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title: "Research ideas tagged food"
description: "3 research idea notes tagged “food”."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/tags/food
markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/tags/food.md
license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
---

# Research ideas tagged “food”

3 research idea notes tagged “food”.

- [Perishable inventory and the food that expires](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/food-waste-and-perishables.md) (2026-10-23, seed): Food waste reduction, perishable goods and perishable inventory appear on 69 recent papers, mostly in operations research, with the food waste problem studied separately in economics. Dynamic discounts, better forecasts and date labels all promise less waste. Which of them works at scale, and who captures the savings? Tags: operations research, food, retail.
- [Food prices and unrest](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/food-prices-and-unrest.md) (2026-10-23, seed): Food security, food prices and food inflation appear on 105 recent papers, mostly in economics, but only 6 of them carry a conflict, unrest, protest or violence keyword. Food price spikes preceded unrest in 2008 and 2011. With prices high again and aid budgets cut, where is the risk greatest, and does early warning work? Tags: economics, food, politics.
- [Fertilizer prices and the food they grow](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/fertilizer-prices-and-food.md) (2026-10-23, seed): Fertilizer use and prices appear on 30 recent papers, almost all in the economics journals. The 2022 fertilizer price spike after Russia's invasion of Ukraine was one of the largest on record. How much did farmers cut application, what did it do to yields and food prices a year later, and did it speed up the shift to precision farming? Tags: economics, agriculture, food.

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Research ideas tagged “food”. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/tags/food

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@misc{scholar4ai-ideas-tags-food,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Research ideas tagged “food”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/tags/food}},
  urldate = {2026-10-23},
  note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).