Issues that are Affecting Food Sustainability | Project Report

Running head: ANALYSIS OF FOOT PRINT INDEX PROJECT
ANALYSIS OF FOOT PRINT INDEX PROJECT
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1. Problem Statement
One of the most important issues of modern world is increasing population and demand for
resources of which demand for food is of prime importance. Therefore, sustainability of food
has become an important issue in this context. Countries around the world are recognizing
this issue and providing attention to this as well. However, lack of proper strategies for
ensuing food sustainability is a major concern. Although there are framework for measuring
sustainability of food, this framework is either not effective or complex to apply. Therefore, it
requires an effective framework that provides different metrics and measurements regarding
food sustainability so that it is easier to apply food index. This is not enough to ensure that
food index is easier to apply, but it should also help people to analyse diverse metrics for
holistic food system. Therefore, it is important to design an effective framework for design
and application of food sustainability index. It needs to provide context to determine
sustainability and security of food while considering different metrics in accordance with
requirements of food system where this framework is applicable. Therefore, this framework
provided in this context needs to be applicable for variety of food system and various features
that define these food systems.
2. Project Purpose Statement
The purpose of the project is to identify what are the main issues that are affecting food
sustainability around the world and measure those issues in details so that it is easier to
design strategies for managing those issues. The purpose is to identify how to ensure food
sustainability through effective measurement of important aspects related to food
sustainability and also food security as well. In this context, the project also aims to identify
what are the most common factors that is responsible for food scarcity around the world and
how it affects food sustainability as this would provide a comprehensive idea how to ensure

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food sustainability through effective strategies identified through research done in this
context. This project aims to identify what are the required features for designing a
framework that is not only effective but also easier to apply sustainability features with
respect to food resources that are available for people. Therefore, overall purpose of this
project is to identify what are the issues regarding food scarcity, its effect on food
sustainability and strategies available for ensuing that food resources are not only capable of
meeting demand for food but it is sustainable as well.
3. Research Objectives
The objective of this research is to design a framework that is capable of measuring
sustainability of food. Increasing demand for food resources has led to scarcity for food in
various countries around the world. Therefore, it is not only enough to identify what are the
issues that is effecting food sustainability, it is also important to identify which factors are
mostly responsible for affecting food sustainability. If food sustainability is not ensured, then
it will be not possible to ensure food supply for future generation. Therefore, identifying
issues regarding food availability and how these issues contribute to lack of food
sustainability requires extensive research.
Therefore, objective of this research is to design food sustainability metrics and measurement
with a special focus on food produced in farms and food products that are purchased from
stores. This food sustainability metrics and measurement will provide an index that will help
in measuring sustainability of nutrient food with reference to sustainability metrics
considered for this research.
The objective of this research is to measure overall food and how it impact human health.
Along with this, another objective of this research is to analyse its influence on social,
economic and also environmental sustainability. In this context, some metrics will be