Methodological approaches to tackling food waste: Moving the agenda forward
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Resumo: | COVID 19 disrupted food supply chains worldwide. Existing problems, such as food and nutrition insecurity, increased exponentially. It has become imperative to move to a more sustainable and equitable food system.In this sense, the challenge in researching food losses and waste (FLW) and proposing solutions mobilizes transdisciplinary approaches and processes to transform food supply chains in an effective manner. Understanding how much food we produce and consume is no easy task. So many different geographical, cultural and societal contexts and levels of economic development and urbanization result in quantitative and qualitative limitations. According to Corrado et al. (2019), accounting for food waste is a central element in designing an FLW policy and the interventions that are proposed. The methodology adopted when accounting for waste is key tomonitoring the progress made towards reducing targets. There is no best way of tackling food losses and waste, but many relevant and rigorous attempts are made using different methods. Some of them are discussed in this paper, which suggests a methodological agenda for business and management researchers who are interested in this challenge. |
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Methodological approaches to tackling food waste: Moving the agenda forwardAbordagens metodológicas para enfrentar o desperdício de alimentos: Avançando a agendaCOVID 19 disrupted food supply chains worldwide. Existing problems, such as food and nutrition insecurity, increased exponentially. It has become imperative to move to a more sustainable and equitable food system.In this sense, the challenge in researching food losses and waste (FLW) and proposing solutions mobilizes transdisciplinary approaches and processes to transform food supply chains in an effective manner. Understanding how much food we produce and consume is no easy task. So many different geographical, cultural and societal contexts and levels of economic development and urbanization result in quantitative and qualitative limitations. According to Corrado et al. (2019), accounting for food waste is a central element in designing an FLW policy and the interventions that are proposed. The methodology adopted when accounting for waste is key tomonitoring the progress made towards reducing targets. There is no best way of tackling food losses and waste, but many relevant and rigorous attempts are made using different methods. Some of them are discussed in this paper, which suggests a methodological agenda for business and management researchers who are interested in this challenge.A Covid-19 perturbou as cadeias de abastecimento de alimentos em todo o mundo. Os problemas existentes, como a insegurança alimentar e nutricional, aumentaram exponencialmente. Tornou-se imperativo mudar para um sistema alimentar mais sustentável e equitativo. Nesse sentido, o desafio de pesquisar sobre perdas e desperdícios de alimentos (PDA) e propor soluções mobiliza abordagens e processos transdisciplinares com o objetivo de transformar as cadeias de abastecimento de alimentos de modo eficaz. Compreender a quantidade de alimentos que produzimos e consumimos não é uma tarefa fácil. Tantos contextos geográficos, culturais e sociais e tantos níveis de desenvolvimento econômico e de urbanização diferentes resultam em limitações quantitativas e qualitativas. Segundo Corrado et al. (2019), a contabilização do desperdício de alimentos é um elemento central na elaboração de uma política de PDA e nas intervenções propostas. A metodologia adotada para contabilizar o desperdício é fundamental para monitorar o progresso no sentido de reduzir as metas. Não existe a melhor maneira de enfrentar as perdas e o desperdício de alimentos, mas há muitas tentativas relevantes e rigorosas utilizando métodos diferentes. Algumas delas são discutidas neste artigo, que sugere uma agenda metodológica para pesquisadores da área de gestão de empresas interessados nesse desafio.RAE - Revista de Administracao de Empresas RAE - Revista de Administração de EmpresasRAE-Revista de Administração de Empresas2021-08-24info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.fgv.br/rae/article/view/8444010.1590/S0034-759020210509RAE - Revista de Administracao de Empresas ; Vol. 61 No. 5 (2021): September–October; 1-7RAE - Revista de Administração de Empresas; Vol. 61 Núm. 5 (2021): September–October; 1-7RAE-Revista de Administração de Empresas; v. 61 n. 5 (2021): setembro-outubro; 1-72178-938X0034-7590reponame:Revista de Administração de Empresasinstname:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)instacron:FGVporenghttps://periodicos.fgv.br/rae/article/view/84440/80044https://periodicos.fgv.br/rae/article/view/84440/80045Copyright (c) 2021 RAE - Revista de Administração de Empresas (Journal of Business Management)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Marques Vieira, Luciana Dutra de Barcellos, MarciaPorpino de Araujo, Gustavo Eckert Matzembacher, Daniele 2022-01-04T22:25:51Zoai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/84440Revistahttps://rae.fgv.br/raeONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phprae@fgv.br||ilda.fontes@fgv.br||raeredacao@fgv.br2178-938X0034-7590opendoar:2024-03-06T13:06:11.265166Revista de Administração de Empresas - Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)true |
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Methodological approaches to tackling food waste: Moving the agenda forward Abordagens metodológicas para enfrentar o desperdício de alimentos: Avançando a agenda |
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Methodological approaches to tackling food waste: Moving the agenda forward Marques Vieira, Luciana |
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Marques Vieira, Luciana |
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Marques Vieira, Luciana Dutra de Barcellos, Marcia Porpino de Araujo, Gustavo Eckert Matzembacher, Daniele |
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COVID 19 disrupted food supply chains worldwide. Existing problems, such as food and nutrition insecurity, increased exponentially. It has become imperative to move to a more sustainable and equitable food system.In this sense, the challenge in researching food losses and waste (FLW) and proposing solutions mobilizes transdisciplinary approaches and processes to transform food supply chains in an effective manner. Understanding how much food we produce and consume is no easy task. So many different geographical, cultural and societal contexts and levels of economic development and urbanization result in quantitative and qualitative limitations. According to Corrado et al. (2019), accounting for food waste is a central element in designing an FLW policy and the interventions that are proposed. The methodology adopted when accounting for waste is key tomonitoring the progress made towards reducing targets. There is no best way of tackling food losses and waste, but many relevant and rigorous attempts are made using different methods. Some of them are discussed in this paper, which suggests a methodological agenda for business and management researchers who are interested in this challenge. |
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