Sustainable Production and Consumption
Quantifying the sustainability of the agriculture, livestock, and agri-food industry under a homogeneous criterion is essential to strategize the implementation of sustainable development in the agri-food sector and increase the commitment of stakeholders using aids to reduce the socio-economic im...
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| author | Castillo Díaz, Francisco José Belmonte Ureña, Luis Jesús López-Serrano, María J. Camacho-Ferre, Francisco |
| author_facet | Castillo Díaz, Francisco José Belmonte Ureña, Luis Jesús López-Serrano, María J. Camacho-Ferre, Francisco |
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| description | Quantifying the sustainability of the agriculture, livestock, and agri-food industry under a homogeneous criterion
is essential to strategize the implementation of sustainable development in the agri-food sector and increase the
commitment of stakeholders using aids to reduce the socio-economic impact of the expansion of sustainability. In
order to homogenize the quantification methodology in the European context, a composite indicator was
developed from a system of indices of the European agri-food system. Results unveiled a moderate level of
sustainability in the food production and processing in the European Union. The French agri-food system (0.46)
had the highest overall sustainability according to the composite indicator of this study, followed by Austria
(0.44), Italy (0.43), Estonia (0.43), Germany (0.42), Belgium (0.40), Finland (0.40), Denmark (0.40), Spain
(0.40), Latvia (0.39), Czech Republic (0.39), Sweden (0.38), Greece (0.38), Netherlands (0.38) and Slovakia
(0.38), all of them above the EU-27 average (0.37). The more significant economic and social progress of
agricultural activity was associated with a lower quality of environmental indicators. Overall agri-food system
sustainability can be predicted from ten indicators. The results suggest the necessity of implementing a policy
that prioritizes the development of Local Productive Systems based on the framework of the circular economy to
favor territorial balance. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-150952024-01-17T07:24:19Z Sustainable Production and Consumption Assessment of the sustainability of the European agri-food sector in the context of the circular economy Castillo Díaz, Francisco José Belmonte Ureña, Luis Jesús López-Serrano, María J. Camacho-Ferre, Francisco Agriculture Livestock Agri-food industry Sustainability Sustainable development Circular economy Quantifying the sustainability of the agriculture, livestock, and agri-food industry under a homogeneous criterion is essential to strategize the implementation of sustainable development in the agri-food sector and increase the commitment of stakeholders using aids to reduce the socio-economic impact of the expansion of sustainability. In order to homogenize the quantification methodology in the European context, a composite indicator was developed from a system of indices of the European agri-food system. Results unveiled a moderate level of sustainability in the food production and processing in the European Union. The French agri-food system (0.46) had the highest overall sustainability according to the composite indicator of this study, followed by Austria (0.44), Italy (0.43), Estonia (0.43), Germany (0.42), Belgium (0.40), Finland (0.40), Denmark (0.40), Spain (0.40), Latvia (0.39), Czech Republic (0.39), Sweden (0.38), Greece (0.38), Netherlands (0.38) and Slovakia (0.38), all of them above the EU-27 average (0.37). The more significant economic and social progress of agricultural activity was associated with a lower quality of environmental indicators. Overall agri-food system sustainability can be predicted from ten indicators. The results suggest the necessity of implementing a policy that prioritizes the development of Local Productive Systems based on the framework of the circular economy to favor territorial balance. 2024-01-10T19:48:05Z 2024-01-10T19:48:05Z 2023-07-08 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2352-5509 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/15095 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2023.07.010 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Elsevier B.V. - Amsterdam - Nederland - 2023 Sustainable Production and Consumption - Vol 40, pags 398-411 - |
| spellingShingle | Agriculture Livestock Agri-food industry Sustainability Sustainable development Circular economy Castillo Díaz, Francisco José Belmonte Ureña, Luis Jesús López-Serrano, María J. Camacho-Ferre, Francisco Sustainable Production and Consumption |
| title | Sustainable Production and Consumption |
| title_full | Sustainable Production and Consumption |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable Production and Consumption |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable Production and Consumption |
| title_short | Sustainable Production and Consumption |
| title_sort | sustainable production and consumption |
| topic | Agriculture Livestock Agri-food industry Sustainability Sustainable development Circular economy |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/15095 |
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