The Swedish foodprint

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Food production capacity in the world may be approaching limits, while population continues to increase. Improving living standards also tend to change consumption patterns to be more demanding on resources. There is a link between resources used and amount of arable land needed for food production. The more, mostly non-renewable, resources we use, the less agricultural land is needed. However, this study stresses that food production is dependent also on other land, in addition to agricultural land, for environmental support. The term foodprint was introduced as an attempt to visualize our dependency on resources, mainly land area and ecosystem services, for our food consumption. The foodshed approach has been used together with footprinting methodology and a systems ecology approach. In this thesis the food system is considered in a holistic way, respecting all contributions, by man as well as nature, supporting food consumption. The foodprint is made up of direct and semi-direct agr

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