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Mapping the landscape of Consumer Food Waste

, 2022
Since 2015 there has been a surge of academic publications and citations focused on consumer food waste. To introduce a special issue of Appetite focused on the drivers of consumer food waste we perform a transdisciplinary and historical review of the ...
Nica-Avram, G., Harvey, John, Muthuri, Judy, Hibbert, Sally, Smith, M., Smith, Marsha; id_orcid, Nica-Avram, Georgiana   +6 more
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Integrative structural and physicochemical characterization of chalcone synthase enzymes from medicinal plants using AlphaFold, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics

Scientific Reports
Chalcone synthase (CHS) is the entry-point enzyme of the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway, catalyzing the first committed step toward the production of diverse bioactive metabolites with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer properties.
Zidni Muflikhati, Dave Mangindaan, Chukwunwike Uchenna Enyi   +2 more
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Sensitivity of nutritional and microbial content of food wastes to drying technologies

Scientific African, 2022
The recovery of food waste fraction of municipal solid waste and value addition has not received attention despite the high composition in the solid waste stream. This paper presents a study on the drying of food waste, the safety and nutritional quality
Rose Boahemaa Pinto, Sampson Oduro-Kwarteng, Jacob Alhassan Hamidu, Helen Michelle Korkor Essandoh   +3 more
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The global economic and regulatory determinants of household food waste generation: A cross-country analysis [PDF]

, 2016
Food is generally wasted all along the supply chain, with an estimated loss of 35percent generated at the consumer level. Consequently, household food waste constitutes a sizable proportion of the total waste generated throughout the food supply chain ...
Chaaban, Jad M., Chalak, Ali, Abiad, Mohamad G., Abou-Daher, Chaza   +3 more
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Chemically and biologically activated biochars as potential inoculant carriers, biofertilizers or plant disease suppressors

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture
Background The interaction of biochar with beneficial microorganisms and its role as a plant disease suppressor has garnered significant research interest, yet these roles in activated or oxidized biochars remain insufficiently explored.
Raúl Castejón-del Pino, Jane Debode, Miguel Angel Sánchez-Monedero, María Luz Cayuela, Bart Vandecasteele   +4 more
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The Importance of Quantifying Food Waste in Canada

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016
Understanding food waste in Canada may offer previously unrecognized opportunities and strategies to address rising food-cost inflation, food insecurity, and negative ecological impacts and energy costs attributable to food production, distribution, and ...
Majd Abdulla, Ralph Martin, Martin Gooch, Eduardo Jovel   +3 more
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Disentangling Drivers of Food Waste in Households: Evidence from Nigeria

Foods, 2022
Food waste is a burden on society in terms of the money wasted. There is limited information on the determinants of food waste and the amount lost to food waste by households as most previous studies were on post-harvest losses.
Calvin Oluwafemi Sunday, Fatai Abiola Sowunmi, Oluwakemi Adeola Obayelu, Abiodun Emmanuel Awoyemi, Abiodun Olusola Omotayo, Adebayo Isaiah Ogunniyi   +5 more
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Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Agriculture and Food Supply Chains: System Dynamics Modeling for the Resilience of Smallholder Farmers

, 2021
COVID-19 has caused severe agriculture and food supply chain disruptions; significantly affecting smallholder farmers who supply most of the world’s food; specifically their changes in vulnerability; resilience; and food loss and waste.
Tiongco, Monique Ann, Atamer Balkan, Busra, Gupta, Stueti, Menendez III, Hector Manuek, Tiongco, Monique Ann,, Menendez, Hector Manuel, III, Lamb, Robert, Gupta, Stueti,, Peteru, Arpitha,, Menendez, Hector Manuel,, Nicolaidis, Andreas,, Odoemena, Kelechi,, Lamb, Robert,, Nicolaidis Lindqvist, Andreas, Lindqvist, Andreas Nicolaidis, Peteru, Arpitha, Balkan, Büsra Atamer, Balkan, Büsra Atamer,, Odoemena, Kelechi, Menendez, Hector Manuel   +19 more
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Does the frequency of eating snacks increase food waste? A study based on senior high school in China

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Food waste is increasingly becoming a global challenge, and school canteens are a significant and severe source of food waste. Reducing food waste is conducive to ensuring food security and environmental sustainability.
Panpan Zhang, Weijie Zhang, Xiaojie Liu, Fangyuan Sun   +3 more
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Advancing a food loss and waste bioproduct industry: A critical review of policy approaches for application in an Australian context

Heliyon
Food loss and waste (FLW) contains an abundance of nutrient components that can be extracted and converted into valuable bioproducts through biorefining (e.g., pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, nutrients).
Hannah Churton, Bernadette K. McCabe
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