5s2: Towards circular food systems: analysing biomass- and nutrient flows in the agrifoodsystem

Abstract

The concepts of circular agriculture are well established in scientific literature. However, interactions between food demand, local and regional production, land-use and environmental impacts as a function of the degree of circularity and intensity of land use
remain poorly understood. Optimizing existing flows of biomass and nutrients of the agricultural and food systems within a particular geographical context is a first step towards improved circularity.