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Farmer satisfaction and short food supply chains
Agriculture and Human Values, 2023 In response to a commentary on our research article (Azima and Mundler in Agric Hum Values 39:791-807, 2022), we address the argument that increased reliance on family farm labor with low or no opportunity costs leads to higher net revenue and greater economic satisfaction.
Stevens Azima, Patrick Mundler
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A review of supply chain quality management practices in sustainable food networks
Heliyon, 2023 Supply chain quality management practices are necessary to improve processes, meet consumer quality needs, and enhance supply chain quality management performance in sustainable food networks. Food supply chain quality management and associated practices
Patrick Robert Burgess +2 more
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Food Frontiers, 2023 Finding a food system to feed the growing worldwide population remains a challenge, especially in the current era, where natural resources are being dramatically depleted.
A. Soria‐Lopez +8 more
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Process maturity of short food supply chains [PDF]
Journal of Central European Green Innovation, 2014 The paper aimed to analyse the process maturity of short food supply chains. Process orientation has been recognized as a basic concept of the chains functioning. Based on developed Model of Process Maturity of Short Food Supply Chains, which was used to analyse 35 short food supply chains, it was found that the shorter the chain is and the less people
Maciejczak, Mariusz, Maciejczak, Mariusz
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Agri-Food Chains Versus Short Chains – Literature and Legislation Review [PDF]
Revista de Management Comparat International, 2021 This study started from the premise that between the notions of short chain and agrifood chain there is a relationship as part to whole, and this paper aims to identify the differences between the two notions.
Daniela POPA
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Food Acquisition in the Geography of Brazilian Obesity
Frontiers in Public Health, 2020 Overweight and obesity are a worldwide pandemic with geographic differences. Possible explanations include variable access to food and its quality, dietary habits of the populations, behavioral patterns, and characteristics of the food markets.
Camila Elisa Alves +4 more
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Toxics, 2022 We analyze the incipient development of short supply chains for fresh fruit and vegetables from conventional agri-food chains, leading to the emergence of hybrid chains.
Irene Navarro-del Aguila +1 more
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SMARTCHAIN - Towards Innovation-Driven and Smart Solutions in Short Food Supply Chains
International Journal of Food Studies, 2022 In recent times, Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs), i.e., supply chains in which the number of intermediaries between farmer and consumer are minimal or ideally nil, and local markets have flourished in Europe, both in rural and urban areas. SMARTCHAIN is
Francisco Javier Casado Hebrard +2 more
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Short food supply chain: characteristics of a family farm
Ciência Rural, 2018 : Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs) provide a dependable substitute for conventional supply chains, as their food reflects the characteristics of “local”, “natural”, “healthy” and “reliable”.
Luane da Conceição Aguiar +2 more
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Assessing Risks in Dairy Supply Chain Systems: A System Dynamics Approach
Systems, 2022 Due to the dynamic nature of the food supply chain system, food supply management could suffer because of, and be interrupted by, unforeseen events. Considering the perishable nature of fresh food products and their short life cycle, fresh food companies
Maryam Azizsafaei +4 more
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