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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"Food Supply Chain"”.
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Problems and response actions of the food supply chain against COVID-19: a SLR
El objetivo de este estudio fue mostrar lo provocado por el COVID-19 en todas las etapas de la cadena de suministro de alimentos, cuyos actores son: productores, procesadores, distribuidores, retailers y consumidores. Asimismo, se buscó identificar cuáles fueron los principales problemas y las …
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Food supply chain management and contracting: improving conditions for small-scale paprika farmers in central Malawi
… consumers’ rising demand for quality and diverse foods. Trade liberalisation and modernisation of production, processing and distribution systems enable agro-food companies to quickly access raw materials from farmers. Thus, efficient supply chains have a key role to play in the global marketing …
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Perishable Food Waste Reduction Through Technological Implementation at the Retail Level of the Food Supply Chain
<p>Food waste has become a disaster of global proportion that the world can no longer turn a blind eye to. This paper aims to reduce food waste at the retail level of the food supply chain by recommending and quantifying the effects of current technology that can be implemented in traditional …
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The Role of Entrepreneurship and Human Resources in Supporting Sustainability-Oriented Innovations in Food Supply Chain Management
… sustainability-oriented innovation (SOI) in supply chain (SC) of food retailers in Jordan, in order to provide a novel conceptual framework. Attempting to overcome challenges generated from unsustainable business performance such as seeking to reduce harmful environmental and social …
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Organised Food Crime? Analysing harmful and criminal activities in the food supply chain in England and Italy
Food has always been subject to practices such as counterfeiting or adulteration. Yet, food crime – criminal practices committed throughout the food supply chain – is an under investigated field of research of extreme importance as modern food systems offer profitable opportunities to criminal …
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A comprehensive analysis of digitalisation in the agri-food supply chain - with a special focus on food safety issues
… analysis of digitalisation in the agri-food supply chain (AFSC) introducing three published papers. The focal research topic is the relationship between food safety issues and the opportunities offered by digitalisation. The relevance of the topic is of key importance, since food safety …
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Food Supply Chains and Food-Miles: An Analysis for Selected Conventional, Non-local Organic and Other-Alternative Foods Sold in Missoula, Montana
The spatial patterns of the conventional food supply chain have played a significant role in increasing the amount of miles food travels before being consumed. As a result, this has increased the amount of energy that is required to transport food from the farm to the table. The food supply chain …
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Food Supply Chains and Food-Miles: An Analysis for Selected Conventional, Non-local Organic and Other-Alternative Foods Sold in Missoula, Montana
The spatial patterns of the conventional food supply chain have played a significant role in increasing the amount of miles food travels before being consumed. As a result, this has increased the amount of energy that is required to transport food from the farm to the table. The food supply chain …
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Sustainability, NGOs and the UK food industry
… the activities of FFNGOs working within the UK food industry and to explain their role in the emergence of a sustainable food supply chain. The research focused on the experiences of 106 UK based FFNGOs. In addition to an analysis of their websites, 42 semi-structured interviews were conducted …
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The extent and drivers of perishable food waste in the retail supply chain industry of South Africa.
Food waste is not only the waste of scares resources but also has a negative environmental and social impact. Food waste has a commercial impact on the supply chain, and therefore the management of food waste in the food supply chain is paramount for the sustainability and can become a competitive …
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Blockchain from farm to fork - a new business model for tracing local South African market food supply chains using blockchain technology
One of the most prominent applications of blockchain technology is in supply chain traceability. This paper focuses on a developed case study involving a business model that makes use of blockchain technology to track the produce supply chain of a local South African farmer's market, the …
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A Systemic Approach for Risk and Resilience Assessment of Food Supply Chains
The food supply chain system is a network of activities and processes involved in producing, distributing, and delivering food products from their sources to consumers. The internal operations and the external environment in which the system functions create a dynamic that can lead to disturbances …
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A Qualitative Exploration of the Influence of Leadership on the Success and Failure of Farmers Markets in Virginia
… markets play an important role within the local food system and the short food supply chain (SFSC); they promote economic development by connecting vendors, people, and community. While the number of farmers markets has increased dramatically since 1994, many markets fail, and it is unclear why. …
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Wheat supply chain: a comparative study of sustainability issues concerning Brazil and the United Kingdom through Circular Economy lenses
… by improving the sustainability of wheat food supply chains, all sustainability aspects are enhanced. One of the most prominent schools of thought regarding sustainability is the Circular Economy (CE). Despite previous works addressing the adoption of CE practices in supply chains – no …
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A Dual Resonant Microstrip Antenna for UHF RFID in the Cold Chain Using Corrugated Fiberboard as a Substrate
Each year, about 76 million people contract a food borne illness in the United States; about 325,000 require hospitalization; and about 5,000 die. Tracking goods throughout the food supply chain increases the efficiency of recall of tainted goods and thus will help reducing food borne illness. …
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Digital twins application in the post-harvest supply chain of fruits and vegetables: A systematic review of the literature
… in the management of fruits and vegetables supply chains. Problems such as the perishability of food, the complicated coordination between the different actors in the chain, the lack of traceability of products and the demanding quality requirements for their final consumption are part of a …
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Smart Applications and sensors in the Internet of Things
… for home automation, in-home health care, food supply chain and security, which will significantly contribute to human health and well-being. In this thesis, I have investigated the technologies and architectures of the IoT for a home automation system and developed a client-server home …
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Empirical applications of price transmission in international agri-food supply chains
… (vertical price transmission along the EU food supply chain and spatial price transmission between main producing countries). Essay 1 (discussed in Chapter 3) investigates the effects of the liberalization changes initiated with the 2003 CAP Reform and further progressed with the 2008 CAP …
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