This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on optimising agri-food supply chains.
The first chapter provides an overview of agri-food supply chains and explores the unique characteristics which differentiate them from other manufacturing supply chains. The chapter also provides a framework for designing future agri-food supply chains.
The second chapter reviews recent advances in agri-food traceability systems and technologies, as well as barriers to their implementation. The chapter also explores possible improvement pathways and policy interventions to promote deployment of advanced food traceability systems.
The third chapter considers food governance and how it frames crisis management and product recalls in food supply chains. The chapter also addresses the use of Blockchain systems within public-private partnerships for food governance.
The fourth chapter highlights the causes of food losses and waste (FLW) and outlines strategies to prevent/reduce FLW along the supply chain, including investments, good practices, behavioural changes and coordination within the food chain.
The final chapter explores the role of decision support systems in improving data management in agri-food supply chains. The chapter also provides an overview of organisational models used in data communication along the supply chain.
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Professor Sander de Leeuw is Chair in Operations Research and Logistics at Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands. He is also Adjunct Professor of Supply Chain Management at Nottingham Trent University, UK. Professor de Leeuw is European Editor for the Journal of Business Logistics and has over 20 years of experience, including management consultancy for companies such as KPMG. He is internationally known for his research on online retail logistics as well as his work with NGOs on humanitarian aid supply chains.
Chapter taken from: de Leeuw, S., Akkerman, R. and Romero-Silva, R. (ed.), Frontiers in agri-food supply chains: Frameworks and case studies, pp. 1-10, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2024, (ISBN: 978 1 80146 271 6)
Chapter taken from: Manning, L. (ed.), Developing smart agri-food supply chains: Using technology to improve safety and quality, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2022, (ISBN: 978 1 78676 749 3)
Chapter taken from: Manning, L. (ed.), Developing smart agri-food supply chains: Using technology to improve safety and quality, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2022, (ISBN: 978 1 78676 749 3)
Chapter taken from: Yahia, E. M. (ed.), Preventing food losses and waste to achieve food security and sustainability, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2019, (ISBN: 978 1 78676 300 6)
Chapter taken from: Armstrong, L. (ed.), Improving data management and decision support systems in agriculture, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2019, (ISBN: 978 1 78676 340 2)