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Climate Change and Sustainable Food Production

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 March 2024) | Viewed by 13114

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Prof. Dr. Grzegorz Zaguła

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Department of Bioenergetics, Food Analysis and Microbiology, Institute of Food Technology and Nutrition, College of Life Sciences, University of Rzeszow, 2D Ćwiklińskiej Street, 35-601 Rzeszow, Poland
Interests: functional beverages; sports drinks; hydration; dehydration; CHO-enriched beverages; lipid-enriched beverages; protein-enriched beverages; osmolality; athletes; performance; recovery
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to announce a new Special Issue, “Climate Change and Sustainable Food Production”, of the journal Sustainability.

Climate change, both directly and indirectly from human activity, threatens the achievement of all sustainable development goals. Climate change has a significant impact on health across the globe. It has directly led to a progressive rise in temperatures, heat waves, storms, forest fires, floods, and droughts. The indirect influence is being exerted through the effects of climate change on ecosystems and productive sectors such as agriculture, distribution of species of plants and animals, and the quantity and quality of water and food. Some effects of climate change such as migration, disputes on natural resources, and political instability are also changing the related economic, environmental, and social determinants of health. Climate change is currently contributing to the global burden of disease. Effects observed around the world include changes in infectious and non-communicable disease rates caused by changes in temperature, extreme weather events, and changes in the distribution of plant and animal species, air quality, and food. The length, frequency, and intensity of these effects are predicted to increase as climate change intensifies.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to describe changes in the climate and their effects on plants and animals and on world food production. Of particular interest is the changing rainfall waves, flooding of land areas, the increase in average temperatures, the increase in the frequency of extreme weather phenomena, the appearance of new plant and animal species in areas that have not existed before, the problems of food production, and the impact of climate change on food production.

Prof. Grzegorz Zaguła
Guest Editor

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Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • climate change
  • sustainable food production
  • the impact of climate change on food production

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Groundwater Pollution Impact on Food Security
by Abdul Munaf Mohamed Irfeey, Mohamed M. M. Najim, Bader Alhafi Alotaibi and Abou Traore
Sustainability 2023, 15(5), 4202; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054202 - 26 Feb 2023
Cited by 4 | Viewed by 2934
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Global food security challenges have been burdened by a rapidly expanding population and its attendant food demands. Safer and higher-quality agriculture is one of the most essential solutions for addressing the growing problem. In agriculture that is safer, the quality of irrigation from [...] Read more.
Global food security challenges have been burdened by a rapidly expanding population and its attendant food demands. Safer and higher-quality agriculture is one of the most essential solutions for addressing the growing problem. In agriculture that is safer, the quality of irrigation from a safer water source will boost food security. Groundwater is one of the most widely utilized water sources for agriculture. Safeguarding groundwater against contamination and preserving water resources is a rising global concern. Herein, previous literature studies were analyzed to determine the groundwater potential for food production of the various continents around the globe, as well as the various types of groundwater contamination, the sources of groundwater contamination, and the best methods for combating groundwater contamination in order to guarantee safe irrigation for agriculture and thus achieve food security. Consequently, the natural and anthropogenic activities that degrade the quality of the groundwater and transform it into contaminated water from harmful organisms, residues of organic and inorganic soluble and non-soluble salts of the groundwater from chemical, leachate from landfills, sewage systems, and biological contamination, are the major issues in safer agriculture, causing a number of problems in the growth of agricultural crops and leading to a negative impact on food production as well as on the health of the population. Proper identification of different sources of contamination and proper methods to prevent contamination from reaching groundwater, as well as governmental and institutional frameworks to combat contamination and treatment methods to treat contaminated groundwater, will contribute to the future achievement of food security by ensuring a safer irrigation method and agriculture. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Climate Change and Sustainable Food Production)
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Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of a Novel Cultivated Meat Burger Patty in the United States
by Sunghoon Kim, Adam Beier, H. Brett Schreyer and Bhavik R. Bakshi
Sustainability 2022, 14(23), 16133; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142316133 - 02 Dec 2022
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The meat industry has a substantial negative impact on the environment. As a result, this industry is in a period of change to alternative meat to mitigate the environmental issues caused by conventional meat production. Cultivated meat is highlighted as an alternative to [...] Read more.
The meat industry has a substantial negative impact on the environment. As a result, this industry is in a period of change to alternative meat to mitigate the environmental issues caused by conventional meat production. Cultivated meat is highlighted as an alternative to conventional meat-based diets. SCiFi Foods has developed such a novel cultivated meat burger as a potential successor to the currently available burgers. Based on the process information provided by SCiFi Foods, this work performed a life cycle analysis on the novel cultivated meat burger and compared it with alternatives. The life cycle impacts of the novel burger were evaluated using four indicators: greenhouse gas emissions (CML-IA); energy use (cumulative energy demand); land use (ReCiPe midpoint); and water use (ReCiPe midpoint). The study found that the cultivated meat burger generated 87% less greenhouse gas emissions, required 39% less energy, had 90% less influence on land use, and 96% less water use than the comparable beef patty. The effects of uncertainty in the data, sensitivity to major assumptions, and the effect of the manufacturing plant location were analyzed. The studied burger was also found to have a life cycle environmental impact that is comparable with plant-based commercialized burgers that are currently available. Full article
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