In the last years, there has been a growing interest in studying the global food system as a complex evolving network …. Much of the literature has been focusing on the way countries are interconnected in the food system through international …-trade linkages, and what consequences this may have in terms of food security and sustainability. Little attention has been instead …

More and better quality private sector investment in food systems will be needed if countries are to achieve their … Sustainable Development Goals. The key challenge addressed in this paper is how investment in food systems can be redirected such … that it is both adequate to drive dynamic food system development and has the quality of promoting inclusive and …

This article, focusing on produce and grain, discusses the environmental and climate change impacts of food production … environmental energy costs in the food supply …

Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. These do not necessarily conflict, but appropriate balance must be ensured …

The role of culture in connection with the development of food and bioeconomy issues has gained growing importance in … in this special issue: cultural ecosystem services, cultural issues in the organisation of food chains, culture and food … characteristics. In a way, the common denominator of these papers is the link between culture, food and territory, taken from …

Our body compulsory demands food, water and air to keep its vital functions and yet their economic nature is rather … diverse with food mostly considered a private good, water suffering an accelerated privatization process and air so far … considered a global common good. Food has evolved from a common good and local resource to a national asset and then to a …

for coping with food production volatility. …

This paper highlights the thinness of rice trade relative to wheat and maize, and the contrasting price volatility and … self-perpetuate its dampening effect on trade does not cause extreme rice price volatility in the region, but the other way … external rice trade? The Association of Southeast Asian Nations Integrated Food Security Program provides a menu of policies …

states that members will support special and differential treatment to accommodate development, including food security. This …

The agricultural and food sector is an ideal case for investigating the political economy of public policies. Many of …