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The impact of environmental changes on food safety

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  • Francesca-Magdalena Velciov

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

  • Razvan Murariu

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

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Changes in the global environment are recognized as one of the most serious ones facing the world today. Of these, agriculture is a pivotal domain, as it faces significant changes as a result of the need to increase global food supply whilst the availability of soil and water resources are declining and of the increasing threats from environmental change. Nevertheless, these transformations unveil abundant opportunities to develop and promote food and living systems that have greater environmental, economic and social elasticity to risk. It is clear that such opportunities to perfect forward-thinking and practical solutions to these changes will require the development of a range of technical and institutional innovations, founded on current multidisciplinary knowledge. As such, changes in the environment are a major challenge for agriculture and agricultural policy-making. Agriculture needs to address the double change of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) while adapting to projected impacts of environmental change. In a talk given to the MIT Enterprise Forum in 2003, Nobel Laureate Richard E. Smalley pinpointed the fact that the biggest problems that humanity will face over the next 50 years are Energy, Water, Food, Environment, Poverty, Terrorism and War, Disease, Education, Democracy and Population. The twofold aim of the present study is to summarize the main findings regarding some of these problems, with a particular focus on the changes in environmental conditions, and to provide an overview of the impact of these transformations facing the global food and agricultural system. The review studies focuses on expanding the research for some specific changes to the environment, as well as their impact on food safety.

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  • Francesca-Magdalena Velciov & Razvan Murariu, 2015. "The impact of environmental changes on food safety," International Conference on Competitiveness of Agro-food and Environmental Economy Proceedings, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, vol. 4, pages 305-325.
    • Handle: RePEc:aes:icafee:v:4:y:2015:p:305-325
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