TREE Training course

The agrifood sector

The impact of the agrifood industry on environment (Farm-to-fork strategy, Food waste management in businesses)

References

Alessandro Caprini, June 20, 2022, SDSN – EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy: What’s the future of Europe’s ambition to transform food and land use, at home and beyond?

https://www.unsdsn.org/sdsn-and-eesc-host-eu-policy-workshop-farm-to-fork-how-to-make-it-work

European Commission, Food Safety, Horizontal topics, Farm to Fork strategy

https://food.ec.europa.eu/horizontal-topics/farm-fork-strategy_en 

Natasa Kilibarda, Filip Djokovic, Radmila Suzic, 2019, Food waste management — reducing and managing food waste in hospitality

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/70d3/2ae680ce8ee9dec6c9996ad4caf41898769a.pdf?_ga=2.11669364.1121586168.1666546089-1633415854.1666546089

Guillermo Garcia-Garcia, Elliot Woolley, and Shahin Rahimifard, June 2015, A Framework for a More Efficient Approach to Food Waste Management

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/768a/fef641bd207145be382a454041fe0713f79c.pdf

Sarah Nolet, 2022, What Our Supermarkets Can (and Should) Do About Food Waste

https://www.ecoandbeyond.co/articles/supermarket-food-waste/



Sustainable Supply Chains

References

Just and sustainable economy: Commission lays down rules for companies to respect human rights and environment in global value chains, (February, 2022), Press release, as seen at: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_1145

OECD (2011), OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, OECD Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264115415-en

Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, available at: https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Publications/GuidingPrinciplesBusinessHR_EN.pdf

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, available at: https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/2021/03/udhr.pdf

OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct, available at: http://mneguidelines.oecd.org/due-diligence-guidance-for-responsible-business-conduct.htm 

ILO Labour standards, available at: https://www.ilo.org/global/standards/subjects-covered-by-international-labour-standards/wages/lang–en/index.htm

OECD/FAO (2016), OECD-FAO Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264251052-en.

Sustainability Agreements in the agri-food supply chain, The new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the period 2023-2027, available at: https://enrd.ec.europa.eu/sustainability-agreements-agri-food-supply-chain_en

SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM) software, as seen at: https://www.sap.com/products/scm.html

Due diligence explained, European Commission, available at:

https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/raw-materials/due-diligence-ready/due-diligence-explained_en

Luther, D., (20210,  Supply Chain Sustainability: Why It Is Important & Best Practices, What Is Supply Chain Sustainability?, as seen at:https://www.netsuite.com/portal/resource/articles/erp/supply-chain-sustainability.html

Pollutant fertilizer and eco-friendly alternatives – flipped classroom microlearning lesson + project-based additional homework

References

Ballabio, C., et al., 2018, ‘Copper distribution in European topsoils: an assessment based on LUCAS soil survey’, Science of the Total Environment 636, pp. 282-298 (DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.268).

Bär, A. (2004). D-tagatose, dossier prepared and submitted by Service. Bioresco on behald of Arla Food 

European Environment Agency. (2019). The European environment — state and outlook 2020: Knowledge for transition to a sustainable Europe. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2019. ISBN 978-92-9480-090-9. doi: 10.2800/96749

K.A. Mackie, T. Müller, E. Kandeler. (2012). Remediation of copper in ineyards – A mini review. Environmental Pollution, Volume 167, 2012, Pages 16-26, ISSN 0269-7491, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2012.03.023

Orgiazzi, A., et al., 2016, Global soil biodiversity atlas, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.

Roberts, T. (2014). Cadmium and phosphorous fertilizers: The issues and the science. Procedia Engineering, 83, 52–59. 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.09.012

Silva, V., et al., 2018, ‘Distribution of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) in agricultural topsoils of the European Union’, Science of the Total Environment 621, pp. 1352-1359 (DOI: 0.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.093).

Silva, V., et al., 2019, ‘Pesticide residues in European agricultural soils – a hidden reality unfolded’, Science of the Total Environment 653, pp. 1532-1545 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.441).

Tsiafouli, M. A., et al., 2015, ‘Intensive agriculture reduces soil biodiversity across Europe’, Global Change Biology 21(2), pp. 973-985 (DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12752).



Labeling and food safety

References

Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (Text with EEA relevance) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02011R1169-20180101

EUROPOS PARLAMENTO IR TARYBOS REGLAMENTAS (EB) Nr. 178/2002 2002 m. sausio 28 d. nustatantis maistui skirtų teisės aktų bendruosius principus ir reikalavimus, įsteigiantis Europos maisto saugos tarnybą ir nustatantis su maisto saugos klausimais susijusias procedūras https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/LT/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02002R0178-20220701&from=EN

Biomass production and management

References

Andrew Turgeon, Elizabeth Morse, May 2022, Article: Biomass energy

biomass energy | National Geographic Society

Agriculture & Forestry, November 5, 2020, By Fantastic Facts

https://fantasticfacts.net/2467/

Dimitris P. Makris  and Selin, Sahin, 2019, Polyphenolic Antioxidants from Agri-Food Waste Biomass 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31817614/

DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONERGY SERVICES LTD, December 2016, Biomass management & pricing for power generation

https://www.aedb.org/images/BiomassManagementPricingforPowergenerationV3.pdf

Emily Marriott, Ed Zaborski, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, January 2009, Making and Using Compost for Organic Farming

https://eorganic.org/node/2880



Environmental-friendly practices at the workplace

References

Eurosat, September 2022, Amount of waste recovered increases in 2020 

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/-/ddn-20220913-1

Ruth Nattassha , Yuanita Handayati, Togar M. Simatupang and Manahan Siallagan – October  2020, Understanding circular economy implementation in the agri-food supply chain: the case of an Indonesian organic fertiliser producer

Understanding circular economy implementation in the agri-food supply chain: the case of an Indonesian organic fertiliser producer | Agriculture & Food Security | Full Text (biomedcentral.com)

 Ecaterina Matei, Maria Râpă, Andra Mihaela Predescu, Anca Andreea T, 2021, Valorization of Agri-Food Wastes as Sustainable Eco-Materials for Wastewater Treatment: Current State and New Perspectives

Materials | Free Full-Text | Valorization of Agri-Food Wastes as Sustainable Eco-Materials for Wastewater Treatment: Current State and New Perspectives (mdpi.com)

 Manal Hamam, Gaetano Chinnici, Giuseppe Di Vita, March 2021, Circular Economy Models in Agro-Food Systems: A Review

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/6/3453

Sana Ben‐Othman, Ivi Jõudu and Rajeev Bhat 2020, Bioactives From Agri‐Food Wastes: Present Insights and Future Challenges

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7037811/



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