Analysing stylised scenarios with economic modelling tools reveals complex relations, incentives and trade-offs of the different policy instruments, in particular regarding the environmental dimension. Marginal areas of the EU are most vulnerable to drastic policy changes....
Food waste is an issue of importance for global food security and good environmental governance. It can be directly linked to environmental, economic and social impacts. Drivers of food waste are diverse and can be associated with technical, socio-economic and institutional (legislation and poli...
The present EU food system provides a high level of food security, food safety and wide consumer choice. Its environmental, economic and social sustainability are by contrast poor. Maintaining ‘business as usual’ will endanger natural resources, our health, the climate, and the economy. This sci...
Retail alliances (RAs) are not a new phenomenon, but the increasing number of alliances of large retail chains over the past decade and their international dimension, have generated renewed attention. This report looks into the potential impact of RAs on the agricultural and food supply chain. I...
Research and innovation are the most effective tools to increase global food and nutrition security. The European Union has therefore highlighted in its participation at Expo 2015 that new knowledge is central to address the pressures on the global food system and to feed a growing and more anim...
African countries are using technology in many new ways to fight the coronavirus pandemic. This report highlights some of the best digital solutions and estimates the investments required to implement the technology on a wider scale. The European Investment Bank prepared this report with the sup...
- The EU food system provides enough and safe food with wide choice, but is not sustainable - Challenges include increasing world population, climate change, diet-related diseases, depletion of natural resources and geo-political shocks -‘Business as usual’ not a viable option as it will endange...
The concept of 'bioeconomy' is gathering momentum in European Union (EU) policy circles as a sustainable model of growth to reconcile the goals of continued wealth generation and employment with bio-based sustainable resource usage. Unfortunately, an economy-wide quantitative assessment covering...