Energy optimization and greenhouse gas emissions mitigation for agricultural and horticultural systems in Northern Iran

Mostashari-Rad, Fatemeh; Nabavi‐Pelesaraei, Ashkan; Soheili-Fard, Farshad; Hosseini-Fashami, Fatemeh; Chau, Kwok Wing

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2019.07.175

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“…Marginal food insecurity indicates that the representative of the household reports worries about future access to food or food affordability ( Mostashari-Rad et al., 2019 ; Saber et al., 2020 ). The moderate situation indicates that households lack the means to buy higher nutritional quality foods.…”

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The short-term effects of COVID-19 outbreak on dietary diversity and food security status of Iranian households (A case study in Tehran province)

Pakravan-Charvadeh

Mohammadi‐Nasrabadi

Gholamrezai

et al. 2021

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Currently, the COVID-19 outbreak is spreading fast in 185 countries and has engaged most people around the world. COVID-19 imposes severe and tragic consequences on people’s health due to the high rate of spread and potentially fatal impacts. In this study, the association of socio-economic factors with food security and dietary diversity is assessed before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from 299 respondents were collected by an online standard questionnaire. Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) and Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) were calculated. A multinomial regression model was applied to determine factors associated with HDDS and HFIAS before and during COVID-19 outbreak. Food security of Iranian households improved during the initial COVID-19 pandemic period (P < 0.001). Households reduced consumption of some food groups during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the pre-COVID-19 period. Key socio-economic factors associated with food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic included personal savings, household income, employment status of head of household, and nutrition knowledge of head of household. During the COVID-19 outbreak, household size, head of household’s occupation, personal savings, and number of male children were significantly associated with dietary diversity. Distributing free food baskets to poor households, extending e-marketing, providing nutrition consultations, and organizing donations to support infected households may increase household dietary diversity and improve food security status during a pandemic such as COVID-19. Vulnerable populations in countries experiencing food insecurity, such as Iran, should be supported — not just by providing medical care and personal protective equipment, but also with flexible safety nets and food-based intervention programs to respond to population needs.

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confidence: 99%

The short-term effects of COVID-19 outbreak on dietary diversity and food security status of Iranian households (A case study in Tehran province)

Pakravan-Charvadeh

Mohammadi‐Nasrabadi

Gholamrezai

et al. 2021

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Others conducted life cycle assessment to evaluate the environmental impacts in various stages of the food supply chain Elsoragaby et al (2019) , Mostashari-Rad et al (2019) , Saber et al (2020) , Khanali et al (2021) , Mostashari-Rad et al (2021) , Lv et al (2019) Nabavi-Pelesaraei et al (2019) . Ghasemi-Mobtaker et al (2020) .…”

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Comparative Analysis of Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emission of Diesel and Electric Trucks for Food Distribution in Gowanus District of New York City

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New York City’s food distribution system is among the largest in the United States. Food is transported by trucks from twelve major distribution centers to the city’s point-of-sale locations. Trucks consume large amounts of energy and contribute to large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, there is interest to increase the efficiency of New York City’s food distribution system. The Gowanus district in New York City is undergoing rezoning from an industrial zone to a mix residential and industrial zone. It serves as a living lab to test new initiatives, policies, and new infrastructure for electric vehicles. We analyze the impact of electrification of food-distribution trucks on greenhouse gas emissions and electricity demand in this paper. However, such analysis faces the challenges of accessing available and granular data, modeling of demands and deliveries that incorporate logistics and inventory management of different types of food retail stores, delivery route selection, and delivery schedule to optimize food distribution. We propose a framework to estimate truck routes for food delivery at a district level. We model the schedule of food delivery from a distribution center to retail stores as a vehicle routing problem using an optimization solver. Our case study shows that diesel trucks consume 300% more energy than electric trucks and generate 40% more greenhouse gases than diesel trucks for food distribution in the Gowanus district.

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“…DEA is a powerful non-parametric comprehensive evaluation method to measure relative efficiency of a large number of decision-making units (DMUs) (Nabavi-Pelesaraei et al, 2019). This method selects the efficient DMUs as reference benchmark to identify levels and causes of inefficient DMUs.…”

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“…Data envelopment assessment (DEA) has been widely used in the performance evaluation of water sector in recent years (Dong et al, 2017;Hu et al, 2019;Jiang et al, 2020). This method obtains relative efficiency of decision-making units (DMUs) with multiple inputs and multiple outputs based on linear programming (Mostashari-Rad et al, 2019). A significant advantage of the DEA method is that it is not necessary to assume a correlation between input and output indicators (Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha et al, 2018).…”

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Efficiency assessment of rural domestic sewage treatment facilities by a slacked-based DEA model

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Jiang

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Energy optimization and greenhouse gas emissions mitigation for agricultural and horticultural systems in Northern Iran

Cited by 91 publications

References 58 publications

The short-term effects of COVID-19 outbreak on dietary diversity and food security status of Iranian households (A case study in Tehran province)

The short-term effects of COVID-19 outbreak on dietary diversity and food security status of Iranian households (A case study in Tehran province)

Comparative Analysis of Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emission of Diesel and Electric Trucks for Food Distribution in Gowanus District of New York City

Efficiency assessment of rural domestic sewage treatment facilities by a slacked-based DEA model

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