Volume 27, Issue 2 of Economia agro-alimentare / Food Economy includes five regular articles authored by scholars from Portugal, Malaysia, Indonesia and Italy. In addition, this issue further includes a special section including a guest editorial and three contributions from the XXXII Conference of the Società Italiana di Economia Agro-Alimentare (SIEA), held in Ragusa (Italy) in June 2024 under the theme “Knowledge and Information for a Sustainable and Innovative Agri-Food System”.
Topics range from review articles as well as country and sector specific topics. All regular articles focus on different perspectives on various food production systems. The first article is providing a review of sustainable food supply chains in maritime ports with subject areas covering management, economic, and social dimensions. A second article is about the impact of R&D investments on resilience in the agricultural sector in Malaysia. A third article is about evaluation of food quality attributes on Generation Z’s preferences for beverages in Indonesia. The fourth paper is a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the food bank research literature. Finally, the last article focuses on linkages between livelihood assets and technical efficiency of cocoa farmer households in Indonesia.
Contributions in the Special Issue reflect ongoing debates on innovation, sustainability, consumer trends, and policy in agri-food systems, spanning contexts from local case studies to international perspectives. Topics range from challenges and opportunities for the food sector in rural mountain areas, consumer’s attitude in relation to wine production and finally EU Pesticide Policy seen in a sustainability perspective.