TY - CHAP
T1 - Circular Economy for Food Loss Reduction and Water Footprint
AU - Cuya-Velásquez, Berdy Briggitte
AU - Alvarez-Risco, Aldo
AU - Gomez-Prado, Romina
AU - Juarez-Rojas, Luis
AU - Contreras-Taica, Anguie
AU - Ortiz-Guerra, Arianne
AU - de las Mercedes Anderson-Seminario, Maria
AU - Del-Aguila-Arcentales, Shyla
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
PY - 2022/4/3
Y1 - 2022/4/3
N2 - Food loss is a global problem with significant social, economic, and ecological impacts. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a third of the food produced globally is lost or wasted along the food supply chain (FSC). Food requires water for its production. This water consumption can be measured under the WF indicator's Water Footprint (WF). This indicator makes it possible to measure fresh water's direct and indirect use throughout the food supply chain. Estimates of the water footprint of crop production range between 5,938 and 8,508 km3/year. The greater the loss or waste of food, the greater the water consumption. Therefore, applying strategies related to the circular economy is an alternative solution. This chapter provides the relationship between food loss and the water footprint to provide alternative solutions under the circular economy model.
AB - Food loss is a global problem with significant social, economic, and ecological impacts. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a third of the food produced globally is lost or wasted along the food supply chain (FSC). Food requires water for its production. This water consumption can be measured under the WF indicator's Water Footprint (WF). This indicator makes it possible to measure fresh water's direct and indirect use throughout the food supply chain. Estimates of the water footprint of crop production range between 5,938 and 8,508 km3/year. The greater the loss or waste of food, the greater the water consumption. Therefore, applying strategies related to the circular economy is an alternative solution. This chapter provides the relationship between food loss and the water footprint to provide alternative solutions under the circular economy model.
KW - Circular economy
KW - Food loss
KW - Global trends
KW - Impacts
KW - Water footprint
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-19-0549-0_4
DO - 10.1007/978-981-19-0549-0_4
M3 - Capítulo
AN - SCOPUS:85127889096
SN - 978-981-19-0548-3
T3 - Environmental Footprints and Eco-Design of Products and Processes
SP - 65
EP - 91
BT - Environmental Footprints and Eco-Design of Products and Processes
PB - Springer
ER -