‘The devil is in the details’—Product-specific supply chain emissions are key to identifying optimal mitigation strategies in food systems
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the pre- and post-production stages of the food supply chain accounted for one-third of all food system emissions in 2021. The share of food system GHG emissions occurring outside the agricultural production stage has been increasing steadily in recent years, mirr...
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| description | Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the pre- and post-production stages of the food supply chain accounted for one-third of all food system emissions in 2021. The share of food system GHG emissions occurring outside the agricultural production stage has been increasing steadily in recent years, mirroring a rise in the consumption of more processed and packaged foods. This highlights the urgency of prioritising mitigation opportunities beyond those targeting the agricultural production stages. This perspective highlights the critical role of more granular food product-specific full supply chain GHG emission inventories in devising targeted mitigation strategies to more effectively and equitably reduce GHG emissions across the food system. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2ae5126a1cce4adaad0657b0ba64862f2025-08-20T03:45:11ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research: Food Systems2976-601X2025-01-012303300210.1088/2976-601X/adf5ca‘The devil is in the details’—Product-specific supply chain emissions are key to identifying optimal mitigation strategies in food systemsNavoda Liyana Pathirana0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1283-1146Michalis Hadjikakou1School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University , Burwood, Melbourne, Australia; Institute for Health Transformation, Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition, School of Health and Social Development, Faculty of Health, Deakin University , Geelong, AustraliaSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University , Burwood, Melbourne, AustraliaGreenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the pre- and post-production stages of the food supply chain accounted for one-third of all food system emissions in 2021. The share of food system GHG emissions occurring outside the agricultural production stage has been increasing steadily in recent years, mirroring a rise in the consumption of more processed and packaged foods. This highlights the urgency of prioritising mitigation opportunities beyond those targeting the agricultural production stages. This perspective highlights the critical role of more granular food product-specific full supply chain GHG emission inventories in devising targeted mitigation strategies to more effectively and equitably reduce GHG emissions across the food system.https://doi.org/10.1088/2976-601X/adf5cafood supply chainGHG emission inventoriessustainable and equitable food systemspre and post agricultural production emissions |
| spellingShingle | Navoda Liyana Pathirana Michalis Hadjikakou ‘The devil is in the details’—Product-specific supply chain emissions are key to identifying optimal mitigation strategies in food systems Environmental Research: Food Systems food supply chain GHG emission inventories sustainable and equitable food systems pre and post agricultural production emissions |
| title | ‘The devil is in the details’—Product-specific supply chain emissions are key to identifying optimal mitigation strategies in food systems |
| title_full | ‘The devil is in the details’—Product-specific supply chain emissions are key to identifying optimal mitigation strategies in food systems |
| title_fullStr | ‘The devil is in the details’—Product-specific supply chain emissions are key to identifying optimal mitigation strategies in food systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | ‘The devil is in the details’—Product-specific supply chain emissions are key to identifying optimal mitigation strategies in food systems |
| title_short | ‘The devil is in the details’—Product-specific supply chain emissions are key to identifying optimal mitigation strategies in food systems |
| title_sort | the devil is in the details product specific supply chain emissions are key to identifying optimal mitigation strategies in food systems |
| topic | food supply chain GHG emission inventories sustainable and equitable food systems pre and post agricultural production emissions |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/2976-601X/adf5ca |
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