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Title Teaching Sustainable Food Systems Engineering in the times of a Pandemic
ID_Doc 73491
Authors Polanska, ME; Akkermans, S; Bhonsale, S; Cummins, E; Valdramidis, V; Van Impe, JFM
Title Teaching Sustainable Food Systems Engineering in the times of a Pandemic
Year 2022
Published Ifac Papersonline, 55, 7
Abstract Sustainable food systems embrace a range of aspects such as security of the supply of food, health, safety, affordability, quality, a strong food industry in terms of jobs and growth, and environmental sustainability in terms of issues such as climate change, biodiversity, water and soil quality. In recent years, quantitative modelling and engineering tools are being developed to better cope with these challenges at the level of all stakeholders involved, including industry, government and regulatory agencies. For example, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and related concepts (such as carbon or water footprints) are being exploited within a multi-objective food chain optimization framework. A well-balanced pan-European MSc programme "Sustainable Food Systems Engineering, Technology and Business" (FOOD4S 'foodforce') 2020-2026 (2029), with a specific integrated and international outlook, fills an increasing need in the transfer of knowledge, experience and standards to developing countries in particular, while contributing to the necessary transformation towards social, environmental, and economic sustainability in food systems. The purpose of this paper is to address the nature of the challenges facing agriculture and food systems, to provide knowledge about the threats and to indicate possibilities of knowledge transfer by education and research. Copyright (C) 2022 The Authors.
PDF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.07.527

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