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Mediterra 2016: Zero Waste in the Mediterranean. Natural Resources, Food and Knowledge

Year of publication 2016

Pages 416 p.

Publisher International Centre of Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CHIEAM) /FAO//Presses de Sciences PO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-2-7246-2031-3

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The 2016 Edition of Mediterra addresses waste challenges and presents innovative solutions while suggesting policy recommendations for the sustainable management of natural resources, food and knowledge in the Mediterranean.The first part reviews each of the resources for which waste is a real issue and calls for an analysis in the particularly constrained circumstances of the Mediterranean. The second focuses on food losses and waste (both land and sea-based), exploring both the extent of the problem and a promising pathway for improving food security and, as a spin-off, resource management. The third part concentrates on the erosion of knowhow, due to poor knowledge dissemination, exploring the risk this poses of collapsing agricultural models and the rediscovery of new systems of knowledge and innovation. While the report places the spotlight on this triple waste, it also looks carefully at the innovations and inclusive policies that are attempting to address the issue.

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