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Food Policy Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103048

Alice R. Kininmonth , Rebecca A. Stone , Victoria Jenneson , Emily Ennis , Robyn Naisbitt , Alexandra M. Johnstone , Michelle A. Morris , Alison Fildes , the DIO Food Team

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Addressing conflict and weather shocks in agrifood value chains: policy preferences of Nigerian maize wholesalers 解决农业食品价值链中的冲突和天气冲击：尼日利亚玉米批发商的政策偏好

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103046

Daye Kwon , Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie , Thomas Reardon , Nicole M. Mason , Oyinkan Tasie

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Female earnings and dietary diversity: Evidence from an inflationary economic crisis 女性收入和饮食多样性：来自通货膨胀性经济危机的证据

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103037

Michael Olabisi , Uswat Adeyemi , Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie

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Weak pulse: a Q-methodology study of stakeholder viewpoints on barriers in European food legume value chains 弱脉冲：利益相关者对欧洲食品豆类价值链壁垒观点的q方法论研究

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.103033

Tobias Holmsgaard Rønn , Christoph Schulze , Mikołaj Czajkowski , Bettina Matzdorf , Olga M. Moreno-Pérez , Søren Bøye Olsen , Mette Termansen , Wojciech Zawadzki

{"title":"Weak pulse: a Q-methodology study of stakeholder viewpoints on barriers in European food legume value chains","authors":"Tobias Holmsgaard Rønn , Christoph Schulze , Mikołaj Czajkowski , Bettina Matzdorf , Olga M. Moreno-Pérez , Søren Bøye Olsen , Mette Termansen , Wojciech Zawadzki","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.103033","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.103033","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>European ambitions for more sustainable food systems rely, in part, on expanding the production and consumption of food legumes. Yet European food legume value chains remain marginal, and EU and national level supporting policies are few. We apply Q–methodology to provide novel evidence about stakeholder perceptions of the relative importance of current value chain barriers and their interrelationship, while also exploring how these perceptions vary among stakeholders from different European countries. Based on a Principal Component Analysis of 91 Danish, German, Polish, and Spanish value chain stakeholders’ sorting of 28 barrier statements, we extract five shared viewpoints, pointing out the perceived most important barriers: (1) a lack of capacity for end-product production and use; (2) unattractive legume products; (3) governance, institutional and capacity gaps; (4) unfavorable food system conditions; and (5) a restricted domestic raw material production. Cross–country analyses reveal that some viewpoints are widely shared, whereas others are country–specific. Our findings underscore the need for a flexible portfolio of European and national policy measures, such as educational initiatives, institutional support, network development, and coordinated national and regional strategies, to effectively address the value chain barriers currently inhibiting the realization of the full potential of food legumes as a pathway toward a more sustainable European food system.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"139 ","pages":"Article 103033"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145975347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Funeral reform, land use, and environmental consequences: evidence from China 丧葬改革、土地使用和环境后果：来自中国的证据

IF 6 1区经济学

Food Policy Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103036

Xiaoli Hao , Erxiang Miao , Zhiyang Shen , Yuhong Li , Shuran Wang , Haitao Wu

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Profitability and exit decisions of organic dairy farmers in the EU 欧盟有机奶农的盈利能力和退出决策

IF 6 1区经济学

Food Policy Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103034

Stefan Hirsch , Ayoub Barissoul , Niklas Möhring , Max Koppenberg

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Patterns in sustainable food choices and policy support: Novel evidence from nine countries 可持续粮食选择和政策支持模式：来自九个国家的新证据

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103047

Céline Giner , Céline Nauges , Katherine Hassett

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Stocks and shocks: Assessing the relative roles of public and private inventories in buffering rice price volatility in the Philippines 库存与冲击：评估菲律宾公共和私人库存在缓冲大米价格波动方面的相对作用

IF 6 1区经济学

Food Policy Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103052

Bernhard Dalheimer , Kenneth Foster , Gerald Shively , Valerien O. Pede , Dela-Dem Doe Fiankor , Jacob Ricker-Gilbert , Prathiba Bist

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Decision support system using rough DEMATEL for evaluating blockchain adoption in food bank supply chain 决策支持系统使用粗糙DEMATEL来评估食品银行供应链中区块链的采用

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103050

Sara Damavandi , Laura Berardi , Sina Abbasi

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Refining pesticide use to reduce yield loss: How drone plant protection transforms smallholder pest management 改进农药使用以减少产量损失：无人机植保如何改变小农病虫害管理

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Food Policy Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103035

Hangyu Zhang , Yujing Song , Yue Wang , Jikun Huang

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