In the context of the activities of ENPARD II/Egypt and upon a request from the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation of Egypt, it was proposed to address the issue of the agricultural value chains and ways and methods to raise their efficiency. Tomato crop was selected to be studied as an example for agricultural value chains in Egypt, due ...
Synthesis note. ENPARD South initiative (European Commission)
Malgré sa faible disponibilité dans le sol, le plomb (Pb) peut être absorbé par les productions potagères cultivées sur sol contaminé et entrainer un risque de transfert vers la chaine alimentaire. L'objectif de ce travail est de développer un système de culture adapté aux jardins familiaux permettant de maintenir l'activité potagère - légumes peu ...
The purpose of this study is to analyse two processed tomato value chains: that of French concentrated tomato paste and tomato sauce in France and that of concentrated tomato paste in Turkey, with the aim of identifying the environmental “hot spots” for each of them. The FLONUDEP project (FLONUDEP is a French National Research Agency funded project...
Chemical contamination of fresh produce through pesticide spraying is considered a minor risk for consumer health. As a result, significant responsibility in food safety may be shifted to the private sector by public agencies. The involvement of the private sector is even greater when fresh produce is sold to safety-conscious consumers, given the h...
Dans cet article les auteurs traitent des conséquences de l’alimentation sur l’environnement en termes d’impacts (tels que les émissions de gaz à effet de serre). Les aspects nutritionnels seront également traités comme des compromis entre choix alimentaires permettant de suivre les recommandations nutritionnelles, tout en limitant les effets néfas...
Background Paper : Sustainable Food Consumption in Arab Countries. FLONUDEP is a French National Research Agency funded project regarding environmental, social and nutritional sustainability of tomato supply chains. It was coordinated by CIHEAM-IAM Montpellier. / International audience
Background Paper : Sustainable Food Consumption in Arab Countries. FLONUDEP is a French National Research Agency funded project regarding environmental, social and nutritional sustainability of tomato supply chains. It was coordinated by CIHEAM-IAM Montpellier. / International audience
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The FLONUDEP project carried out an environmental LCA « from cradle to grave » of processed tomatoes made in France and Turkey. We compared the environmental impact of tomato sauce made in France with French tomato paste, with that made with Turkish tomato paste. Data have been collected through surveys among a sample of farms (France=4; Turkey=4),...
