The article estimates the natural resource consumption due to nutrition from the supply and demand sides. Using the MIPS (Material Input per Service Unit) methodology, we analyzed the use of natural resources along the supply chains of three Italian foodstuffs: wheat, rice and orange-based...

Sustainable production and the sustainable use of biotic resources have become increasingly significant. This results in the demand by society for a sustainable use of biotic resources especially within the nutrition sector. But also their use for industrial purposes had led research and...