Mcconville, Jennifer
- Chalmers University of Technology
Abstract
As global consumption expands, the world is increasingly facing threats to resource availability and food security. To
meet future food demands, agricultural resource efficiency needs to be optimized for both water and nutrients. Policy
makers should start to radically rethink nutrient management across the entire food chain. Closing the food loop by
recycling nutrients in food waste and excreta is an important way of limiting the use of mineral nutrients, as well as
improving national and global food security. This article presents a framework for sustainable nutrient management
and discusses the responsibility of four key stakeholder groups—agriculture, the food industry, consumers, and waste
management—for achieving an effective food loop. In particular, we suggest a number of criteria, policy actions, and
supporting strategies based on a cross-sectoral application of the waste hierarchy.
Published in
Sustainability : Science, Practice and Policy
2015, volume: 11, number: 2, pages: 33-43
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Environmental Management
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2015.11908144
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/86243