British Food Journal: Volume 106 Issue 5

Food sustainability: Diverging interpretations

Harry Aiking, Joop de Boer

The concept of sustainability in general and food sustainability, in particular, entails many aspects and many interpretations. During a conference on food sustainability a broad…

TRIPs and food security: Implications of the WTO's TRIPs Agreement for food security in the developing world

Gerard Downes

This paper serves as a short introductory overview of the World Trade Organisation's Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement and the extent to which it…

Food sustainability, food security and the environment

Martine Helms

Sustainable development requires a deliberate choice in the direction of societal transition, but the options are narrowed down by the obligation to feed a growing world…

Food safety, environmental improvement and economic efficiency in The Netherlands

Lucas Reijnders

Food safety is a major public concern in The Netherlands following mishaps in the animal feed industry. These were associated with the handling of wastes. Financial gains to those…

Global sustainable food governance and hunger: Traps and tragedies

Joyeeta Gupta

This article focuses on the global problem of hunger. It submits that many developing countries are caught in a hunger, poverty and population trap and with the increasing…

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