Research Catalog

Title

Envisioning a future without food waste and food poverty : societal challenges / edited by: Leire Escajedo San-Epifanio, Mertxe De Renobales Scheifler.

Publication

Wageningen, the Netherlands : Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2015.

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Additional Authors

• Escajedo San Epifanio, Leire
• Renobales Scheifler, Mertxe de

Description

350 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Food security
• Food waste
• Food supply
• Welternährung
• Ernährungssicherung
• Lebensmittelabfall
• Verschwendung

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Foreword / Leire Escajedo San-Epifanio and Mertxe de Renobales Scheifler -- Part 1. Challenging the governace of food systems -- 1. Food loss and waste : some short- and medium-term proposals for the European Union / L. González Vaqué -- 2. Edible but unmarketable food : some legal problems to be solved on food waste / A. Arroyo Aparicio -- 3. Reducing obesity, food poverty and future health costs in Ireland -- a proposal for health-related taxation / C. Loughnane and M. Murphy -- 4. Food laws and labelling as a contributor to food waste / E. Lissel -- Part 2. Critical reflections on food waste -- 5. Values in the trash : ethical aspects of food waste / M. Gjerris and S. Gaiani -- 6. Agri-food industries and the challenge of reducing food wastage : an analysis of legal opportunities / M. Alabrese, M. Brunori, S. Rolandi and A. Saba -- 7. From food waste to wealth : valuing excess food in France and the USA / M. Mourad -- 8. Surplus food redistribution for social purposes : analysis of critical success factors / S. Sert, P. Garrone, M. Melacini and A. Perego -- Part 3. Improving the efficiency of food chains -- 9. Vertical integration contracts in agriculture : fair trade and efficiency of the food chain / A. Albanese -- 10. Improving sustainability of fruit and vegetable processing industry by sub-product transformation / T. Dietrich, J. Wildner, F. D'urso, R. Virto, C. Valazquez, C. Sacramento Santos Pais, B. Sommer Ferreira, A. Carolas, L. Prado-Barragan, M.P. de Castro and S. Verstichel -- 11. Food waste in Kenya : uncovering food waste in the horticultural export supply chain / E. Colbert -- 12. Traditional knowledge and sustainable agriculture : the strategy to cope with climate change / V. Sandhya, G.P. Reddy, S.Z. Ali and P. Kumar K.L. -- 13. Use of permethrin coated nets to protect stored grain from pests infestations / M. Anaclerio, M. Pellizzoni, V. Todeschini, M. Trevisan and G. Bertoni -- 14. Rural development plays a central role in food wastage reduction in developing countries / A. Minrardi, V. Tabaglio, A. Ndereyimana, M. Fiorani, C. Ganimede, S. Rossi and G. Bertoni -- 15. The use of web-based technology as an emerging option for food waste reduction / C. Corbo and F. Fraticelli -- 16. Case study of paprika supply chain efficiency in Malawi central region / L. Repar, S. Onakuse, J. Bogue and A. Alfonso -- Part 4. Proposals and strategies which empower consumers -- 17. Get consumers truly informed of their food choices! / A. Corini -- 18. A social perspective on food waste : to what extent consumers are aware of their own food waste / R. Díaz-Ruiz, M. Costa-Font and J.M. Gil -- 19. You have the power to stop wasting food / S. Juul -- 20. Potential of market based instruments and economic incentives in food waste prevention and reduction / L.H. Aramyan, N.I. Valeeva, M. Vittuari, A. Politano, P. Mahon, C. Balazs, K. Ujhelyi, S. Scherhaufer, M. Gheouldus and D. Paschali
• Part 5. Social responsibility of universities : contributing to reduce food waste and food poverty -- 21. New university-society relationships for rational consumption and solidarity : actions from the Food Banks-UPM Chair / I. de los Ríos, A. Cazorla, S. Sastre and C. Cadeddu -- 22. Science and technology serving the human right to food : corporate responsibility of universities in Kenya / J.L. Omukaga -- 23. Improving efficiency of food distribution in the city of Seville : a proposal / H. Barco Cobalea -- 24. Connecting learning processes and strategies towards the reduction of food poverty : a collaborative experience between the University of the Basque Country and social inclusion NGOs / M. Merino Maestre and L. Escajedo San-Epifanio -- 25. Social commitment competence in the University of the Basque Country degree / M. Lledó Sáinz de Rozas and A. Inez-Bartolomé -- Part 6. Sociology and anthropology of food waste and food poverty -- 26. Eating in a time of 'crisis' : new health and dietary contexts in Spain / M. Garcia-Arnaiz -- 27. Food altruism in human beings : facts and factors / E. Rebato -- 28. Whose 'everyday mundane'? The influence of class and privilege in the creation of food waste / T. Soma -- 29. Food and interculturality : a question of freedom and of models of protection / A. Castro Jover -- Part 7. Food banking, food redistribution and social supermarkets -- 30. Food poverty and food charity in the United Kingdom / H. Lambie-Mumford -- 31. The paradox of scarcity in abundance : the contribution of food banks against poverty in Italy / G. Rovati -- 32. Food donation : Leioa catering and hospitality college and Lagun Artean, an example of cooperation / C. Ascorbe Landa -- 33. Reducing food waste through charity : exploring the giving and receiving of redistributed food / E.G. Vlaholias, K. Thompson, D. Every and D. Dawson -- 34. Switching imperfect and ugly products to beautiful opportunities / M. Barba and R. Díaz-Ruiz -- 35. Social supermarkets : a dignifying tool against food insecurity for people at socio-economic risk / M. de Renobales, L. Escajedo San-Epifanio and F. Molina -- 36. New challenges against hungar and poverty : a food bank case study / O. Forcada, S. Sert and V. Soldevila -- Part 8. Food sovereignty and food security -- 37. The growing role of contract farming for food security / A. Rossi -- 38. Organic farming : food security of small holding farmers / S.Z. Ali, G.P. Reddy and V. Sandhya -- 39. Human right to food : some reflections / A. Corini -- 40. The contribution of community food gardens to food sovereignty in Johannesburg, South Africa : a look at localisation and democratisation / B. Kesselman -- 41. Caught in the middle : mapping the actors negotiating food security / C. Godet -- 42. Who are behind the food security initiatives in Nicaragua -- a comparative network analysis across public policy cycle / M. Moncayo Miño and J.L. Yagüe Blanco -- 43. Impact of energy crops on food sovereignty in Ecuador / L. Toledo Pazmiño and A. Velasco Arrranz.

ISBN

• 9086862756
• 9789086862757
• 9789086868209 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

• 919859259
• SCSB-12268005

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library