This Research Topic aims to collect articles related to
10th EAFTA 2023 , the 10th international symposium of East Asia Fisheries Technologists Association that was held on May 17-20, 2023 in Morioka, Japan.
In recent years, increasing world population and extreme weather events have led to an increase in food demand, with impacts on food availability and health, nutritious food costs, and agricultural productivity, especially as many countries are also experiencing a double crisis from nutritional deficiencies, gradually raising concerns about various aspects of food supply capacity, food nutrition, and food safety. The presentation of these megatrends in the context of the global food system has prompted researchers, scholars, entrepreneurs, innovators, and change-makers to communicate, cooperate, learn, and innovate to develop environmentally friendly food processing technologies, food safety, food education, and innovative technologies around sustainable food systems, and to respond together to this unprecedented and urgent moment.
The global food system needs to be appropriately upgraded and adapted to meet the challenges and maintain sustainability in response to socio-economic, ecological, and human needs changes. Currently, the sustainability of food systems is gradually covering the whole cycle of food processing, production and consumption, from raw materials, production, processing, packaging, transportation, consumption to recycling, from suppliers to consumers, from agricultural production to ecological environment, which also takes into account the differences in cultural propensity, nutritional status, consumption structures, supply demands and natural resources in various countries and regions. Therefore, the study of sustainable food systems has evolved into a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the framework, characteristics, and development of sustainable food systems from multiple perspectives, including agriculture, food, nutrition and health, supply chain and ecology, taking full account of social, economic, and cultural influences. This Research Topic aims to address the major scientific issues and challenges related to food in the field of global change around sustainable food systems, to bring together multidisciplinary innovations, experiences, and achievements through transdisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transboundary exchanges, to provide a platform for exchange and cooperation in the transformation, development, and research of food systems, and to promote the sustainable development of global food systems jointly.
This Research Topic welcomes submissions covering the latest theoretical and experimental developments related to agriculture, food, and aquaculture and research on food systems involving social, economic, cultural, and ecological aspects. Specific topics include but are not limited to:
- Approaches for sustainable food systems from production to consumption
- Functional food and food processing.
- Food and nutrition education.
- Food quality and safety.
- Food loss & Food behavior.
- Aquatic foods
The Research Topic will be open to all submitting authors, including but not limited to those presenting at or attending the conference.
