Frontiers in agri-food supply chains Frameworks and case studies

Description

Whilst there are many types of agri-food supply chain, all face growing pressures to improve safety, efficiency, equity, environmental and health impacts for chain actors and consumers.

Frontiers in agri-food supply chains: Frameworks and case studies takes a considered approach to detailing the recent developments across the sector which support the changing demands placed upon agri-food supply chains, including the emergence of digital technologies to ensure a sufficient supply of safe, high-quality food. The collection highlights the need to assess the performance, infrastructure and governance of agri-food supply chains and provides detailed case studies from several regions around the world to demonstrate examples of improved performance.

In its comprehensive exploration of agri-food supply chains, the book succeeds in highlighting the fragility of our global food system and ways to improve the resilience and efficiency of agri-food supply chains.

Key features

• Provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges facing agri-food supply chains, including the need to be more sustainable in light of the high environmental costs of global distribution
• Addresses the external factors that can impact the logistics and performance of supply chains, including political developments, international conflicts and pandemics such as COVID-19
• Reviews the main agri-food supply chains used in different regions around the world, focussing on those implanted in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East

Table of contents

Part 1 Setting the scene

• 1.Introduction: types of agri-food supply chain: Sander de Leeuw, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;
• 2.Studying agri-food supply chains: an analytical framework: Sander de Leeuw, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;

Part 2 Food supply chains in different regions

• 3.Agri-food supply chains in the Americas: Tobias Schoenherr, Michigan State University, USA;
• 4.Agri-food supply chains in Western and Northern Europe: Michael Bourlakis, Cranfield University, UK;
• 5.Agri-food supply chains in Southern and Eastern Europe: Alberto Mataran Ruiz, University of Granada, Spain;
• 6.Agri-food supply chains in Asia: Paul Teng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;

Part 3 Assessing agri-food supply chain performance: Tools and techniques

• 7.Agri-food supply chain performance measurement and tradeoffs: Lusine Aramyan, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;
• 8.Planning and control in agri-food supply chains: Sandra Transchel, Kühne Logistics University, Germany;
• 9.Information and communication technology in agri-food supply chains: Gerhard Schiefer, University of Bonn, Germany;

Part 4 Performance improvement in agri-food supply chains: Case studies

• 10.Improving agri-food supply chains in the Americas: Jose Luis Solleiro, National University of Mexico, Mexico;
• 11.Improving agri-food supply chains in Southern and Eastern Europe: Maria Pato, Polytechnic Institue of Viseu, Spain;
• 12.Improving agri-food supply chains in Africa and the Middle East: Danie Jordaan, University of Pretoria, South Africa;
• 13.Improving agri-food supply chains in Asia: Wenfeng Cong, China Agricultural University, China;
• 14.Where next for agri-food supply chains: Sander de Leeuw, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;