Case Studies on Sustainability in the Food Industry: Dealing With a Rapidly Growing Population

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The world's population continues to grow year after year, putting pressure on all global resources. This book provides examples of how we can deal with all the challenges associated with aspects of population growth in the quest for sustainable development. It presents case studies on different areas of sustainability in the food industry, which includes food production and consumption. The collection of illustrative examples includes cases from agriculture and fisheries, the food refining sector, the supply chain, wholesale and retail channels, and other relevant aspects that enhance our understanding of how sustainability takes place in this global sector. The book will appeal to a wide readership, from practitioners to researchers, teachers and students worldwide. Foreword Preface Sustainability in the Food Industry: An Introduction Acknowledgements Contents About the Editors Securing Planetary Health and Sustainable Food Systems with Global Organic Agriculture: Best Practice from Austria 1 Introduction: The Rationale for Upscaling Sustainable Food Systems 2 The Necessity for a Transition to Organic Agriculture or Other Environmentally Sound Agricultural Practices to Sustain Human... 2.1 Respecting Planetary Boundaries: The Earth System Needs to Be Urgently Navigated Back toward the Safe Operating Space for ... 2.1.1 Planetary Boundaries Concept: Four Boundaries Transgressed (Steffen et al., 2015) 2.1.2 Interactions of Planetary Boundaries-Current State of the Earth System Well Outside Safe Operating Space, Seven Boundari... Box 1. Global Policy Actions toward Sustainable Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems Could Therefore Include: 2.2 The Benefits of Organic Agriculture and Other Agro-Environmental Farming Methods in Search of the Most Promising Strategy ... 2.2.1 Significant Contribution to Attaining the UN SDGs 2.2.2 Organic Agriculture Would Significantly Help to Stay within a Safe Operating Space with Respect to Planetary Boundaries 2.3 The Importance of Preserving Existing Bee Populations for the Ecosystem Earth 2.3.1 Intensive Agriculture and Pesticides Are Important Factors behind Bee Starving 2.3.2 Pesticides Affect the Entire Ecosystem 2.3.3 Excessive Meat Production Is a Major Driver for Unsustainability 2.3.4 Protecting 40% of Land and Sea Territories for Biodiversity by 2030 2.4 The Threats of GMOs 2.5 Linking Sustainable Agricultural Practices to Improving Public Health 2.5.1 Promote Organic Farming to Counter Hunger and Obesity 2.5.2 There Is Growing Evidence that Cancer Is Linked to Pesticides Exposure 2.5.3 COVID-19 Boosts Organic Food Consumption 2.6 Fostering Organic and Sustainable Agricultural Practices As Well As Upscaling Subsistence to Semi-Subsistence Farming in L... 2.7 Sustainable Finance as a Multiplier for Sustainable Food Systems 3 Austria: A Frontrunner in Organic Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems 3.1 Organic Farming in Austria: 100% Organic Cultivation Would Already be Feasible Now 3.1.1 History of Environmentally Friendly and Organic Agriculture 3.1.2 Legal and Institutional Framework 3.1.3 Organic Labels in Austria 3.1.4 Distribution Systems 3.2 Biodynamic Organic Agriculture: Demeter 3.3 Eco-Social Agricultural Policy: The Premise of Austrian Agricultural Policy 3.4 Permaculture/Agro-Ecology: Austrian Pioneer Sepp Holzer (See Holzer, 2013a) 3.5 Specific Projects and Initiatives Aimed at Achieving more Sustainable Food Systems and more Sustainable Production and Con... 3.5.1 UNESCO man & Biosphere Parks (Biosphaerenparks, 2021a) 3.5.2 Bee Protection and Organic Production of Honey in and around Vienna 3.5.3 Donausoja and Europe-Soya: Proteins without GMOs 3.5.4 Electrostatic Fields Promise Higher Yields in Agricultural Production 3.5.5 Reducing Food Waste: Austrian Initiatives 3.5.6 The City of Vienna: The Prototype of an Environmental City-Urban Organic Agriculture and Gardening, Also in Raised Beds ... 3.5.7 Sustainable Procurement Programs ``ÖkoKauf Wien. Think Green: Buy Green,´´ EcoBusiness Vienna & ``Natürlich Gut Teller´´... 3.5.8 Changing to more Sustainable Consumption Patterns and Diets: More Organic in General, Less Meat, More Vegan and Vegetari... 3.5.9 Austrian Superfood: Pumpkinseeds-Oil from Styria and Linseeds 3.5.10 Ecotourism and Organic Agriculture: Pioneer BIO HOTELS Offer Exclusively Organic Food 4 Recommendations and Solutions for International, Regional, and National Policy Approaches Aimed at Achieving Sustainable Foo... References Barriers to Supply Chain Sustainability Innovation Amongst Nigerian Entrepreneurs in the Food and Agriculture Industry 1 Introduction 2 Food Industry and Entrepreneurship 3 Sustainability and Sustainable Development 3.1 Environmental Pillar 3.2 Social Pillar 3.3 Economic Pillar 3.4 The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3.5 Ten Principles of the Global Impact and Supply Chain Sustainability 3.6 Human Rights 3.7 Labour 3.8 Environment 3.9 Anti-corruption 4 Supply Chain Innovation and Barriers 5 Methodology 6 Analysis of Findings 6.1 Demographic Information of SMEs in the Nigerian Food Industry 6.2 Entrepreneur´s Awareness of Sustainability Initiatives 6.3 Barriers to Supply Chain Sustainability Innovation in the Food Industry 6.4 Barriers to Supply Chain Sustainability Innovation in the Agriculture Sector 6.5 Strategies to Overcome Barriers 7 Conclusion 8 Recommendations 8.1 Entrepreneur 8.2 Government 9 Limitation and Area for Further Studies References Sustainable Supply Chains in Bolivia: Between Informality and Political Instability 1 Introduction 2 The Political Context of Bolivia 3 The Economic Context of Bolivia 4 Sustainable Supply Chains in Developing Countries 5 Methodology 6 Results on Firms´ Supply Chain Characteristics 7 Results on Firms´ Strategic Supply Chain Planning 8 Discussion and Conclusions References Why Chicken? Fileni (Italy): Between Taste, Circular Economy and Attention to the Territory 1 Introduction 2 Theoretical Background 3 Material and Methods 3.1 Case Study Background 3.2 Methodology 3.3 Fileni´s World: ``Italian family agrifood companies, organic and sustainable´´ 3.4 The Organic Choice: A Journey Towards Sustainability 4 Discussion 5 Conclusion References Development and Planning of the Strategy against Food Waste in the Spanish Region of Cantabria 1 Introduction 2 Background 2.1 Procedure for the Elaboration of a Global Strategy 3 A Transversal Strategy against Food Waste 3.1 Proposal 1. Promotion of the Use of Food Surpluses Through the Creation of a Label 3.2 Proposal 2. Promotion of the Knowledge of Direct Distribution Channels Through the Dissemination of Information and the Or... 3.3 Proposal 3. Creation of a Food Distribution Network 3.4 Proposal 4. Supply and Recycling Standards for Hospitality/Foodservice 3.5 Proposal 5. Analysis and Adjustment of Portions (Foodservice, Schools, and Consumers) 3.6 Proposal 6. Workshops and Awareness Campaigns against Food Waste that Include Sector Recommendations (Benchmarking) 3.7 Proposal 7. CO2/Euro Equivalences of Food Waste at Home 3.8 Proposal 8. Map/Route against Food Waste 4 Publication of the Strategy in the Official Bulletin of Cantabria 5 Discussion References Food Security in South Africa: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic on Creating Sustainable Value Chains Through Corporate Socia... 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 3 Food Security and Food Sovereignty 3.1 Challenges to Food Security and Food Sovereignty in South Africa 3.2 Food Insecurity in South Africa during the COVID-19 Global Pandemic 3.3 Efforts to Prevent Insecurity During the Pandemic 3.4 Statistical History of Food Insecurity in South Africa 3.5 The Constitution and the Right to Food 3.6 Government Initiatives to Address Food Security in South Africa 4 CSR in South Africa 4.1 CSR Explained 4.2 An Overview of the Legal and Regulatory Framework for CSR 4.2.1 The Johannesburg Stock Exchange´s Socially Responsible Investment Index 4.2.2 The King Codes on Corporate Governance 4.2.3 The Companies Act 71 of 2008 5 Re-envisioning the Food Production System Through CSR: Opportunities and Limitations 6 The Way Forward 7 Conclusion References Reducing Negative Environmental Impacts in Conventional Agriculture, but Not the Amount of Harvest: A Multi-stakeholder Joint ... 1 Introduction 2 Conceptional Foundations 2.1 Intersectoral Partnerships 2.2 Sustainable Supply Chain Management 2.3 Agroecology 3 The Role of Citrus Production in Spain 4 Development of a Joint Project Framework within an Intersectoral Partnership 4.1 Project Background 4.2 Participatory-Driven Project Design and Agroecology Principles 4.3 Project Aims and Results So Far 5 Conclusion References Challenges in Malaysian´s Sustainability Efforts: The Role of Traceability in the Food Industry 1 Introduction 2 Defining `Sustainable´ Food System 3 Importance of Sustainable Food 4 Drivers of Sustainability 5 Food Sustainability in Malaysia 6 Methodology 7 The Situation with Malaysians 7.1 Food Waste 7.2 Palm Oil 7.3 Halal 8 Discussions 8.1 Food Waste 8.2 Palm Oil 8.3 Halal 8.4 Blockchain Technology to the Rescue? 8.5 Food Security and Sustainability 9 Conclusion References Food Waste in Romania from an Individual and a National Perspective 1 Introduction 2 Food Waste in European Union 3 Methodology 4 Analysis of Individuals´ Perspective on Food Waste in Romania 5 Qualitative Analysis on the Perspective of Public Authorities, NGOs, and Private Sector 6 Analysis of Food Retailers´ Initiatives on Food Waste Combat 6.1 Lidl Romania 6.2 Kaufland Romania 6.3 Carrefour Romania 7 Conclusion References Websites Sustainable Food Production in Serbia, an Exploration of Discourse/Practice in Early 2020s 1 From Gallant Peasantry to ``Belgradised´´ Society 2 Thematic Explorations and Purposive Sampling 3 Regulation Versus Implementation 4 Market Farces, Global Factors 5 Business, Culture and Business Culture 6 GMOs, Industry, Ethics and Ideology 7 Political Economy and the Weight of History 8 Is Future Cyclical: Fact and Metaphor References Sustainability Challenges and the Way Forward in the Tea Industry: The Case of Sri Lanka 1 Introduction 2 The Tea Industry in Sri Lanka 2.1 Tea Production and Sales in Sri Lanka 2.2 Significance of the Tea Industry in Sri Lanka 3 Sustainability Challenges in the Tea Industry in Sri Lanka 4 Sustainability Strategies Adopted by the Sri Lankan Tea Industry 4.1 Strategies to Address the Increasing Costs of Production 4.2 Strategies to Address the Declining Land and Worker Productivity of Tea Estates 4.2.1 Initiatives to Improve Land Productivity 4.2.2 Initiatives to Improve Labour Productivity 4.3 Strategies to Address the Fluctuations in World Tea Market Prices 4.4 Strategies to Address Unfair Sharing of Benefits along the Value/Supply Chain 4.5 Strategies to Address the Ban of Glyphosate 4.6 Strategies to Address Climate Change Impacts 4.7 Strategies to Address the Loss of Biodiversity 4.8 Strategies to Address Worker´s Income Levels 4.9 Strategies to Address Residue Levels in Tea 4.10 Strategies to Improve the Low Standard of Living of Industry Workers 5 Conclusions and Way Forward References Index