This session addresses food loss, food waste reduction and circular economy approaches in the food sector. Topics include waste valorization, by-product utilization, composting, recycling, bioenergy, animal feed, sustainable packaging and recovery of valuable compounds from food waste. The session also explores policies, technologies and business models that reduce environmental impact and improve resource efficiency across the food supply chain.



Title : Sustainable agriculture and the environment: An ethical perspective
Robert L Zimdahl, Colorado State University, United States
Title : Sociocultural architecture of the food system for socially vulnerable groups: Institutional structure, resource of restored degraded lands, state support
Viktor Fedorovich Stukach, Omsk State Agrarian University, Russian Federation