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Scientists have been alerting the world about climate change for a very long time; examples include the ''World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity'' from 1992<ref name="UCSWorld92">{{cite web |url=https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/1992-world-scientists-warning-humanity |title=1992 World Scientists' Warning to Humanity |author=Union of Concerned Scientists |publisher=Union of Concerned Scientists |date=16 July 1992}}</ref> and the more recent ''World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice'' in 2017.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ripple |first=William J. |last2=Wolf |first2=Christopher |last3=Newsome |first3=Thomas M. |last4=Galetti |first4=Mauro |last5=Alamgir |first5=Mohammed |last6=Crist |first6=Eileen |last7=Mahmoud |first7=Mahmoud I. |last8=Laurance |first8=William F. |last9=15,364 scientist signatories from 184 countries |date=2017-12-01 |title=World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice |url=https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/67/12/1026/4605229 |journal=BioScience |language=en |volume=67 |issue=12 |pages=1026–1028 |doi=10.1093/biosci/bix125 |issn=0006-3568}}</ref> However, it required Greta Thunberg and Fridays for Future to raise the awareness about climate change and the necessity to protect the environment and society. | |||
One aspect that, on the one hand, impacts climate change but on the other hand is also highly influenced by it, is the production of food. Roughly 11% of the Earth’s population was unable to meet their dietary energy requirements between 2014 and 2016, representing approximately 795 million people. [1] On the contrary, food production for the population of industrial nations in particular highly contributes to climate change due to a meat-focused diet, with the expectation of seasonal fruits throughout the entire year, as well as a high waste of food. [2] Both situations will become more complex in the next decades as the global population is predicted to grow to 10 billion by 2050 according to the United Nations. [1] This might increase the number of people with insufficiently satisfied dietary energy requirements. The increasing welfare in emerging countries will likely lead to more people adopting the resource-demanding nutrition of the industrial nations. | |||
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| Full article title | Food informatics: Review of the current state-of-the-art, revised definition, and classification into the research landscape |
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| Journal | Foods |
| Author(s) | Krupitzer, Christian; Stein, Anthony |
| Author affiliation(s) | University of Hohenheim |
| Primary contact | christian dot krupitzer at uni-hohenheim dot de |
| Editors | Jaiswal, Amit K. |
| Year published | 2021 |
| Volume and issue | 10(11) |
| Article # | 2889 |
| DOI | 10.3390/foods10112889 |
| ISSN | 2304-8158 |
| Distribution license | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International |
| Website | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/11/2889/htm |
| Download | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/11/2889/pdf (PDF) |
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Abstract
Background: The increasing population of humans and their changing food consumption behavior, as well as the recent developments in the awareness for food sustainability, lead to new challenges for the production of food. Advances in the internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) technology, including machine learning and data analytics, might help to account for these challenges.
Scope and approach: Several research perspectives—among them precision agriculture, industrial IoT, internet of food, and smart health—already provide new opportunities through digitalization. In this paper, we review the current state-of-the-art of the mentioned concepts. An additional concept to address is food informatics, which so far is mostly recognized as a mainly data-driven approach to support the production of food. In this review paper, we propose and discuss a new perspective for the concept of food informatics as a supportive discipline that subsumes the incorporation of information technology, mainly IoT and AI, in order to support the variety of aspects tangential to the food production process and delineate it from other existing research streams in the domain.
Key Findings and conclusions: Many different concepts related to digitalization in food science overlap. Further, food informatics is vaguely defined. In this paper, we provide a clear definition of food informatics and delineate it from related concepts. We corroborate our new perspective on food informatics by presenting several case studies about how it can support food production (as well as the intermediate steps until its consumption), and further describe its integration with related concepts.
Keywords: food informatics, internet of things, precision agriculture, smart agriculture, internet of food, food computing, food supply chain management
Introduction
Scientists have been alerting the world about climate change for a very long time; examples include the World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity from 1992[1] and the more recent World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice in 2017.[2] However, it required Greta Thunberg and Fridays for Future to raise the awareness about climate change and the necessity to protect the environment and society.
One aspect that, on the one hand, impacts climate change but on the other hand is also highly influenced by it, is the production of food. Roughly 11% of the Earth’s population was unable to meet their dietary energy requirements between 2014 and 2016, representing approximately 795 million people. [1] On the contrary, food production for the population of industrial nations in particular highly contributes to climate change due to a meat-focused diet, with the expectation of seasonal fruits throughout the entire year, as well as a high waste of food. [2] Both situations will become more complex in the next decades as the global population is predicted to grow to 10 billion by 2050 according to the United Nations. [1] This might increase the number of people with insufficiently satisfied dietary energy requirements. The increasing welfare in emerging countries will likely lead to more people adopting the resource-demanding nutrition of the industrial nations.
References
- ↑ Union of Concerned Scientists (16 July 1992). "1992 World Scientists' Warning to Humanity". Union of Concerned Scientists. https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/1992-world-scientists-warning-humanity.
- ↑ Ripple, William J.; Wolf, Christopher; Newsome, Thomas M.; Galetti, Mauro; Alamgir, Mohammed; Crist, Eileen; Mahmoud, Mahmoud I.; Laurance, William F. et al. (1 December 2017). "World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice" (in en). BioScience 67 (12): 1026–1028. doi:10.1093/biosci/bix125. ISSN 0006-3568. https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/67/12/1026/4605229.
Notes
This presentation is faithful to the original, with only a few minor changes to presentation and updates to spelling and grammar. In some cases important information was missing from the references, and that information was added. The authors did not provide citations for the "World Scientists'" papers; citations were added for this version.
