An overview of the interactions between food production and climate change

Walter Leal Filho; Andréia Faraoni Freitas Setti; Ulisses M Azeiteiro; Erandathie Lokupitiya; Felix Kwabena Donkor; NseAbasi NsikakAbasi Etim; Newton Matandirotya; Felicia Motunrayo Olooto; Ayyoob Sharifi; Gustavo J Nagy; Ilija Djekic

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156438

An overview of the interactions between food production and climate change

Sci Total Environ. 2022 Sep 10;838(Pt 3):156438. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156438. Epub 2022 Jun 2.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD, UK; European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Electronic address: walter.leal2@haw-hamburg.de.
² Department of Biology, CESAM Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. Electronic address: andreiasetti@ua.pt.
³ Department of Biology, CESAM Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. Electronic address: ulisses@ua.pt.
⁴ Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences, University of Colombo, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka. Electronic address: erandi@sci.cmb.ac.lk.
⁵ College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences (CAES), University of South Africa (UNISA), 28 Pioneer Ave, Florida Park, Roodepoort 1709, South Africa.
⁶ Department of Animal Science, Akwa Ibom State University, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Electronic address: nseabasietim@aksu.edu.ng.
⁷ Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa.
⁸ Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Services, Faculty of Agriculture, PMB 1530, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
⁹ Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan. Electronic address: sharifi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
¹⁰ Instituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales (IECA), Universidad de la República (UdelaR), Montevideo 11400, Uruguay. Electronic address: gnagy@fcien.edu.uy.
¹¹ Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Nemanjina 6, Zemun, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia. Electronic address: idjekic@agrif.bg.ac.rs.

PMID: 35660578
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156438

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of how food production influences climate change and also illustrates the impact of climate change on food production. To perform such an overview, the (inter)link between different parts of the food supply chain continuum (agriculture production, livestock farming, food processing, food transport and storing, retail food, and disposal of food waste) and climate change has been investigated through a bibliometric analysis. Besides UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13, associated with climate change, other SDGs that are associated with this overview are goals #1, #2, #3, #6, #7, #12, and #15. Based on the evidence gathered, the paper provides some recommendations that may assist in efforts to reduce the climate-related impacts of food production.

Keywords: Carbon footprint, UN SDGs; Food supply chain; Interaction with climate change; Mitigation strategies.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Agriculture*
Climate Change*
Food Supply
Food*
Refuse Disposal