Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in the Food Industry—Insights from Product Carbon and Water Footprints

Water–Energy–Food Nexus and Life Cycle Thinking: A New Approach to Environmental and Nutritional Assessment of Potato Chips

The water–energy–food (WEF) nexus has become a key concept to promote the cross-sectoral coordination toward sustainable development. In particular, understanding the interdependences of these pillars, as well as addressing a life cycle perspective, is essential when evaluating food production systems. This study explores the environmental impacts and nutritional quality of potato chips, addressing life cycle thinking and a WEF nexus approach. For this purpose, the combined application of life cycle assessment (LCA) and the Nutrient-Rich Food 9.3 (NRF9.3) index was considered to identify the main environmental hotspots and advanced opportunities. The results indicated a major contribution of the cultivation stage on water use, whereas the processing accounted for most of the impacts in energy-related indicators and eutrophication potentials. Improvement opportunities reside in the joint application of drip irrigation, allowing to achieve important water savings, as well as the use of natural gas or pellets instead of diesel, which constitute cleaner energy sources. On the other hand, a poor nutritional density of potato chips became evident from the quantification of the NRF9.3, which can be significantly improved if potatoes undergo a roasted process instead of frying.

Acceptance of sustainability standards by farmers - empirical evidence from Germany

We use a discrete choice experiment to investigate the willingness-to-accept a sustainability standard by German farmers. We also evaluate how attributes in standard design increase acceptance. The estimation of a latent class logit model results in two groups of farmers differentiated with respect to attitude, risk perception, age, education and previous participation in agri-environmental schemes (AES). However, all respondents prefer to use the EU's Integrated Administration and Control System based data and a standard linked to AES. These findings suggest valuable insights for the design or revision of sustainability standards as part of the implementation of the European CAP in line with the European Union's CAP proposal for 2021-2027.

Sustainability Management of Organic Food Organizations: A Case Study of Azerbaijan

Potentially, sustainable development can lead to the global alignment of goals and values, such as social justice and environmental balance. This study examines the supplier sustainability management programs that exist in the food industry and combine economic, environmental, and social priorities using sustainability theory. The study aims to identify sustainability priorities and develops recommendations for Azerbaijani agrifood policy in order to ensure the dynamic sustainable development of the national food industry and economy. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) model and the priority theory enabled the identification of global priorities in relation to Ganja Agribusiness Association (GABA). These priorities include climatic conditions issues, certification standards and labels, possibility of acquiring land in private ownership, price of land, and qualification characteristics of the workforce.