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Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh and Alexa MeyerPublished On
2023-01-09Page Range
pp. 23–281.4 Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets of the Future
Chapter of: Reshaping Food Systems to improve Nutrition and Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (pp. 23–28)
Approaches to make food systems more sustainable and healthier are discussed in chapter 4. Besides reducing food loss and waste, increasing productivity must play a central role, through a more efficient use of resources and the support of local agriculture that provides income to smallholders and reduces the need for long transports and packaging. At the same time, changes in the dietary habits of consumers are also required.