GIFTS
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GLOBAL INTERLINKAGES IN FOOD TRADE SYSTEMS
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Food
demand is largely met with imports, connecting producers to consumers through
global supply chains. The GIFTS project examines the land use spillovers and
GHG emissions from future food demand scenarios by considering trade-mediated
teleconnections between food consumption, agricultural expansion, and climate
change. GIFTS builds on a physical multi-regional input-output (MRIO) model
that will be extended to include emissions from agricultural production and
land use change, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of
the United Nations. The overall goal is to assist policy-making and inform
consumers’ decisions towards more resilient, circular, and sustainable
agro-food systems towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Input-Output (MRIO) model developed by the host institution, with an unprecedented level of detail in agro-food products. The researchers
propose to improve this model by developing environmental extensions with spatially-explicit carbon stocks across land uses
and greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production. Co-product flows between crop, livestock and energy sectors will
also be implemented to represent reuse and recovery. The extended MRIO table will be used to assess the mitigation
potential of climate change adaptation strategies along global supply chains, considering increased resource efficiency and
land use change. The project involves training on the application of MRIO analysis for environmental evaluation as well as in
spatial analysis at the host institution. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is involved in the
secondment, providing training on the estimation of livestock emissions and fostering inter-sectoral research exchange
between academia and decision-makers. Overall, GIFTS can greatly promote the interdisciplinary research career for
providing science-based evidence to assist policy-making towards a more resilient, sustainable and circular society in the
framework of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Start date: 2022-09-01
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End date: 2024-08-31
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Call: H2020-MSCA-IF-2020 |
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Key people involved in BC3: |
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Neus Escobar
Iñaki Arto |
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GIFTS has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration under Grant Agreement no. 101029457. |
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