session 8 - guest lecture

Question 1

What is the surpose of the sustainable indicators

Answer 1

to empirically measure and to compare over time and across countries

Question 2

what steps did Bene et al use?

Answer 2

(1) keywords to identity relevant literature (2) review document and search to identify dimensions (3) populate the catogories with indicators (4) use inclusion/ exclusing criteria to refine the list of indicators for the food system

Question 3

Why according to Bene et al. (2019) is it important to build a rigorous metric of food system sustainability? Please be able to mention the main aspects that were lacking and that lead to this metric.

Answer 3

(1) lack of representativeness (2) lack of conceptual clarity (3) replication and/ or strong cross-correlation amongst indicator (4) sensitivity of the aggregated score

Question 4

horizontal integration is?

Answer 4

is the level of similarities between various products. The company can transfer the knowledge from one crop portfolio to another

Question 5

impacts of land use change fresh water

Answer 5

• extraction of groundwater reserves - chemicals to ground water - degrading water quality

Question 6

impacts of land use on forest

Answer 6

• degrade forest ecosystem conditions - productivity, biomass, stand structure

Question 7

impacts of land use change on climate and air quality

Answer 7

• clearing tropical forest –> warmer drier climate - reduced vegetation cover (heat islands) - biomass burning (air pollution sources)

Question 8

what are landuse activities?

Answer 8

converting natural landscapes for human use or changing management practices on human-dominated lands