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Understanding social innovation in short food supply chains: an exploratory analysis [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Food Studies, 2022
Short food supply chains (SFSCs) are alternative food chains that have gained ground and contribute to the global food system's sustainable transition. To explore how to enhance their capacity to act and benefit society at large, we turned to scholarly ...
Eugenia Petropoulou   +8 more
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Fostering urban short food supply chains: Evidence from the Netherlands [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences
Short urban agri-food supply chains are an effective way to promote sustainability, viability, local economy and food security. This venture requires collaboration and knowledge from different disciplines, such as agriculture, food processing, logistics,
Zhu Yuheng, Tsoulfas Giannis T.
doaj   +2 more sources

SUSTAINABILITY OF SHORT FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS: ANALYSIS OF RAW MATERIAL SUPPLY IN MILAN PUBLIC SCHOOL CATERING

open access: yesItalian Journal of Food Safety, 2009
The demand of short food supply chains is becoming more pressing by consumers, especially in the largest school catering. The implementation of the short chain in a large catering company of Milan, is described in this practical contribution.
G. D’Anna, M.A Marzano, C. Balzaretti
doaj   +3 more sources

Sustainability concerns on consumers’ attitude towards short food supply chains: an empirical investigation [PDF]

open access: yesOper Manag Res, 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.
Wang M   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Can climate-smart agriculture help to assure food security through short supply chains? A systematic bibliometric and bibliographic literature review

open access: yesBusiness, Management and Economics Engineering, 2022
Purpose – This paper aims to reveal potential research possibilities for enhancing climate-smart agriculture through short supply chains. Research question – How can short supply chains assure food security and the promotion of climate-smart ...
Mangirdas Morkūnas   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

What are the economic impacts of short food supply chains? A local multiplier effect (LM3) evaluation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
International audienceShortening food supply chains attracts increasing support from policymakers, to improve returns to farmers and stimulate rural development.
Wąs, Adam   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

LOCAL PRODUCT WITHIN SHORT FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS IN HUNGARY [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists, 2019
In recent decades, there has been increasing interest in local products which are a major field of short supply chains. A considerable amount of literature has been published on SFSCs, which mainly deal with the benefits and detriments of this kind of ...
Károly Kacz
doaj   +1 more source

Effects on logistic operations from RFID- and EPCIS-enabled traceability [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +5 more
core   +1 more source

SHORT SUPPLY CHAINS – FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF PRODUCERS [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals 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
doaj   +1 more source

Canadian Agri-Food Export Opportunities in a Covid-19 World

open access: yesThe School of Public Policy Publications, 2021
As with the wider Canadian economy, the Covid-19 pandemic has represented an unprecedented shock to agri-food supply chains. Given the importance of Canadian agri-food exports, it is vital that supply chains rebound from the shock and disruptions are ...
May T. Yeung, William A. Kerr
doaj   +2 more sources

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