Project description
Trade-mediated telecouplings within the global food system
Food demand is increasingly met with imported products, making countries and consumers more vulnerable to changes in globalised food supply chains. The EU-funded GIFTS project will develop an integrated framework for assessing the long-term sustainability of food consumption by capturing global teleconnections between food demand, agricultural expansion, crop management and climate change. GIFTS will build on a physical multi-regional input-output (MRIO) model with an unparalleled number of agro-food products. The model will be enhanced to include emissions from livestock production and land use change, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. The project's overall goal is to assist policymaking towards more resilient, sustainable and circular agro-food systems in the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Objective
Food demand is increasingly satisfied with imported products from distant locations. This makes countries and consumers more vulnerable to supply chain disruptions and price spikes, challenging food security. Trade in food is also associated with the displacement of resource-intensive activities from industrialised to developing countries, influencing the distribution of land uses and related impacts on a global scale. The goal of the project GIFTS is to develop an integrated framework for the assessment of the long-term sustainability of food consumption, capturing the global interconnections between agricultural expansion, crop management, climate change and food security. The methodology departs from a physical Multi-Regional Input-Output (MRIO) model developed by the host institution, with an unprecedented level of detail in agro-food products. I propose to improve this model by developing environmental extensions with spatially-explicit carbon stocks across land uses and greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production. Co-product flows between crop, livestock and energy sectors will also be implemented to represent reuse and recovery. The extended MRIO table will be used to assess the mitigation potential of climate change adaptation strategies along global supply chains, considering increased resource efficiency and land use change. The project involves training on the application of MRIO analysis for environmental evaluation as well as in spatial analysis at the host institution. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is involved in the secondment, providing training on the estimation of livestock emissions and fostering inter-sectoral research exchange between academia and decision-makers. Overall, GIFTS can greatly promote my interdisciplinary research career for providing science-based evidence to assist policy-making towards a more resilient, sustainable and circular society in the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture
- agricultural sciences animal and dairy science domestic animals animal husbandry
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Programme(s)
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-IF-2020
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48940 Leioa
Spain
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