Two graduate students of our NTU TAIWAN team were presenting some of the SUSFANS research results. „Capacity building and quantitative food system analysis“ is the title of the pre-conference workshop 3 of the 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE 2018) in Vancouver. Joel Oporta presented „Life cycle assessment of the production of black soldier fly […]
Consumers play a very imprtant role and stakeholder involvement is crucial. Watch the video.
In recent years, there has been growing interest on the functioning of food supply chains in the face of significant external challenges, such as a growing demand for agricultural production worldwide and price volatility. This report is the first to analyze the functioning of the food supply chain in terms of firm-level mark-up volatility of […]
It is the vision of SUSFANS to contribute to a better understanding of the European food system and to provide tools for policy makers to advance with respect to Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security in Europe. All three dimensions of sustainability – social, environmental and economic – are addressed in the project in a holistic, […]
Fruit and vegetable consumption is below recommended levels and should increase to come closer to a more healthy and sustainable diet in Europe. The aim of the a new SUSFANS deliverable is to identify innovation pathways in the fruit and vegetable chain from a consumer perspective. SUSFANS researcher are showing in their new paper the […]
SUSFANS aims to develop a toolbox that can aid policy-makers in making balanced and encompassing decisions on potential interventions to achieve food and nutrition security in the EU. An essential part of that is the use of scenarios/plausible futures, both quantitative and qualitative, to better understand the possible implications of decisions currently debated.
Providing foresight on the future development of sustainable food and nutrition security (SFNS) in the EU is one of SUSFANS‘ core targets. This concept encompasses sustainable food systems and sustainable and balanced diets. In their new deliverable, SUSFANS researchers presented a first step in the quantitative part of the foresight. Its main objective is to […]
The state of food security and the stability of the food system can be summarized and measured by food price pressure as well as food price volatility. In this way changes in food prices and their volatility can be used as early warning indicators. SUSFANS researchers of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis illustrate […]
The new SUSFANS Project Advisory Board fruitfully engaged with the research team during the project meeting in Paris in November. The Project Advisory Board is challenging the SUSFANS team and supports the scientific dialogue via participation in project workshops and meetings like the annual consortium meeting. It reviews key project deliverables and was created to […]
Vienna – Around 40 persons participated in the the 3rd Workshop of the SUSFANS project at September 28, 2017. In the focus of the meeting, which took place in Vienna, Austria, was the role of livestock and fish for a sustainable food and nutrition security in Europe.