Scaling-up urban agriculture for a healthy, sustainable and resilient food system: the postharvest benefits, challenges and key research gaps

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dc.contributor.authorKourmpetli, Sofia
dc.contributor.authorFalagán, Natalia
dc.contributor.authorHardman, Charlotte
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Lingxuan
dc.contributor.authorMead, Bethan
dc.contributor.authorWalsh, Lael
dc.contributor.authorDavies, Jess
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-27T14:22:55Z
dc.date.available2022-04-27T14:22:55Z
dc.date.embargo2023-03-30
dc.date.issued2022-03-29
dc.description.abstractSustainably ensuring food security and safety for the urban population is a major challenge. In this perspective, we present the concept of rurbanisation (the ruralisation of urban areas through increased urban agriculture) as a holistic strategy to provide a resilient food system. In particular, we focus on the postharvest benefits of urban agriculture for environmentally sustainable food supply chains, enhanced nutritional content of fresh produce and access to fresh, local and seasonal food. However, upscaling current urban agricultural systems requires improvement in current technologies and local infrastructure as well as the transfer of knowledge and skills to new urban farmers. This perspective summarises the main challenges that urban agriculture is currently facing from a postharvest quality and safety point of view, and highlights the research gaps and opportunities for improvements in that area.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationKourmpetli S, Falagán N, Hardman CA, et al., (2022) Scaling-up urban agriculture for a healthy, sustainable and resilient food system: the postharvest benefits, challenges and key research gaps. International Journal of Postharvest Technology and Innovation, Volume 8, Issue 2-3, pp. 145-157en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1744-7550
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1504/IJPTI.2022.121791
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/17824
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherInderscienceen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectUrban agricultureen_UK
dc.subjecthealthen_UK
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_UK
dc.subjectfood systemen_UK
dc.subjectresilienceen_UK
dc.subjectpostharvest benefitsen_UK
dc.subjectrurbanisationen_UK
dc.titleScaling-up urban agriculture for a healthy, sustainable and resilient food system: the postharvest benefits, challenges and key research gapsen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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