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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, Susanne Braun, Dimitrios Argyropoulos   +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, Mauro Eduardo DelGrossi, Karim Marini Thomé¹   +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, Amin Hosseinian-Far, Rasoul Khandan, Dilshad Sarwar, Alireza Daneshkhah   +4 more
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Effects on logistic operations from RFID- and EPCIS-enabled traceability [PDF]

, 2014
Purpose – The paper aims to explore the potential effects on logistic operations of implementing the Electronic Product Code Information Service (EPCIS) standard and radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to enable food traceability.
Ringsberg, Henrik, Mirza Beiki, Vahid,, Mirza Beiki, Vahid, Ringsberg, Henrik,, Ringsberg, Henrik Anders, Mirzabeiki, Vahid   +5 more
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Strategies to manage perishability in a perishable food supply chain

, 2021
Perishable food supply chains (PFSCs) have special challenges of short shelf life, strict time windows, product quality degradation issues, and product safety issues.
Mangla, Sachin Kumar, Kumar, Anish, Kumar, Pradeep   +2 more
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Investigation of the Factors That Contribute to Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Losses in the Australian Fresh Food Supply Chain [PDF]

, 2023
Fruit and vegetables (FV) are the major source of bioactive compounds for human beings. FV supply chains are complex and sensitive due to various features, including the seasonality of products, variations in demand, and short shelf-lives.
Azharul Karim, Sanad Alsbu, Reham Abdullah, Yarlagadda, Prasad, Karim, Azharul, Reham Abdullah Sanad Alsbu, Prasad Yarlagadda   +5 more
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Sustainability concerns on consumers’ attitude towards short food supply chains: an empirical Investigation [PDF]

, 2021
While industrialized agro-food supply systems have gained tremendous success in recent decades, it has been increasingly criticized for its adverse environmental and social impact.
Ruan, Ximing, Kumar, Vikas, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Wang, Meng, Kumar, Anil, Saad, Mohammed   +5 more
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SHORT SUPPLY CHAINS – FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF PRODUCERS [PDF]

Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists, 2017
The modern food retail trade means a concentrated and overstocked market in developedcountries as well as in many developing countries. Joining the food chains of the “modern retail trade”often poses a problem for small-sized agricultural producers ...
Konrád Kiss
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Les paillotes gitanes de vente de fruits et légumes à Montpellier, entre justice alimentaire et relégation

EchoGéo, 2022
Since the end of the 1970s, in summer, families from the Gypsy community have been selling fruit and vegetables in huts on the outskirts of Montpellier, particularly on roundabouts with heavy traffic, by mobilizing diversified supplies.
Gaëlla Loiseau, Coline Perrin, Gwenn Pulliat   +2 more
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Short Agri-Food Supply Chains: A Proposal in a Food Bank

, 2020
Many communities are interested in acquiring healthy food without pesticides and chemical preservatives. At the same time, they want to protect local production and cultural characteristics. In this sense, the academy starts to discuss a change in food supply chains and called of Short Agri-Food Chains.
Aguinaldo Eduardo de Souza, João Gilberto Mendes dos Reis, Antônio Carlos Estender, Jorge Luiz Dias Agia, Oduvaldo Vendrametto, Luciana de Melo Costa, Paula Ferreira da Cruz Correia   +6 more
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