Understanding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on sustainable agri-food system and agroecosystem decarbonization nexus: A review.

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Author	Adelodun, Bashir Kareem, Kola Yusuff Kumar, Pankaj Kumar, Vinod Choi, Kyung Sook Yadav, Krishna Kumar Yadav, Akanksha El-Denglawey, A. Cabral-Pinto, Marina Son, Cao Truong Krishnan, Santhana Khan, Nadeem A.
Copyright Year	2021
Abstract	The existing finite natural resources have witnessed unsustainable usage in the past few years, especially for food production, with accompanying environmental devastation and ecosystem damage. Regrettably, the global population and consumption demands are increasing ceaselessly, leading to the need for more resources for food production, which could potentially aggravate the sustainability and ecosystem degradation issues, while stimulating drastic climate change. Meanwhile, the unexpected emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and some implemented measures to combat its spread disrupted agricultural activities and the food supply chain, which also led to a reduction in ecosystem carbonization. This study sets out to explore policy framework and selected feasible actions that are being adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic, which could potentially reduce the emissions even after the pandemic to promote a resilient and sustainable agri-food system. In this study, we reviewed 27 articles that focus on the current state of the agri-food system in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the decarbonization of the agroecosystem. This review has taken the form of a systematic methodology in analyzing the adoption and implementation of various measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on the impact of the agri-food system and reduction in ecosystem degradation. Up to 0.3 Mt of CO2 reduction from the agri-food system alone was reportedly achieved during the first 6 months of the pandemic in 23 European countries. The various adopted measures indicate that the circular economy approach is a panacea to achieve the needed sustainability in the agri-food system. Also, it dictates a need for a paradigm change towards improvement on localized food production that promotes sustainable production and consumption.
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ISSN	09596526
Journal	Journal of Cleaner Production [J Clean Prod]
Volume Number	318
DOI	10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128451
PubMed Central reference number	PMC9759292
PubMed reference number	36570877
e-ISSN	18791786
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier Ltd.
Publisher Date	2021-07-30
Access Restriction	Open
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Subject Keyword	Sustainable agri-food system COVID-19 Supply chain Production and consumption Circular economy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Strategy and Management Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment Environmental Science