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Vision: Holistic Sustainability
This chapter presents a novel view of sustainability, understood as a holistic and dynamic process linking social and natural systems—more precisely...
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Incumbents’ Capabilities for Sustainability-Oriented Innovation in the Norwegian Food Sector—an Integrated Framework
The urgency of sustainability transition requires large incumbents in the food industry to implement sustainability-oriented innovation (SOI)....
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Agencing an innovative territorial trade scheme between crop and livestock farming: the contributions of the sociology of market agencements to alternative agri-food network analysis
The aim of this article is to show the relevance of the sociology of market agencements (an off shoot of actor–network theory) for studying the...
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Scope for Circular Economy Model in Urban Agri-Food Value Chains
In this chapter, we discuss why in food waste and loss and energy debate community-led initiatives and alternative economies deserve to be looked at...
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Introduction to Business Models for Sustainability Transitions
The persistent problems confronting contemporary modern societies necessitate a sustainability transition through radical transformation and new...
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Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions
My research group is involved in collaborations with the dynamic ‘Amsterdam Metropolitan Region (MRA)’ and ‘Rotterdam-The Hague Metropolitan Region...
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A Transition Towards a Circular Food Economy in Ghana: An Institutional and Policy Analysis
Food economic systems in sub-Saharan African countries offer three choices; take, produce, and discard. In Ghana, a significant proportion of all...
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Voluntary Sustainability Standards
Growing social and ecological criticism of industrial agriculture in the early 2000s led to the increasingly frequent use of voluntary certification...
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Learning ecology of IPM/FFS: the impacts of sustainability and health of agroecosystem
Farmer field school (FFS)/integrated pest management (IPM) functions as a facilitative mesosystem in Agricultural Innovation Ecosystems, spanning...
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Sustainability transitions in the context of pandemic: an introduction to the focused issue on social innovation and systemic impact
For society to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, the agri-food industry needs a substantial sustainability transition toward food systems...
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Producer organizations as transition intermediaries? Insights from organic and conventional vegetable systems in Uruguay
Increased pressures on agri-food systems have indicated the importance of intermediaries to facilitate sustainability transitions. While producer...
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Supply chain management strategies, types and tactics for circular economy transitions
Circular economy has gained attention in literature. Its enormous complexity and comprehensiveness branch from several disciplines, demanding...
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Assessing the current landscape of AI and sustainability literature: identifying key trends, addressing gaps and challenges
The United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals stress the importance of global and local efforts to address inequalities and implement...
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The human being at the heart of agroecological transitions: insights from cognitive map** of actors’ vision of change in Roquefort area
Agroecological transitions aim at develo** sustainable farming and food systems, adapted to local contexts. Such transitions require the engagement...
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Contributions of artificial intelligence for circular economy transition leading toward sustainability: an explorative study in agriculture and food industries of Pakistan
Circular economy (CE) regenerates nature by introducing circularity in economic systems. It tackles various global challenges of sustainability,...
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Sustainability after COVID-19: pillars for a just transition
The vulnerability of the global economy has been starkly exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Longer term thinking and new approaches to development and...
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Research strategies to catalyze agroecological transitions in low- and middle-income countries
Governments are updating national strategies to meet global goals on biodiversity, climate change and food systems proposed in the Convention on...
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Identifying and ranking key technological capabilities in supply chain sustainability using ISM approach: case of food industry in Iran
The food industry is one of the strategic industries in develo** countries, such as Iran and plays a critical role in the economy, food security,...
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The roles and dynamics of transition intermediaries in enabling sustainable public food procurement: insights from Spain
Sustainable Public Food Procurement (SPFP) is gaining recognition for its potential to improve the sustainability of food systems and promote...
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The Italian Agrifood Supply Chain Sustainability Through Technological Heritage Redesign and New Relationships
In the current economic contexts, profound changes are witnessed in the agrifood supply chains structuring processes at an international level. The...