Change in the carbon footprint of Iranians’ food consumption from 1961 to 2019: A decomposition analysis of drivers
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2023
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Kirjastaja
Estonian University of Life Sciences
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The study investigates the role of three drivers: population, energy intake per capita,
and dietary change on the carbon footprint of food consumption in Iran from 1961 to 2019. Iran
was chosen for this analysis because the country has experienced a noteworthy population
increase in the past century, and the imposed international sanctions have changed the economic
welfare of the nation. Logarithmic Mean Division Index, along with data of FAOSTAT Food
balance sheets and carbon footprint per item, were utilized to decompose the impacts of the
drivers. The results demonstrated that the carbon footprint of food consumption in Iran increased
by 1.6 during this period. We also found that population increase, and energy intake per capita
were the main drivers of the carbon footprint of food consumption in Iran while diet change
contributed negatively.
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Received: December 1st, 2022 ; Accepted: April 1st, 2023 ; Published: April 18th, 2023 ; Correspondence: Bashir.Bashiri@tftak.eu
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carbon footprint, food consumption, diet change, Iran, articles