About this Research Topic
It is well known that population growth in the coming decades will require innovation in food systems in order to produce enough food and feed. In a world with decreasing arable land, that is facing a growing climate crisis, an increasing part of the food and feed we consume will have to come from the ocean, and it needs to be produced in a sustainable way. This topic aims at addressing the issues connected to a future food shortage. This Topic will collect updated numbers of the expected food and feed gap. In addition, various solutions or innovations, including technology or production, harvesting, and processing that are novel and can meet the shortage of food and feed will be presented. Sustainability, market, and regulatory areas will also be a part of the solution, and will also be addressed. The topic will be restricted to innovations related to marine-derived ingredients or solutions.
In this Research Topic we would like to address the problem of the future food and feed shortage and highlight various solutions. The articles included should cover innovation, challenges, opportunities, and solutions on how the food and feed systems will look in the future. Innovations within new technologies or biomasses that are of marine origin or can be used in marine activities will be presented. The challenges and solutions addressed can be in the entire value chain from production to consumer, regulatory, and trading. Through this collection of articles, a holistic approach to solving the predicted food shortage can be envisioned. The ingredients or solutions will be restricted to food and feed, while other products, including chemicals, cosmetics, materials etc will not be included.
Both research articles, communications, and review manuscripts are of interest in this topic. Areas of interest are:
- Global food and feed shortage, new biomasses, new technologies or innovation for biomass production.
- Fishing quotas and harvesting technologies
- IMTA and connected farmed species for a more efficient food system
- Regulatory challenges and opportunities within EU and globally
- Phase I and Phase II alternative proteins
- Safety and how to ensure the safety of a number of novel compounds and technologies
- Comparing nutritional profiles and digestibility of new food and feed to traditional food and fees sources
- Sustainability, emission reductions, carbon sequestration, ESG, consumer trends and acceptance, new trading patterns.
In this Research Topic we would like to address the problem of the future food and feed shortage and highlight various solutions. The articles included should cover innovation, challenges, opportunities, and solutions on how the food and feed systems will look in the future. Innovations within new technologies or biomasses that are of marine origin or can be used in marine activities will be presented. The challenges and solutions addressed can be in the entire value chain from production to consumer, regulatory, and trading. Through this collection of articles, a holistic approach to solving the predicted food shortage can be envisioned. The ingredients or solutions will be restricted to food and feed, while other products, including chemicals, cosmetics, materials etc will not be included.
Both research articles, communications, and review manuscripts are of interest in this topic. Areas of interest are:
- Global food and feed shortage, new biomasses, new technologies or innovation for biomass production.
- Fishing quotas and harvesting technologies
- IMTA and connected farmed species for a more efficient food system
- Regulatory challenges and opportunities within EU and globally
- Phase I and Phase II alternative proteins
- Safety and how to ensure the safety of a number of novel compounds and technologies
- Comparing nutritional profiles and digestibility of new food and feed to traditional food and fees sources
- Sustainability, emission reductions, carbon sequestration, ESG, consumer trends and acceptance, new trading patterns.
Keywords: Novel food, food production, feed production, alternative proteins, sustainability, regulatory, fisheries, nutritional profiles
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