The Future of Food, the City and Environment: Case for Resilience in Zimbabwe

Kanonhuwa, Tinashe; Toriro, Percy; Chirisa, Innocent

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-0305-1_13

Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements

2021

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-0305-1_13

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The Future of Food, the City and Environment: Case for Resilience in Zimbabwe

Tinashe Kanonhuwa

Percy Toriro²,

Innocent Chirisa

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Life cycle assessment of household food waste in Zimbabwe: a systematic review

Jerie,

Shabani,

Shabani

2024

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Food waste is a significant issue worldwide, with developing countries like Zimbabwe facing unique challenges in managing household food waste. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a tool that can help to understand the environmental impacts of food waste and identify opportunities for reduction. The aim of this review paper is to utilize the LCA approach to examine and analyze the environmental effects of food waste produced at household level in Zimbabwe. The study also attempts to offer insights on feasible methods and interventions that can be used in Zimbabwe to lessen household food waste and the effects it has on the environment. A systematic literature search was conducted using Science Direct, Google Scholar, Springer, African Journal Online, PubMed, Scopus and Sage Publications using key words for example life cycle assessment, food waste, household food waste, sustainability, waste management and environmental impact. The review includes 41 English articles published up to 2024. The references added up to 76 because some of the references were found inside the 41 articles used to compile the review. The review established that household food waste in Zimbabwe is a significant issue. The main causes of food waste include poverty, lack of access to markets and inadequate storage and transportation infrastructure. Life Cycle Assessment has been applied in Zimbabwe to assess the environmental impacts of food waste, with a focus on land, water and greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, relevant stakeholders and the government should give priority to implementing awareness campaigns and education programs to promote food preservation techniques, minimize food loss and encourage the adoption of home composting systems in order to improve Zimbabwe's LCA of household food waste. The review emphasizes the importance of addressing the root causes of household food waste, such as inadequate infrastructure to reduce impacts of household food waste in Zimbabwe. KeywordsLife cycle assessment • Food waste • Household food waste • Solid waste • Waste management • Sustainability and environmental impact * Tapiwa Shabani,

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Life cycle assessment of household food waste in Zimbabwe: a systematic review

Jerie,

Shabani,

Shabani

2024

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Auditing the spatial and temporal changes in urban cropland in Harare metropolitan Province, Zimbabwe

Musosa

Shekede

Gwitira

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Challenges of Post-Pandemic Urban Resilience Management

Badea

Ranf

2023

Studies in Business and Economics

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The crisis caused by the Covid pandemic is certainly the major disruptive event of this first quarter century, the Russian-Ukrainian military crisis also having the potential (in terms of the global dysfunctions generated) to fit into this typology. Beyond the clear negative effects (social, human, economic, etc.) of the Covid pandemic, however, we must also consider the possible challenges it may pose. The research question of the present article is situated in this thematic register, on a niche topic, urban resilience, re-evaluated, following the materialization of this pandemic context, both in academic research and in terms of contemporary management practice. It is intended, in conjunction with a bibliometric analysis, to highlight possible directions of action within the triple and quadruple helix models for strengthening urban resilience based on the lessons learned from this crisis, directions that are considered useful to a wide range of stakeholders in academia, industry and government. While there is sufficient concern directed towards determining resilience indices, the main thesis considered for this article is that there is a need for synergistic stakeholder action, integrating such elaborations into the proactive framework of a robust yet scalable urban resilience profile in relation to a wide range of events across the urban community security threat spectrum, as was the case with Covid 19.

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The Future of Food, the City and Environment: Case for Resilience in Zimbabwe

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Life cycle assessment of household food waste in Zimbabwe: a systematic review

Life cycle assessment of household food waste in Zimbabwe: a systematic review

Auditing the spatial and temporal changes in urban cropland in Harare metropolitan Province, Zimbabwe

Challenges of Post-Pandemic Urban Resilience Management

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