A qualitative approach to Food Loss. The case of the production of fruit in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)

Conventional definitions of food loss and food waste consider that the phenomenon can be measured with mass or monetary units. However, the problem is that it is not easy to establish what a discarded foodstuff is. Furthermore, these definitions do not incorporate in their analyses the loss of produ...

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Autores: Gascón, Jordi (Gascón Gutiérrez), Solà, Carlota, Larrea Killinger, Cristina
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Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Palabra clave:Antropologia de l'alimentació
Productes agrícoles excedents
Indústria alimentària
Ecologia política
Fruita
Lleida (Catalunya)
Nutritional anthropology
Surplus agricultural commodities
Food industry
Political ecology
Fruit
Lleida (Catalonia)
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spelling A qualitative approach to Food Loss. The case of the production of fruit in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)Gascón, Jordi (Gascón Gutiérrez)Solà, CarlotaLarrea Killinger, CristinaAntropologia de l'alimentacióProductes agrícoles excedentsIndústria alimentàriaEcologia políticaFruitaLleida (Catalunya)Nutritional anthropologySurplus agricultural commoditiesFood industryPolitical ecologyFruitLleida (Catalonia)Conventional definitions of food loss and food waste consider that the phenomenon can be measured with mass or monetary units. However, the problem is that it is not easy to establish what a discarded foodstuff is. Furthermore, these definitions do not incorporate in their analyses the loss of productive resources. From political ecology and agroecology, other alternative definitions consider that the calculation should be done in terms of energy. This would allow us to include the loss of productive resources in the phenomenon. However, since the counting tools generated by the agrarian economy reduce any economic activity to mass or monetary units, these alternative definitions face a problem of quantification to a greater extent. Consequently, there is currently an open debate about what constitutes food loss; a debate that is not reaching any helpful outcome. In light of these limitations, a qualitative approach to the phenomenon can be more practical. Based on our analysis of food loss in the context of fruit production in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain) we argue that to understand the phenomenon it is more effective to analyze how food loss is produced rather than to try to quantify it.Taylor and Francis2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/194247Articles publicats en revistes (Antropologia Social)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2022.2061099Agroecology And Sustainable Food Systems, 2022, vol. 46, num. 5, p. 736-757https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2022.2061099(c) Taylor and Francis, 2022info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1942472026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A qualitative approach to Food Loss. The case of the production of fruit in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)
title A qualitative approach to Food Loss. The case of the production of fruit in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)
spellingShingle A qualitative approach to Food Loss. The case of the production of fruit in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)
Gascón, Jordi (Gascón Gutiérrez)
Antropologia de l'alimentació
Productes agrícoles excedents
Indústria alimentària
Ecologia política
Fruita
Lleida (Catalunya)
Nutritional anthropology
Surplus agricultural commodities
Food industry
Political ecology
Fruit
Lleida (Catalonia)
title_short A qualitative approach to Food Loss. The case of the production of fruit in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)
title_full A qualitative approach to Food Loss. The case of the production of fruit in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)
title_fullStr A qualitative approach to Food Loss. The case of the production of fruit in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)
title_full_unstemmed A qualitative approach to Food Loss. The case of the production of fruit in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)
title_sort A qualitative approach to Food Loss. The case of the production of fruit in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gascón, Jordi (Gascón Gutiérrez)
Solà, Carlota
Larrea Killinger, Cristina
author Gascón, Jordi (Gascón Gutiérrez)
author_facet Gascón, Jordi (Gascón Gutiérrez)
Solà, Carlota
Larrea Killinger, Cristina
author_role author
author2 Solà, Carlota
Larrea Killinger, Cristina
author2_role author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Antropologia de l'alimentació
Productes agrícoles excedents
Indústria alimentària
Ecologia política
Fruita
Lleida (Catalunya)
Nutritional anthropology
Surplus agricultural commodities
Food industry
Political ecology
Fruit
Lleida (Catalonia)
topic Antropologia de l'alimentació
Productes agrícoles excedents
Indústria alimentària
Ecologia política
Fruita
Lleida (Catalunya)
Nutritional anthropology
Surplus agricultural commodities
Food industry
Political ecology
Fruit
Lleida (Catalonia)
description Conventional definitions of food loss and food waste consider that the phenomenon can be measured with mass or monetary units. However, the problem is that it is not easy to establish what a discarded foodstuff is. Furthermore, these definitions do not incorporate in their analyses the loss of productive resources. From political ecology and agroecology, other alternative definitions consider that the calculation should be done in terms of energy. This would allow us to include the loss of productive resources in the phenomenon. However, since the counting tools generated by the agrarian economy reduce any economic activity to mass or monetary units, these alternative definitions face a problem of quantification to a greater extent. Consequently, there is currently an open debate about what constitutes food loss; a debate that is not reaching any helpful outcome. In light of these limitations, a qualitative approach to the phenomenon can be more practical. Based on our analysis of food loss in the context of fruit production in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain) we argue that to understand the phenomenon it is more effective to analyze how food loss is produced rather than to try to quantify it.
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Agroecology And Sustainable Food Systems, 2022, vol. 46, num. 5, p. 736-757
https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2022.2061099
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