Exploring the link among food loss, waste and food security: what the research should focus on?

Abstract

Abstract Food loss and food waste are highly debated topics and likely to stay in the research agendas for the next decades. Their relevance is not only important for developing economies, but also for developed economies, especially due to the impact that loss and waste have on the status of food security. In the present editorial, I comment on how research agendas should be shaped in order to focus on emerging issues, and put emphasis on the topics closely connected to the emerging literature on the circular economy.

Keywords

• Agri-food system
• Agri-food supply chain
• Circular economy
• Water–energy–food nexus