Benefits and challenges of food processing in the context of food systems, value chains and sustainable development goals

Background: Food systems are complex networks of supply and demand value chains that have profound effects on human health, environmental sustainability, and economic development. Concerns about the social, environmental, and economic sustainability of these systems have become increasingly acute due to challenges such as population growth coupled with an emerging middle class, urbanization, resource competition, geopolitical tensions, and climate change. The United Nations has set Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to address the interplay between social, economic, and environmental factors but the specific steps needed to transition from the current state towards the targets are less clear. Scope and…

• BA
  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  Award: BB/P017126/1