Envisioning a future without food waste and food poverty : societal challenges Intro Table of contents Foreword Leire Escajedo San Epifanio and Mertxe de Renobales Scheifler Part 1. Challenging the governance of food systems 1. Food loss and waste: some short and medium term proposals for the European Union L. González Vaqué 2. Edible but unmarketable food: some legal problems to be solved on food waste prevention A. Arroyo Aparicio 3. Reducing obesity food poverty and future health costs in Ireland a proposal for health related taxation C. Loughnane1 and M. Murphy2* 4. Food laws and labelling as a contributor to food waste E. Lissel Part 2. Critical reflections on food waste 5. Values in the trash: ethical aspects of food waste M. Gjerris1* and S. Gaiani2 6. Agri food industries and the challenge of reducing food wastage: an analysis of legal opportunities M. Alabrese* M. Brunori S. Rolandi and A. Saba 7. From food waste to wealth: valuing excess food in France and the USA M. Mourad 8. Surplus food redistribution for social purposes: analysis of critical success factors S. Sert* P. Garrone M. Melacini and A. Perego Part 3. Improving the efficiency of food chains 9. Vertical integration contracts in agriculture: fair trade and efficiency of the food chain A. Albanese 10. Improving sustainability of fruit and vegetable processing industry by sub product transformation T. Dietrich1* J. Wildner2 F. Durso3 R. Virto4 C. Velazquez5 C. Sacramento Santos Pais6 B. Sommer Ferreira7 A. Carolas7 L. Prado Barragan8 M.P. De Castro9 and S. Verstichel10 11. Food waste in Kenya: uncovering food waste in the horticultural export supply chain E. Colbert 12. Traditional knowledge and sustainable agriculture: the strategy to cope with climate change V. Sandhya* G.P. Reddy S.Z. Ali and P. Kumar K.L Different factors have contributed to what is known as the Contemporary Food Paradox. To express this more graphically let us say that more than a third of the food in the world is wasted while almost 800 million people suffer extreme malnutrition. Now the Millennium Goals deadline expired we must set the targets for the Sustainable Development Goals for the next decades. Many national and international organizations point out the imperative need to give an adequate reply to this paradox.Food waste has important economic and environmental implications and in addition there is an undeniable ethical and social justice aspect. Beyond the figures of hunger and malnutrition mothers the unweaned and small children die prematurely and young people experience a deficient physical and mental development. All these people members of our human family oblige us to recognize their inherent dignity as human beings and their equal and inalienable rights.In this work academics from fifteen countries and different disciplines discuss proposals and strategies in order to respond to the desire for a world without waste or food poverty 37. The growing role of contract farming for food security A. Rossi 38. Organic farming: food security of small holding farmers S.Z. Ali* G.P. Reddy and V. Sandhya 39. Human right to food: some reflections A. Corini 40. The contribution of community food gardens to food sovereignty in Johannesburg South Africa: a look at localisation and democratisation B. Kesselman 41. Caught in the middle: mapping the actors negotiating food security C. Godet 42. Who are behind the food security initiatives in Nicaragua a comparative network analysis across public policy cycle M. Moncayo Miño1* and J.L. Yagüe Blanco2 43. Impact of energy crops on food sovereignty in Ecuador L. Toledo Pazmiño* and A. Velasco Arranz Authors index 13. Use of permethrin coated nets to protect stored grain from pests infestations M. Anaclerio1 M. Pellizzoni2* V. Todeschini1 M. Trevisan2 and G. Bertoni3 14. Rural development plays a central role in food wastage reduction in developing countries A. Minardi1* V. Tabaglio2 A. Ndereyimana1 M. Fiorani1 C. Ganimede2 S. Rossi1 and G. Bertoni1 15. The use of web based technology as an emerging option for food waste reduction C. Corbo1 and F. Fraticelli2 3* 16. Case study of paprika supply chain efficiency in Malawi Central region L. Repar1* S. Onakuse1 J. Bogue1 and A. Afonso2 Part 4. Proposals and strategies which empower consumers 17. Get consumers truly informed of their food choices! A. Corini 18. A social perspective on food waste: to what extent consumers are aware of their own food waste R. Díaz Ruiz1* M. Costa Font2 and J.M. Gil1 19. You have the power to stop wasting food S. Juul 20. Potential of market based instruments and economic incentives in food waste prevention and reduction L.H. Aramyan1* N.I. Valeeva1 M. Vittuari2 A. Politano2 P. Mahon3 C. Balazs4 K. Ujhelyi4 S. Scherhaufer5 M. Gheouldus6 and D. Paschali7 Part 5. Social Responsibility of universities: contributing to reduce food waste and food poverty 21. New university society relationships for rational consumption and solidarity: actions from the Food Banks UPM Chair I. de los Ríos* A. Cazorla S. Sastre and C. Cadeddu 22. Science and technology serving the human right to food: corporate responsibility of universities in Kenya J.L. Omukaga 23. Improving efficiency of food distribution in the city of Seville: a proposal H. Barco Cobalea 24. Connecting learning processes and strategies towards the reduction of food poverty: a collaborative experience between the University of the Basque Country and social inclusion NGOs M. Merino Maestre1* and L. Escajedo San Epifanio2 25. Social commitment competence in the University of the Basque Country degree programmes M. Lledó Sáinz de Rozas* and A. Inza Bartolomé Part 6. Sociology and anthropology of food waste and food poverty 26. Eating in a time of crisis: new health and dietary contexts in Spain M. Gracia Arnaiz 27. Food altruism in human beings: facts and factors E. Rebato 28. Whose everyday mundane The influence of class and privilege in the creation of food waste T. Soma 29. Food and interculturality: a question of freedom and of models of protection A. Castro Jover Part 7. Food banking food redistribution and social supermarkets 30. Food poverty and food charity in the United Kingdom H. Lambie Mumford 31. The paradox of scarcity in abundance: the contribution of food banks against poverty in Italy G. Rovati 32. Food donation: Leioa catering and hospitality college and Lagun Artean an example of cooperation C. Ascorbe Landa 33. Reducing food waste through charity: exploring the giving and receiving of redistributed food E.G. Vlaholias* K. Thompson D. Every and D. Dawson 34. Switching imperfect and ugly products to beautiful opportunities M. Barba1* and R. Díaz Ruiz2 35. Social supermarkets: a dignifying tool against food insecurity for people at socio economic risk M. De Renobales1* L. Escajedo San Epifanio1 and F. Molina2 36. New challenges against hunger and poverty: a food bank case study O. Forcada1 S. Sert2* and V. Soldevila3 Part 8. Food sovereignty and food security