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The complex food systems in this diverse region demand analysis across the political, social, cultural, economic and nutritional spectrums from landscape to table. But the ability of Mediterranean agriculture to sustain its peoples—and the planet—is being threatened.

These videos are from the SDG Academy online course Sustainable Food Systems: A Mediterranean Perspective, first launched in 2018 and taught by leading experts from the region.

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Theoretical Framework of the Mediterranean…

Theoretical Framework of the Mediterranean Approach to Food Systems

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Recently, a high level panel of experts on food security and nutrition has been created to advise the committee on world food security about how to promote more…
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The Role of Higher Education Institutions in…

The Role of Higher Education Institutions in International Cooperation, Exchange and Mobility

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Through the analysis of two professions – the food designer and the innovation broker in agriculture – Massari describes how innovation in the agri-food…
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Challenges for Food Loss and Food Waste and…

Challenges for Food Loss and Food Waste and Opportunities for Reduction

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Every night, 795 million people go to bed hungry although we produce sufficient food to provide an average 2700 kilocalories every day per person. Four billion metric…
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Sustainable Farming Systems Under Environmental…

Sustainable Farming Systems Under Environmental Constraints

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This chapter discusses challenges for sustainable farming globally and in the Mediterranean region. Dynamic population growth poses the first problem; by 2050, the world…
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Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet and…

Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet and Perspectives for Its Utilization as an Educational Tool for Promoting Diet Sustainability – Challenges

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There is a high prevalence of non-communicable diseases that are affecting the global population, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, digestive disease,…
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Youth and Food: New Entrepreneurs in the Food…

Youth and Food: New Entrepreneurs in the Food Systems

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This chapter discusses new sustainability careers in the agri-food sector, including robotics, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and genomics. Current educational…
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Middle Ages and Early Modern: Evolution of…

Middle Ages and Early Modern: Evolution of Mediterranean Diet

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The gastronomic ritual and cuisine of the Mediterranean is similar throughout. Leguminous vegetables like peas, lentils, chick peas, and oils produced in Syria and…
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Professionals Need to Face Sustainability Issues

Professionals Need to Face Sustainability Issues

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In this chapter, Sonia Massari discusses why sustainability issues require new skills and professional profiles. She proposes the idea of sustainability natives, similar…
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Professional Profiles: Sustainable Tourism Sector

Professional Profiles: Sustainable Tourism Sector

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This chapter defines the core competencies necessary to create tools that support the chain of agri-food innovation in the Mediterranean, and the agri-food entrepreneur.…
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Civilizations: Evolution of the Mediterranean Diet

Civilizations: Evolution of the Mediterranean Diet

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Agriculture and horticulture in the ancient Mediterranean were carried out by the ancient Egyptians and the Hittites, among others who are able to make use of natural…
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Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet and…

Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet and Perspectives for Its Utilization as an Educational Tool for Promoting Diet Sustainability-- Theoretical Chapter

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One of then negative aspects of food globalization is homogenization. An instance of this is that in all European countries, meat consumption, has increased by at least…
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A Job for the Future: The Innovation Broker

A Job for the Future: The Innovation Broker

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This chapter is part of Module 10: New Professional Profiles in a Mediterranean Context and serves as the conclusion to Sustainable Food Systems: A Mediterranean…
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Professional Profiles in the Agrifood Sector

Professional Profiles in the Agrifood Sector

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In this chapter, Massari discusses how universities, educational institutions, and professors need to adjust their focuses and take responsibility for institutional…
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Modern Agriculture

Modern Agriculture

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Since 1900, agriculture in the developed world has seen large rises in productivity as human labor has been replaced by mechanization and assisted by synthetic…
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Theoretical Foundations to Understand How Food…

Theoretical Foundations to Understand How Food Value Chains Can Contribute to Regional and Local Development

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This chapter discusses how the value chain can contribute to local and regional development. The Mediterranean diet consists of products that range from olive oil to…
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Case Studies: Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for…

Case Studies: Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for Local Development

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This chapter looks at case studies around initiatives that have facilitated the participation of smallholder farmers in food value chains, especially the role of…

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