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The work of farmers in short food supply chains: Systematic literature review and research agenda. [PDF]

PLoS One
Dupé P, Dedieu B, Gasselin P, Ollivier G.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Innovation and Governance in International Food Supply Chains: The Cases of Ghanaian Pineapples and South African Grapes [PDF]

This paper reports an exploratory case study on innovation in, and governance of, international supply chains originating in developing countries. Two African fruit export chains are analyzed: the table grape chain from South Africa (a highly developed ...
Trienekens, Jacques H., Willems, Sabine
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Can Elastomers Combine Stiffness, Toughness and Fatigue Resistance?

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review studies how the molecular and macroscopic architecture of elastomers influence their mechanical properties including: stiffness, stretchability, toughness, fatigue resistance, and damping behavior. By linking the structure to performance, it proposes design principles for advanced elastomeric systems that combine mechanical properties ...
Eva Baur, Esther Amstad
wiley   +1 more source

Market Access for Local Food through the Conventional Food Supply Chain [PDF]

The paper examines relationships and linkages between the conventional supply chain actors (wholesalers and retailers) and local food producers based on a study conducted in Southeast Michigan.
Peterson, H. Christopher, Abatekassa, Getachew   +1 more
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Ionic Gating of Liquid‐Crystal‐Like Pteridine Assemblies Enables Tunable Light Scattering

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Tunable optical properties emerge through developmentally regulated ionic gating, which transforms disordered, ultraviolet (UV)‐absorbing organelles into concentrically ordered, liquid‐crystal‐like light scatterers. By integrating analyses of pteridine composition, potassium‐dependent assembly, hierarchical ultrastructure, and optical behavior, the ...
Sourabh Bera, Zohar Eyal, Yael Noy, Yuval Barzilay, Siddharth Sahoo, Srikant Moharana, Avi Baram, Tali Lerer‐Goldshtein, Neta Varsano, Bar Bader, Lothar Houben, Uwe Heinig, Iddo Pinkas, Moshe Goldsmith, Tamar Unger, Shira Albeck, Andrea Sorrentino, Maxim Itkin, Sergey Malitsky, Ziv Porat, Ido Hadar, Venkata Jayasurya Yallapragada, Dvir Gur   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Thermoreversible Gelation Pathway to Plant Cuticle‐Inspired Biopolymer Aerogel Monoliths Based on Network‐Spherulitic Crystal Assemblies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
To address functionality limitations in plant‐based and industrially compostable polymer aerogels, this work introduces bio‐inspired aerogels with broadened functionality. Inspired by functional plant tissues, lightweight biopolymer aerogels based on exclusively stereocomplex crystals are fabricated, featuring hierarchically macro‐/meso‐porous ...
Anthony V. Tuccitto, Zeineb Ben Rejeb, Rafaela Aguiar, Nello D. Sansone, Sumaiya Farzana, Isaac Ali, Jun Uk Lee, Daniel J. Davidson, Ailsa K. Edward, Chul B. Park, Patrick C. Lee   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Innovative markets as drivers of sustainable food value chains? Insights from short food supply chains' models of development

, 2019
International audienceShort food supply chains remain often reduced to rudiments of the past or activist movements while their diversity is much more larger, especially in Mediterranean countries where they caver both traditional forms (open-air markets..
Chiffoleau, Yuna
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Do consumers support farmers and food supply chains promoting agrobiodiversity?

DIVINFOOD Practice abstractsAgrobiodiversity, including all the plant species and varieties used for food, is in decline. Just three crops account for 60% of the calories consumed worldwide: wheat, maize and rice (FAO).
Chiffoleau, Yuna
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Soft and Transient Bioelectronics Enabled by Polymer‐Free Ti3C2Tx MXene Hydrogels

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We present Ti3C2Tx MXene hydrogel (MXgel) bioelectronics, a soft, flexible, and fully transient platform for high‐fidelity neural recording and stimulation. MXgel bioelectronics exhibit exceptional electrical conductivities, low electrochemical impedances, and high charge injection capacities.
Raghav Garg, Franco A. Laimo, Stefano Ippolito, Prastuti Upadhyay, Spencer R. Averbeck, Dimitris Boufidis, Charles‐Antoine Assenmacher, Dayo O. Adewole, Sai Panigrahy, Bita Soltan Mohammadlou, Lucy Plant, Yuan Zhang, Andrew G. Richardson, Yury Gogotsi, D. Kacy Cullen, Flavia Vitale   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biohybrid Crawling Robot With Spiral‐Spring Backbone and Inclined Legs for Enhanced Locomotion

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We present a biohybrid crawling robot integrating a muscle ring with a flexible skeleton combining two complementary structural elements. The spiral‐spring backbone enables large‐amplitude bending without compromising axial stability, while outward‐inclined legs with unequal front–rear lengths effectively convert deformation into directional strides ...
Tomohiro Morita, Minghao Nie, Shoji Takeuchi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source