crop yield and quality. As a result of all these measures, animal feed and food can also be produced sustainably and efficiently and in line with the challenges facing producers. It is equally important to take care of animal feed, animal husbandry, and products of animal origin, as well as their impact on the environment. Although livestock production requires more resources than plant production, there are situations in which livestock production can also be sustainable. Animal nutrition is a component of livestock production that is a source of income for approximately one billion people. In this regard, it is necessary to better understand the role of animal feed as an important component of a sustainable global food system and develop strategies to connect all sectors in the chain.

At this time, we urgently need interdisciplinary and applied research as well as a link between food and agricultural systems. All this must be achieved through cultural, economic, and political influence to ensure that we produce and distribute food in a more economical and environmentally efficient way than is currently practiced.

In this regard, this Special Issue is expected to address the following topics:

Data management and smart agriculture;
Contemporary achievements in agriculture and food and feed production;
Link between food and agricultural systems;
Influence of agriculture 5.0 on sustainable food and feed production;
Social, economical and environmental impact on the whole food chain;
The role of new technologies in enabling and fostering production.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Olivera Đuragić
Dr. Marija Milašinović Seremesic
Dr. Ivana Čabarkapa
Guest Editors

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Keywords

agriculture 5.0
food
feed
sustainable production
information

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Consumer Attitudes and Preferences towards Traditional Food Products in Vojvodina

by Tatjana Peulić, Aleksandar Marić, Nikola Maravić, Aleksandra Novaković, Bojana Kalenjuk Pivarski, Ivana Čabarkapa, Jasmina Lazarević, Stefan Šmugović and Predrag Ikonić

Sustainability 2023, 15(16), 12420; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151612420 - 16 Aug 2023

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The objective of this study was to identify consumers’ attitudes about the consumption and certification of traditional food products, special characteristics to which they pay attention when buying food products, and their opinions regarding what traditional food products are to them. The research was based on an online questionnaire conducted on a sample of 540 respondents in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The results showed that 98.3% of the respondents consume traditional food products in their households, 95.2% of the consumers decide to buy food products based on their quality, and 68.2% of the consumers believe that certain types of certification can improve product placement on the market. The specific characteristics that consumers mostly prioritize when buying food products are products with no added sugar (41.2%), traditional production processes (38.8%), GMO-free products (36.9%), organic products (36.4%), and additive-free products (34.9%). The results of this research indicate that consumers primarily perceive traditional food products as items produced using traditional methods (72.8%), characterized by the absence of additives (53.2%), specific to a certain geographic area (49.9%), sourced from small farms or facilities (49.5%), and products with long production tradition (49%). Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Future of Food and Feed Based on Agriculture 5.0: Latest Advances and Prospects)

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Economical Productivity of Maize Genotypes under Different Herbicides Application in Two Contrasting Climatic Conditions

by Dragan Božović, Dragana Popović, Vera Popović, Tomislav Živanović, Nataša Ljubičić, Milivoje Ćosić, Anđela Spahić, Divna Simić and Vladimir Filipović

Sustainability 2022, 14(9), 5629; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14095629 - 6 May 2022

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Maize ranks first among worldwide production and an important source of human and animal feed. Its production can be affected by management practices and climatic conditions. The objective of this study was to estimate stability of yield and hundred grains weight of six maize genotypes during two growing seasons at two locations, subjected to four different treatments: T₁ treatment—without herbicide, Control; T₂ treatment—active substance Nicosulfuron and Motivell commercial preparation; T₃ treatment—active substance Rimsulfuron and Tarot; and, T₄ treatment—active substance Forasulfuron and Equip. Additive main effects and multiplicative interaction—AMMI model and genotype × environment interaction—GGE biplot were used to estimate GEI—genotype by environment interaction. The results showed that the influence of genotype (G), year (Y), locality (L), treatment (T) and all interaction on hundred grains weight were significant. The share of genotypes in the total phenotypic variance was 64.70%, while the share in total interaction was 26.88%. The share of IPCA1 in terms of G × T interaction was 50.6%, while share of IPCA2 was 44.74%, which comprised together 94.80% of interaction. The first IPCA1 axis showed high share in the total interaction, which indicates out significance of genotype in total variation and interaction, while high level of IPCA2 indicates a significant treatment effect. Genotype L-6 had the same mass of 100 grains (37.96 g) during both years of testing, while genotype L-1, with 4.46 g, had the largest difference between years. This clearly indicates the influence of genotype but also stress under the influence of sulfonylureas and environmental factors. The maize genotype with the highest values of hundred grains weight, L-5 and L-6, expressed the highest values of grain yield (4665 kg ha⁻¹ and 4445 kg ha⁻¹). Full article

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Former Foodstuff Products (FFPs) as Circular Feed: Types of Packaging Remnants and Methods for Their Detection

by Alice Luciano, Sharon Mazzoleni, Matteo Ottoboni, Marco Tretola, Rosalba Calvini, Alessandro Ulrici, Michele Manoni, Cristian E. M. Bernardi and Luciano Pinotti

Sustainability 2022, 14(21), 13911; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142113911 - 26 Oct 2022

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Alternative feed ingredients in farm animal diets are a sustainable option from several perspectives. Former food products (FFPs) provide an interesting case study, as they represent a way of converting food industry losses into ingredients for the feed industry. A key concern regarding FFPs is the possible packaging residues that can become part of the product, leading to potential contamination of the feed. Although the level of contamination has been reported as negligible, to ensure a good risk evaluation and assessment of the presence of packaging remnants in FFPs, several techniques have been proposed or are currently being studied, of which the main ones are summarized in this review. Accordingly visual inspections, computer vision (CV), multivariate image analysis (MIA), and electric nose (e-nose) are discussed. All the proposed methods work mainly by providing qualitative results, while further research is needed to quantify FFP-derived packaging remnants in feed and to evaluate feed safety as required by the food industries. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Future of Food and Feed Based on Agriculture 5.0: Latest Advances and Prospects)

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