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Jiayin, Hu. "Participative Food Supply." Thesis, KTH, Stadsbyggnad, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-297399.
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In Europe, 45% of vegetables and fruit have been lost before consumption. The main reason for the loss is suboptimal food, which is perfect based on safety and security but imperfect according to appearance or packaging. In this project, I want to find out new possibilities in urban development by suggesting a participative food supply chain. It aims to inspire a paradigm of urban development and shift people’s attitudes towards suboptimal food. The participative supply chain includes food production, distribution, and retail/consumption. By participating in the food supply, residents and visitors can understand how the food system works, grow their food and help with food processing. With interaction and collaboration workers, they can value more about the food they consume and even change their eating patterns.
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Lomaliza, Kanda. "An insect-food reactor for human food supply." Thesis, McGill University, 1988. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=22364.
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Robin, Yoan. "Food supply procurement : the influence of politics on food supply chains and the governance of local public food services." Thesis, Paris 1, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PA01E055/document.
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Cette thèse propose une étude empirique des liens entre la sphère politique et la gestion des services publics locaux en France. Lorsqu'elles administrent les services publics, les administrations locales peuvent décider soit de fournir un service en régie, soit d'externaliser sa gestion, et donc de conclure des contrats avec des entités privées. Tout d'abord, ce choix de gouvernance est analysé dans le cas des cantines scolaires françaises et les moteurs politiques de ce choix sont mis en évidence. La contestation politique à l'élection municipale est considérée comme l'un des moteurs du choix organisationnel. Deuxièmement, nous avons analysé les contrats public-privé en cas d'externalisation. Nous avons constaté que ces contrats étaient plus rigides que les contrats privés purs. En outre, cette rigidité excessive peut s'expliquer par le niveau de contestation politique dans la municipalité. Enfin, les déterminants de l'approvisionnement alimentaire local sont étudiés. Nous constatons que la disponibilité des réseaux d'alimentation alternatifs est parfois motivée par des considérations politiques. Cette thèse contribue à ajouter des connaissances à la compréhension de la gestion des services publics locaux, ainsi qu'à la compréhension de la disponibilité des magasins de détail alimentairesThis dissertation offers an empirical investigation of the links between the political sphere and the management of local public services in France. When they administer public services, local governments can decide either to provide a service in-house, or to externalize its management, and therefore conclude contracts with private entities. First, this choice of governance is analyzed in the case of French school canteens and the political drivers of this choice are highlighted. The political contestation in the municipal election is found to be one of the drivers of the organizational choice. Second, we analyzed public-private contracts in case of externalization. We found those contracts to be more rigid than pure private contracts. Besides, this excessive rigidity can be explained by the level of political contestation in the municipality. Finally, the determinants of the local food supply is studied. We find that the availability of alternative food networks is sometimes driven by political considerations. This dissertation contributes to add knowledge to the understanding of the management of local public services, as well as to the understanding of food retail stores availability
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Sharp, Michael L. "The food supply in Roman Egypt." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.302695.
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Aziz, Irum. "Biofortified wheat for sustainable food supply." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15769.
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Biofortification is the process of increasing the concentration and bioavailability of essential minerals such as Fe and Zn in food. This study focused on genetic improvement of nutrient bioavailability in wheat. The primary aim was to observe the expression of phytate and fructan in semi-dwarf wheat genotypes and to assess the implication of genetic variation for these factors on processing and nutritional quality. Two populations developed from crosses of low phytate and high fructan parents and a Multiparent Advanced Generation of Intercross (MAGIC) population, generated by inter-crossing four Australian cultivars, were evaluated for nutrient, agronomic and quality traits. The phytate/fructan materials were evaluated under contrasting soil-P. Significant year x P treatment x genotype effects were observed for most nutrition traits. Grain phytate varied two-fold, while a fourfold variation was observed in grain fructan. Substantial genetic variability was found for Fe and Zn. Differences among all the agronomic traits assessed were highly significant. Previously identified QTL linked to Fe, Zn and phytate concentration were validated in the double haploid populations and new QTL for Fe and Zn concentration identified in the MAGIC population. In general, little impact of phytate and fructan on processing quality was observed. However, lower phytate tended to decrease protein percentage and lowered flour yield, water absorption and dough development time. Higher fructan was also linked to lower water absorption. While lower phytate tended to decrease grain mineral concentration and protein percentage, this should be offset by the improved bioavailability of these minerals. This research assists the development of wheat materials with improved processing and nutritional quality that are P use-efficient. These genotypes can both improve the nutritional status of food while at the same time reducing P loss from farming systems.
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Richards, Richard Roberto. "Short Food Supply Chains: Expectations and Reality." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2015. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/415.
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Alternative food systems (AFSs) are so defined because they purport to challenge a value or ameliorate a negative impact of the dominant conventional food system (CFS). Short food supply chains (SFSCs) are a type of AFS whose alterity is defined by socially proximal economic exchanges that are embedded in and regulated by social relationships. This relational closeness is argued to have benefits with respect to economic, environmental, and social sustainability. However, it would be a mistake to assume that AFSs and CFSs are paradigmatically differentiated or that their structures engender particular outcomes.
The first article traces a misguided attempt to find indicators of success for farms participating in short food supply chains. The effort was misguided, because in designing the original study there was an assumption that producers participating in these AFSs shared similar goals, values, and definitions of success. The true diversity of these variables was discovered through the analysis of eighteen semi-structured interviews with Burlington and Montpelier area farmers who participate in SFSCs. This diversity motivated an exploration of the origins, common applications, and recent academic skepticism regarding assumptions of the relationship between certain food systems structures and broader food systems outcomes.
The second article undertakes to develop a framework for exploring the actual motivations of SFSCs farmers and challenging common AFS assumptions. A framework that differentiates motivations guided by formal and substantive rationality is used to code the aforementioned data. Common themes amongst the responses are discussed demonstrating that producer motivations for participating in AFSs can be diverse, contradictory, and subject to change.
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Rana, Muhammad Ashan. "From seed to plate : corporate control of food systems and its implications for food security in developing countries /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2003. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17157.pdf.
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Diaz, Ruiz Raquel. "Understanding food waste behaviours along the food supply chain-a mutilevel approach." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/666122.
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The visibility of the food waste volume along the food supply chain during the recent years has situated this topic in the policy and research agenda. Food waste entails environmental, ethical and economic impacts. There is a vast agreement on the urgency of reducing the current food waste generation. However, there is still several gaps of knowledge to better achieve it. The complexity of the food waste phenomenon requires in-depth analyses, including multiple dimensions and adopting a multi-actor approach, to better understand its causes and to adopt the most adequate of solutions. There is a lack of whole-supply approaches and multidimensional consumers’ understanding. To fill these gaps, the main objective of this thesis is to explain the factors influencing the food waste generation, as well as to explore potential measures to prevent and reduce the current food waste generation at different stages of the supply chain. To achieve this objective, this thesis is structured in two main parts. The first one considers the whole food supply chain while the second focusses at the household level. The specific objectives of the thesis are: 1) to analyse the causes of food waste generation and the circumstantial or structural nature along the food supply chain; 2) to identify and prioritize food waste prevention and reduction measures along the food supply chain; 3) to better understand consumer food waste behaviour by considering a multidimensional model; and 4) to critically analyse in-home consumer food waste measurement and the effect of framing and information on consumers’ perception of food waste generation.
To achieve these objectives, the thesis employs both quantitative and qualitative methods. The two main parts of the thesis are divided in four chapters. The first part of the thesis (chapter 1 and 2) used a multi-stakeholder panel along the food supply chain to analyse the causes and solutions to food waste in the metropolitan region of Barcelona. In-depth interviews and a Delphi survey were employed. The second part (chapter 3 and 4) includes two consumer surveys, one in the Barcelona metropolitan region, and the other in the United States. The first survey tested and validated a multidimensional behavioural model to explain consumers’ food waste behaviour by means of the Partial Least Square - Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The second survey employ a survey experiment methodology.
This thesis addresses the food waste debate from an innovative and holistic perspective. Chapters 1 and 2 provide meaningful evidences to understand the structural nature of food waste generation, as well as to find out solutions to prevent and reduce it by addressing the complex root of the phenomenon. Chapter 2 discusses the regional stakeholder’s proposals to prevent and reduce food waste by prioritizing them - following the hierarchy of food waste management- into strong prevention, weak prevention, and redistribution solutions. Chapter 3 and 4 offer innovative approaches to understand, and accordingly address, consumers’ food waste. Chapter 3 proposes and validates a model that predicts food waste by means of consumers’ food-related behaviours, waste-related behaviour, environmental concern, and materialism values. Chapter 4 demonstrates the influence of different framings (volume, monetary, social, and environmental) in consumer’s self-reporting of food waste, as well as the effect of information on their perception. Chapter 3 and 4 test different alternatives to measure consumer food waste generation. Overall, the thesis contributes to the growing body of literature by offering multidimensional approaches to analyse the food waste phenomenon, and it does so by offering first-hand data from each case study – which is very scarce nowadays. Finally, the findings are of greater interest to both policy bodies and researchers in the field of sustainable food system.La visibilidad durante los últimos años del desperdicio alimentario generado, a lo largo de la cadena agroalimentaria, ha situado este tema en la agenda política y de investigación. El desperdicio alimentario conlleva impactos ambientales, éticos y económicos. Existe un amplio consenso en la urgencia de reducir el desperdicio generado hoy en día. No obstante, todavía existen múltiples aspectos sin estudiar que lo dificultan. La complejidad del fenómeno requiere de análisis en profundidad, que incluyan múltiples dimensiones y diversidad de agentes, para entender mejor las causas de éste y adoptar las mejores soluciones. Existe una carencia de enfoques de cadena y estudios multidimensionales en consumidores. El principal objetivo de esta tesis es explicar los factores que influyen en la generación de desperdicio alimentario, así como explorar potenciales soluciones para prevenir y reducir el volumen de desperdicio generado en diferentes etapas de la cadena agroalimentaria. Para lograr este objetivo, la tesis se estructura en dos partes. La primera engloba toda la cadena agroalimentaria y la segunda se centra en los hogares. Los objetivos específicos de la tesis son: 1) analizar las causas del desperdicio alimentario y su naturaleza estructural o coyuntural a lo largo de la cadena agroalimentaria, 2) identificar y priorizar medidas para la prevención y la reducción del desperdicio alimentario a lo largo de la cadena agroalimentaria, 3) entender el comportamiento del consumidor en cuanto al desperdicio alimentario considerando un modelo multidimensional, y 4) analizar críticamente la medición del desperdicio alimentario en el hogar y el efecto que diferentes dimensiones e información tienen en la percepción del consumidor sobre su generación. Para lograr estos objetivos, la presente tesis emplea tanto métodos cuantitativos como cualitativos. Las dos partes principales de la tesis se dividen en cuatro capítulos. La primera parte (capítulo 1 y 2) emplea un panel de agentes relevantes de la cadena agroalimentaria para analizar las causas y soluciones al desperdicio alimentario en el área metropolitana de Barcelona. Para ello se desarrollan entrevistas en profundidad y un cuestionario Delphi. La segunda parte (capítulo 3 y 4) comprende dos encuestas a consumidores, una en el área metropolitana de Barcelona y otra en Estados Unidos. La primera encuesta analiza y valida un modelo multidimensional de comportamiento del consumidor por medio de ecuaciones estructurales (PLS-SEM). La segunda, aplica un método de encuesta experimental. La tesis aborda el debate del desperdicio alimentario desde una perspectiva innovadora y holística. Los capítulos 1 y 2 ofrecen evidencias para entender la naturaleza estructural del problema, así como para encontrar soluciones para prevenir y reducir el desperdicio orientadas a la raíz del problema. El capítulo 2 prioriza las propuestas de los agentes del caso de estudio para prevenir y reducir el desperdicio (siguiendo la jerarquía de gestión del desperdicio) en prevención fuerte, prevención débil y redistribución. Los capítulos 3 y 4 ofrecen un enfoque innovador para entender, y en consecuencia abordar, el desperdicio alimentario del consumidor. El capítulo 3 propone y valida un modelo que predice el desperdicio alimentario en función de comportamientos en alimentación, gestión de residuos, la conciencia ambiental y los valores materialistas de los consumidores. El capítulo 4 demuestra la influencia de diferentes dimensiones (volumen, monetaria, social y ambiental) en la autoevaluación del desperdicio alimentario, así como el efecto de la información. Los capítulos 3 y 4 examinan alternativas para medir el desperdicio alimentario del consumidor. En general, la tesis contribuye a la creciente literatura científica ofreciendo enfoques multidimensionales para analizar el desperdicio alimentario a la vez que aportando datos primarios de los casos de estudios
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Downs, Shauna Mae. "Reducing trans fat in the Indian food supply: a food systems approach." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/11646.
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Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death in India. A serious dietary risk factor for NCDs is the consumption of industrially-produced trans fat. The overall aim of this thesis was to examine the potential use of policy to improve the quality of fats that are available, affordable and acceptable in India using consumption-oriented food supply chain analysis. India will likely face significant challenges to reducing trans fat in its food supply given the perceived lack of trans fat awareness, the large unorganised manufacturing and retail sectors and a need for suitable alternative products that are both acceptable to consumers and affordable. Twenty-four policy solutions were identified to overcome these supply chain problems. Increasing the role of the private sector to improve links among producers, processors and retailers was identified as being key in terms of improving the availability of healthier oils and streamlining the fats supply chain in India. Improving policy coherence among upstream determinants of the quality of the food supply such as agricultural production and downstream consumer-facing policies such as trans fat limits and labelling is required to ensure that product reformulation is done in a way that maximises health gains.
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FIORILLO, Vitaliano. "Delivering value in the food supply chain: organic food development in Italy." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Bergamo, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10446/30855.
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Casagni, Arianna. "Food waste along the supply chain. An analysis of nowadays food supply chain challenges in the italian and english contexts." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2013. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/5493/.
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Scopo. Lo scopo di questo studio è esaminare il problema degli sprechi nelle moderne food supply chain, così da consentire una piena comprensione delle principali cause di inefficienza sistemica nell’industria alimentare e individuare potenziali opportunità di miglioramento.
Approccio e Metodologia. Per raggiungere gli obiettivi prefissati la presente trattazione si propone di implementare una ricerca empirica basata sull’analisi di due realtà industriali operanti nel settore alimentare. Nello specifico verranno studiate due aziende integrate rispettivamente nel contesto economico italiano e in quello inglese e operanti a due stadi diversi e complementari della filiera alimentare, quello della produzione e quello della distribuzione. Questo studio incrociato consentirà, auspicabilmente, di portare alla luce quegli elementi chiave necessari per una lettura chiara ed esaustiva delle maggiori sfide che le moderne supply chain si trovano a dover affrontare, in una prospettiva di minimizzazione degli sprechi e di accrescimento del valore per il consumatore.
Risultati. I risultati che si prevede di ottenere dall’implementazione di questo studio sono fondamentalmente quattro:
1.Piena comprensione del concetto di spreco nell’industria alimentare.
2.Identificazione dei principali fattori chiave che dovrebbero essere attentamente monitorati con lo scopo di conseguire un’efficace riduzione degli sprechi lungo la filiera alimentare.
3.Analisi critica di quelle che sono le più utilizzate pratiche manageriali e operative nelle moderne aziende alimentari.
4.Individuazione dei potenziali sviluppi che potrebbero essere implementati attraverso l’utilizzo delle più recenti ICT in termini di efficienza della supply chain.
Valore della Ricerca. Seppure mediante un’analisi prevalentemente di tipo qualitativo, questa trattazione si prefigge di fornire un contributo nell’ambito del food supply chain management che, data la rilevanza del problema relativo agli sprechi, risulta oggi più attuale che mai. L’originalità di questo studio risiede principalmente nelle fonti dei dati che ne hanno costituito le fondamenta: da un lato la ricerca teorica sviluppata nel Regno Unito, dove lo studio della supply chain è ormai da decenni approfondito nelle più importanti Università; dall’altro la ricerca empirica sviluppata sia presso una delle più importanti e moderne aziende alimentari italiane, che presso uno dei più famosi logistics service provider a livello mondiale.
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Bryant, David Nicholas. "Supply chain demand management within the food sector." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/8138.
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Kazimi, Basit. "Tillämpning av blockchain inom food supply chain management." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för informationssystem och –teknologi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-37211.
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Background: As a result of food supply chain management, we have access to fresh food from all around the world. But there are some encounters that food supply chain has to deal with. The E. coli outbreak in the US is an illustrative of a widespread problem faced by the food supply chain. Purpose: The purpose of the study is to examine how blockchain technology can be used in food supply chain management and see what the interest of the customer looks like. Method: The methodology of the research to examine how blockchain can be used in food supply chain management was through literature study, and questionnaire to get a better grasp of the customers interest. Result: By using blockchain technology in food supply chain management it improves the information flow, while becoming more transparent between the actors. Blockchain technology improves the security of FSCM and traceability of a product. You can automatize several processes of FSCM by using smart contracts and sensors. From the survey it was a found that there is an interest in the customers side and about two-thirds of the customer might pay extra if the products use blockchain technology. Conclusion: Blockchain’s features makes it ideal to be integrated in the food supply chain management, as it makes it harder to counterfeit the products, and it improves the trust between the actors by ensuring transparency of the information flow. But on the other hand, blockchain is not suitable for everyone, as it’s a complicated system and it can result in high switching cost when changing systems.Bakgrund: Med hjälp av food supply chain management så har man nästan alltid tillgång till färsk mat från hela världen. Men det finns några utmaningar som man behöver hantera. E. coli utbrottet i USA illustrerar ett problem som food supply chain management står inför. Eftersom det var många aktörer som var inblandad i kedjan så tog det FDA nästan två månader att hitta källan. Syfte: Syftet med denna studien är att undersöka vilka förändringar man kan uppnå inom food supply chain management med hjälp av blockchain, samt se hur intressen ser ut hos kunden. Metod: Metoden som användes för att få överblick om vad blockchain teknologin kan uppnå i food supply chain management var allmän litteraturstudie, och enkätundersökningen för att få en förståelse över kundernas intresse. Resultat: Med hjälp av blockchains teknologi så blir informationsflödet mer transparent och att man lagrar data i ett decentraliserat nätverk. Blockchain förbättrar säkerhet- och spårbarheten. Med smart kontrakt och sensorer så kan man automatisera flera processer. Från enkätundersökningen så kom fram till att det finns ett intresse hos kunden och ungefär två tredjedelar skulle kunna tänka sig att betala extra om produkterna använder sig utav blockchains teknologin. Slutsats: Blockchains egenskaper gör det ideal för att behandla livsmedelskedjan eftersom det blir svårare att förfalska produkterna, och att man skapar bättre förtroende mellan aktörerna genom att säkerställa transparensinformationsflöde. Men däremot så passar inte blockchain till alla, då det är ett komplicerat system och att det kan tillkomma höga omställningskostnader när man ska byta system.
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SHIRANI, MOHSEN. "Assessing Food Safety Risk in Global Supply Chain." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2642589.
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Despite many attempts in the food safety risk assessment, there are a few studies and methods to cover the entire food supply chain. This study introduce a new model to perform the food risk assessment considering human factor along the entire food supply chain. The multi-discipline methodology of risk assessment tool, in combination of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) has been applied in order to assess high safety risk point along the entire supply chain of food products. The method has been validated through the application in a case studies of food production.
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Seo, Soobin Hwang Johye. "Consumer reactions to restaurants' post-food crisis marketing strategies a risk-benefit appraisal approach /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6601.
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Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on Feb 18, 2010). The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Thesis advisor: Dr. Johye Hwang. Includes bibliographical references.
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Raedeke, Maurine A. "Food security, nutrition and health of food pantry participants." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4839.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on October 9, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Walsh, Aoibéann. "Food, culture and decision making : implications for the food supply chain in Northern Ireland." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.696329.
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Decision making and food choice are consumer behaviours that dominate individual lives, group interactions, and national debate. The concept of food culture is the combination of the two behaviours. A nation's food culture offers a snapshot into their consumption and eating practices through the actions taken by its people in relation to food. It represents the enduring influence of culture on consumption behaviour, which also evolves based on situational and environmental influences. In comparison to other countries and regions, Northern Ireland is not traditionally considered to have such an easily identifiable food culture. In this sense, the features of the nation's relationship with food are not widely known. The study aimed to determine the nature of food, culture and decision making in a Northern Ireland context, thereby enable the salient features of the region's food culture to be identified and the implications ascertained for the food supply chain. Based on this aim, objectives were formulated and an age-related methodology was developed. Four phases of research were conducted to correspond to four stages of the lifecycle - childhood (n=186), adolescence (n=349), adulthood (n=104), and elderly (n=31). Data collection methods included the draw and write technique, surveys, and narrative interviews. The concept of a food kulture was proposed to characterise the shared heritage that exists in relation to food choice behaviour in Northern Ireland. Food kulture is described as representing a less distinct connection between people and food, whereby unconscious markers may be observed to identify behaviour. A descriptive model of food kulture was developed highlighting the key thematic results of the study. Results emphasise the balance between decisions made which demonstrate individual choice and those reflecting cultural echoes of learned behaviour. The period between adolescence and adulthood was identified as being pivotal in the development of a food consumer who is likely to achieve a nutritionally balanced diet. A reversion to past eating habits was witnessed in the elderly sample, who introduced new foods and practices into their diet but continued to return to their personal food history. Implications for the food supply chain recognise the positive nature of the collective sample's eating habits, which suggest optimism in the continued growth of the agri-food sector. A key recommendation from the study is for increased awareness of Northern Ireland's food kulture and its impact on the sectors of the food supply chain and health promotion/nutrition education.
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Novie, Alexander G. "Street Level Food Networks: Understanding Ethnic Food Cart Supply Chains in Eastern Portland, OR." PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2084.
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Portland, OR, is the site of a unique urban food cart phenomenon that provides opportunities for small business ownership and access points for culturally specific food for the city's foreign-born and minority populations. Known as a "foodie haven," Portland also has an active sustainable food movement with engaged citizens and support from city and regional policies aimed at significantly increasing the consumption of local food. To date, there have been no in-depth studies on the sourcing habits of Portland food cart owners and whether or not these street-level actors are involved in the area's local alternative food movements (AFNs). The current understanding of the Portland food cart phenomenon is based on studies that have focused on carts and pods located in the central business district and "inner-ring" areas of the city. Areas beyond these locations (defined as Eastern Portland) are currently home to the majority of the city's growing foreign-born and minority populations. This thesis uses a situational analysis framework to explore the food supply practices of ethnic food cart owners operating in Eastern Portland cart pods. I investigate the feasibility of purchasing locally grown ingredients for use in ethnic cuisines and the degree to which cart owners incorporate the region's prevailing locavore ethics into their everyday culinary practices. Findings from this inquiry suggest that ethnic cart owners in Eastern Portland have a range of habitus, or personal dispositions and embodied knowledge, that is reflected in how they perceive the benefits of and barriers to "buying local" and the extent (if any) that they engage with AFNs in the Portland area. I assert that ethnic food cart owners in Eastern Portland are performing multiple community roles by providing access points for culturally specific cuisines for their particular ethnic groups, while also offering exotic experiences to other residents and tourists alike. I discuss variations within the food cart phenomenon itself by highlighting the differences in design, amenities, types of access, and neighborhood customer bases of cart pods located in Eastern Portland. Finally, I discuss future research directions for understanding the dynamics of food supply chains in small-scale, direct-to-vendor relationships and the implications for local and regional food sustainability policy goals.
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Eckert, Jeanette Elizabeth. "Food systems, planning and quantifying access : how urban planning can strengthen Toledo's local food system." Toledo, Ohio : University of Toledo, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=toledo1271266072.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toledo, 2010.Typescript. "Submitted to the Graduate Faculty as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts Degree in Geography." "A thesis entitled"--at head of title. Title from title page of PDF document. Bibliography: p. 52-57.
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Mahroof, Kamran, Amizan Omar, and B. Kucukaltan. "Sustainable Food Supply Chains: Overcoming the Challenges with Digital Technologies." Emerald Publishing, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/18585.
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YesThe purpose of this paper is to offer a consolidative approach in exploring the potential contribution of digital technologies in sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) for the sustainable performance of food supply chain business, through the circular economy concepts. As a single case study, this qualitative, interpretivist research was based on one of the largest food producers in the United Kingdom. The research utilises semi-structured interviews and applies thematic analysis to offer rich insights into SSCM challenges and their relationship with the business performance, through ten in-depth interviews. Findings derived from thematic analysis of the interview transcripts suggest four main critical success factors underpinning SSCM practices and businesses performance – i.e. business continuity, waste reduction, performance measurement approach, and organisational learning, which could use the help of digital technologies to improve. This led to seven propositions to be addressed in the future research. This research offers real, practical insights into SSCM challenges, within the context of food supply chain and explores the potential of digital technologies in overcoming them. Accordingly, the primary contribution of this work is grounded in the identification of critical success factors in SSCM for Food Supply Chains (FSC). Hence, this work contributes further to the literature on SSCM, as well as circular economy, by providing a study of a business in the context of the highly pertinent and valuable food industry.
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Ali, Mohd Helmi Bin. "Unravelling halal food supply chain integrity : insights from Malaysia." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.716492.
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This dissertation aimed to gain an understanding of halal food supply chain integrity (HFSCI) and the impact of the HFSCI on firm performance (FP). It sought to reveal HFSCI practices in order to provide insights into halal food integrity. This research investigated the practices that involved in managing halal food integrity in the supply chain. In addition, an empirical investigation was conducted to explore the effects of the supply chain integration (SCI) in the halal food industry in Malaysia. Employing mixed methods design, the research began with qualitative methodology phase (first phase) which involved systematic literature review and eight cases of in-depth interviews with halal food focal firms. The results of the interviews were used to form a comprehensive HFSCI framework. HFSCI was identified as a multidimensional concept represented by a system of four interrelated and complimentary dimensions, namely, raw materials integrity (RMI), production integrity (PI), service integrity (SEI), and information integrity (INFI). In addition, the research developed new scale measurement for HFSCI using 7-stage approach of Menor and Roth (2007). The scale was validated by using Q-sort methodology and survey which yielded 26 measurement items for HFSCI. The valid measurement scale was used as input in developing survey instrument for quantitative empirical testing. A valid sample of 254 respondents from the Malaysian halal food industries were collected in the quantitative methodology phase (second phase). Variance-based structural equation modelling adopting Partial Least Squares (PLS-SEM) statistical analysis was used to analyse survey data with the help of SmartPLS2.0.M3 software. Three models, namely, strategy-structure-performance (SSP), direct, and complementary, were tested. The research applied advanced techniques in SEM analysis that incorporated formative measurement, hierarchical component model (HCM), and two-stage approach. The results revealed that synergies between SCI and HFSCI in the SSP model, SCI impact to the FP in the direct model, and super-additive effect of HFSCI in the complementarity model. The final and third phase of the research was the application of theory. SSP paradigm, resource based-view (RBV), and complementarity theory were selected as the underpinning theories in this research.
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Romsdal, Anita. "Differentiated production planning and control in food supply chains." Doctoral thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for produksjons- og kvalitetsteknikk, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-23977.
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The PhD thesis reports on an empirical and exploratory investigation of the strategic determination of the principles used to guide production planning and control (PPC) in the food sector. Food producers have traditionally focused on offering customers high quality products at low prices, and products are generally made to stock (MTS) to meet customers' delivery lead time expectations. Efficiency in food production is critical and producers have relied on producing in large volumes to keep unit costs down. On the other hand, customers also require producers to respond quickly to changes in the market place. In an attempt to better meet customer requirements, the food sector has adopted more market-oriented principles in the way production is planned and controlled - shifting from the dominant MTS approach to applying more make-to-order (MTO) and combined MTO-MTS approaches. However, which PPC approach to choose in which situation is still unclear. This study therefore investigated how food producers can differentiate their PPC approaches to better meet the requirements for both responsiveness and efficiency. Four research questions (RQs) guided the research: RQ1: What are the characteristics of food supply chains? RQ2: How can PPC be differentiated according to food supply chain characteristics? RQ3: What are the potential benefits of differentiated PPC? RQ4: What are the tactical and operational challenges of differentiated PPC? The RQs were addressed using a design science approach combining literature studies and a case study. The case study was conducted in TINE, Norway's largest producer, distributor and exporter of dairy products. The study was mainly conducted in the period 2010-2013, and analyses were performed and solutions developed in close collaboration with company representatives in order to strengthen the trustworthiness of findings and results. RQ1 found that the market and product characteristics typically require responsiveness from food producers, while producers' production systems are mainly focused on efficiency through exploitation of scale benefits. Thus, there is a lack of strategic fit between the external requirements stemming from product and market characteristics and the capabilities of the production system to enable the required level of responsiveness and efficiency. In order to answer RQ2, a concept for differentiated PPC was developed, consisting of the following principles: Favourable product and market characteristics like low perishability, high demand predictability and long customer order lead time allowances should be exploited to provide flexibility to the production system PPC approaches should be differentiated according to food supply chain configurations, i.e. product and market combinations Slack resources in the form of inventory, capacity and time should be differentiated to buffer against demand uncertainty Based on these principles, a framework for differentiated PPC was developed. The framework identifies appropriate PPC approaches and buffering techniques for each supply chain configuration. The concept and framework were then used to design a new PPC system for the case facility, also leading to the development of a decision tree for determining a product's demand predictability. RQ3 investigated the potential benefits of the differentiation approach to PPC. The proposed PPC system was not implemented as part of the study and effects could therefore not be measured. Expected benefits were instead substantiated by combining insights from literature and the case study, with effects grouped into six categories; improved quality, higher speed, better dependability, higher flexibility, reduced costs, and improved performance of the PPC function. The concept for differentiated PPC is based on combining MTO and MTS in the same production system, and RQ4 discussed the additional challenges this imposes on the tactical and operational PPC levels. The discussion concluded that the traditional material requirements planning (MRP) method is likely to continue to be the backbone of PPC in the food sector, but that MRP combined with a workload control (WLC) planning method could be a potential solution for tactical and operational PPC in such hybrid production environments.
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Eksoz, Can. "Improving collaborative forecasting performance in the food supply chain." Thesis, Brunel University, 2014. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/13826.
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The dynamic structure of the Food Supply Chain (FSC) distinguishes itself from other supply chains. Providing food to customers in a healthy and fresh manner necessitates a significant effort on the part of manufacturers and retailers. In practice, while these partners collaboratively forecast time-sensitive and / or short-life product-groups (e.g. perishable, seasonal, promotional and newly launched products), they confront significant challenges which prevent them from generating accurate forecasts and conducting long-term collaborations. Partners’ challenges are not limited only to the fluctuating demand of time-sensitive product-groups and continuously evolving consumer choices, but are also largely related to their conflicting expectations. Partners’ contradictory expectations mainly occur during the practices of integration, forecasting and information exchange in the FSC. This research specifically focuses on the Collaborative Forecasting (CF) practices in the FSC. However, CF is addressed from the manufacturers’ point of view, when they collaboratively forecast perishable, seasonal, promotional and newly launched products with retailers in the FSC. The underlying reasons are that while there is a paucity of research studying CF from the manufacturers’ standpoint, associated product-groups decay at short notice and their demand is influenced by uncertain consumer behaviour and the dynamic environment of FSC. The aim of the research is to identify factors that have a significant influence on the CF performance. Generating accurate forecasts over the aforementioned product-groups and sustaining long-term collaborations (one year or more) between partners are the two major performance criteria of CF in this research. This research systematically reviews the literature on Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR), which combines the supply chain practices of upstream and downstream members by linking their planning, forecasting and replenishment operations. The review also involves the research themes of supply chain integration, forecasting process and information sharing. The reason behind reviewing these themes is that partners’ CF is not limited to forecasting practices, it also encapsulates the integration of chains and bilateral information sharing for accurate forecasts. A single semi-structured interview with a UK based food manufacturer and three online group discussions on the business oriented social networking service of LinkedIn enrich the research with pragmatic and qualitative data, which are coded and analysed via software package QSR NVivo 9. Modifying the results of literature review through the qualitative data makes it possible to develop a rigorous conceptual model and associated hypotheses. Then, a comprehensive online survey questionnaire is developed to be delivered to food manufacturers located in the UK & Ireland, North America and Europe. An exploratory data analysis technique using Partial Least Squares (PLS) guides the research to analyse the online survey questionnaire empirically. The most significant contributions of this research are (i) to extend the body of literature by offering a new CF practice, aiming to improve forecast accuracy and long-term collaborations, and (ii) to provide managerial implications by offering a rigorous conceptual model guiding practitioners to implement the CF practice, for the achievement of accurate forecasts and long-term collaborations. In detail, the research findings primarily emphasise that manufacturers’ interdepartmental integration plays a vital role for successful CF and integration with retailers. Effective integration with retailers encourages manufacturers to conduct stronger CF in the FSC. Partners’ forecasting meetings are another significant factor for CF while the role of forecasters in these meetings is crucial too, implying forecasters’ indirect influence on CF. Complementary to past studies, this research further explores the manufacturers’ various information sources that are significant for CF and which should be shared with retailers. It is also significant to maintain the quality level of information whilst information is shared with retailers. This result accordingly suggests that the quality level of information is obliquely important for CF. There are two major elements that contribute to the literature. Firstly, relying on the particular product-groups in the FSC and examining CF from the manufacturers’ point of view not only closes a pragmatic gap in the literature, but also identifies new areas for future studies in the FSC. Secondly, the CF practice of this research demonstrates the increasing forecast satisfaction of manufacturers over the associated product-groups. Given the subjective forecast expectations of manufacturers, due to organisational objectives and market dynamics, demonstrating the significant impact of the CF practice on the forecast satisfaction leads to generalising its application to the FSC. Practitioners need to avail themselves of this research when they aim to collaboratively generate accurate forecasts and to conduct long-term collaborations over the associated product-groups. The benefits of this research are not limited to the FSC. Manufacturers in other industries can benefit from the research while they collaborate with retailers over similar product-groups having a short shelf life and / or necessitating timely and reliable forecasts. In addition, this research expands new research fields to academia in the areas of the supply chain, forecasting and information exchange, whilst it calls the interest of academics to particular product-groups in the FSC for future research. Nevertheless, this research is limited to dyad manufacturer-retailer forecast collaborations over a limited range of product-groups. This is another opportunity for academics to extend this research to different types of collaborations and products.
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Mehdizadeh, Ali. "Food industry supply chain planning with product quality indicators." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/25335.
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Quantitative supply chain modelling has contributed substantially to a number of fields, such as the automotive industry, logistics and computer hardware. The inherent methods and optimisation techniques could also be explored in relation to the food industry in order to offer potential benefits. One of the major issues of the food industry is to overcome supply seasonality and on-shelf demand. On the shelf demand is the consumer's in store demand which could also be seasonal. Objective of this work is to add flexibility to seasonal products (i.e. soup) in order to meet the on-shelf demand. In order to achieve this, a preparation process is introduced and integrated into the manufacturing system. This process increases the shelf-life of raw materials before starting the production process. This process, however, affects the quality of fresh raw materials and requires energy. Therefore, a supply chain model is developed, which is based on the link between the quality of the raw material and the processing conditions, which have an effect on the process' energy consumption and on the overall product quality. It is challenging to quantify the quality by looking at the processing conditions (degrees of freedom) and by linking it with energy in order to control and optimise the quality and energy consumption for each product. The degrees of freedom are defined differently for each process and state. Therefore, the developed model could be applied to all states and processes in order to generate an optimum solution. Moreover, based on the developed model, we have determined key factors in the whole chain, which are most likely to affect the product quality and consequently overall demand. There are two main quality indicator classes to be optimised, which are both considered in the model: static and time dependent indicators. Also, this work considers three different preparation processes - the air-dry, freeze-dry and freezing process - in order to increase the shelf-life of fresh raw materials and to add flexibility to them. A model based on the interrelationship between the quality and the processing conditions has been developed. This new methodology simplifies and enables the model to find the optimum processing conditions in order to obtain optimum quality across all quality indicators, whilst ensuring minimum energy consumption. This model is later integrated into the supply chain system, where it generates optimum solutions, which are then fed into the supply chain model. The supply chain model optimises the quality in terms of customer satisfaction, energy consumption and wastage of the system linked to environmental issues, and cost, so that the final products are more economical. In this system, both the manufacturing and inventory systems are optimised. This model is later implemented with a real world industrial case study (provided by the industrial collaborator). Two case studies are considered (soya milk and soup) and interestingly enough only one of them (soup) corresponds with this model. The advantage of this model is that it compares the two systems and then establishes which system generates an optimum end product.
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Snell, Johanna. "Sustainability in the Regional Food Supply Chain of Lahti." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-324189.
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Unsustainable food production and consumption patterns are threatening our living environment and our lives on earth. There is a need for profound transition in our ways to produce and consume food. Food, its production and consumption is a hot topic currently – as can be seen in media and in several projects run by various institutions. Circular economy and sustainable resource management address different actors as well. The City of Lahti joined the FISU-network and is taking steps towards sustainable resource management. This thesis contributes to the ongoing work of the City of Lahti in developing its food sustainability strategic work through its participation in the FISU-network. The study aims to investigate the state of the regional food supply chain of Lahti, Finland, and its path on sustainability transition. Further on, it examines how alternative food networks may impact different aspects of sustainable local development and what kind of a role actors of regional food supply chain play in promoting food sustainability. This study applied a case study approach and used qualitative research methods in the forms of workshop and semi-structured interviews. The results were examined applying the theoretical framework which included Activity theory, Co-Creation and Economy of Common Good. There are various policies and strategies on global, national and regional level aiming to sustain the food system, food production and consumption, as well as promoting the use of local food. Few of them were used to reveal the present state of the regional food supply chain together with the results gained at the workshop and interviews to find the desired way. Alternative food networks may shorten the food supply chain and allow everyone a chance to contribute to local food sustainability. They may have social meaning by bringing the food supply chain actors together and offering more value than purchasing goods. Consumers can act as co-creators having possibility to influence what is produced, where and how. Alternative food networks may not necessarily be ecological, but they may have wider implications for the regional and local communities on economic, social and cultural levels by offering jobs, interaction, as well as giving a face and a story to the food.
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Schmitz, Christoph. "The future of food supply in a constraining environment." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Landwirtschaftlich-Gärtnerische Fakultät, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/16666.
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Eine der drängendsten Fragen des 21. Jahrhunderts ist die Sicherstellung der Ernährung einer wachsenden Weltbevölkerung unter Berücksichtigung zukünftiger klimatischer und umweltpolitischer Aspekte. In dieser Doktorarbeit werden die wichtigsten, für eine höhere Nahrungsmittelproduktion erforderlichen Prozesse, wie Intensivierung, Flächenausdehnung und Handel, sowie deren Interaktionen mit der Umwelt näher untersucht. Diese Prozesse fließen in das globale, ökonomische Landnutzungsmodell MAgPIE ("Model of Agricultural Production and its Impact on the Environment") ein. Das Modell simuliert räumlich expliziten Landnutzungswandel und untersucht damit verbundene Vorgänge und Einflüsse, wie die landwirtschaftliche Produktion, internationaler Handel, Produktionskosten, Emissionen und Wassermangel. Die Ergebnisse dieser Arbeit zeigen die Bedeutung des Wechselspiels zwischen Intensivierung und Flächenausdehnung. Regionen, wie Afrika, der Mittlere Osten, Südasien und China benötigen hohe Investitionen in technischen Fortschritt um der wachsenden Nachfrage standzuhalten. Zunehmende Handelsliberalisierung reduziert das Bedürfnis zur Produktivitätssteigerung mit Ausnahme von Lateinamerika, wo aufgrund komparativer Vorteile der Landwirtschaft höhere Produktivitätssteigerungen und stärkere Flächenausdehnungen beobachtet werden. Bezüglich drohenden Wassermangels hat eine Handelsöffnung in den meisten Fällen positive Auswirkungen, da wasserarme Regionen aufgrund vermehrter Importe Wasser sparen können. Dies trifft jedoch nicht auf Australien, Japan und Teile Zentralasiens zu, die durch erhöhte Exporte ihre knappen Wasserressourcen stärker beanspruchen. Die Einbindung von Regeln zum Waldschutz in einen globalen Emissionshandel könnte weitere Entwaldung verhindern. Gleichermaßen würde ein geringerer Konsum von tierischen Produkten in entwickelten Ländern zu einer geringeren Ausbeutung der Wasserressourcen in wasserknappen Gebieten führen.One of the most prevailing questions in the 21st century is how to provide enough food for a growing population under increasing environmental and climatic constraints. In this thesis, I will examine the most important processes behind higher food production, like intensification, cropland expansion, and international trade, and its interaction with the environment. The processes are implemented in the global economic land use model MAgPIE ("Model of Agricultural Production and its Impact on the Environment"), which simulates spatially-explicit land use and land use change. Moreover, it examines procedures related to agricultural production, trade, production costs, greenhouse gas emissions, and water scarcity. Results of the thesis reveal the importance of the interplay between intensification and cropland expansion. Countries in Africa, the Middle East and South and East Asia require high investments in technological change to cope with future demand. Trade liberalisation lowers required yield improvements but leads to additional deforestation, especially in Latin America due to comparative advantages in agriculture. In terms of water scarcity, an opening of trade has foremost positive implications since water-scarce regions can save water through imports. This does not hold for Australia, Japan, and Central Asia, which additionally strain their water resources due to higher exports. Appropriate policies on international level can diminish the impact on environment and climate. The inclusion of avoided deforestation into a global emission trading scheme would be able to prevent deforestation. Similarly, policies reducing the consumption of animal products in developed countries would lower the pressure on water resources in water-scarce regions.
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Reis, Kimberley Miscamble. "Food for thought: The governance of garden networks for building local food security and community-based disaster resilience." Thesis, Griffith University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366226.
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Food supply chains reach across the globe and rely on complex and interdependent infrastructures. The vast majority of Australia’s food supply infrastructure is privately owned and operated for commercial purposes. The complex network of producers, processors, manufacturers, distributors and retailers of food depend upon the ability to move freight long distances. This is utterly dependent not only on the vast network of transport infrastructure but also on uninterrupted access to cheap oil. Food supply chain interruptions due to severe weather events have become an emergent issue in terms of understanding our vulnerability to food insecurity. The Australian government recognises that economic costs of climate change will come from floods, droughts, heatwaves and other extreme weather events. Supermarkets are the main distribution points for emergency re-supply, however, they are not immune to the impacts of these weather events. Complicating things further, the growth in urban populations globally is identified as a key trend in urban disaster risk management. South-East Queensland has one of the most rapidly growing urban populations in Australia. The vast majority of this urban population will continue to source its food from supermarkets in times of crisis. The synergies between all these influences may expose our collective vulnerability to unexpected food insecurity. Policies that engage with interconnected systems are caught up in the ambiguity of their causal webs, therefore mistakes are very costly.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
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Long, Lauren Christine. "Food security and family well-being." Thesis, Montana State University, 2007. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2007/long/LongL0507.pdf.
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Cho, Kyung Bok Packer Cathy Lee. "Food production and energy how will high gas prices affect the North Carolina food supply? /." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,114.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.Title from electronic title page (viewed Oct. 10, 2007). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication." Discipline: Journalism and Mass Communication; Department/School: Journalism and Mass Communication, School of.
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Willkie, Angelique. "In search of a greater measure of food security : food policy in Jamaica, 1972-1984." Thesis, McGill University, 1988. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=64060.
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Spielman, Kimberly. "Food Supply Chains and Food-Miles: An Analysis for Selected Conventional, Non-local Organic and Other-Alternative Foods Sold in Missoula, Montana." The University of Montana, 2008. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-10252007-113605/.
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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 links production to consumption. However, as food-miles increase, this link becomes obscure. The food supply chain can be described as having two very distinct parts: the conventional food supply chain and the alternative food supply chain. Business consolidation, and large-scale production, processing, distribution and retail characterize the conventional food supply chain. As a result of such economies of scale, the conventional chain is also characterized by standardization of knowledge. The alternative chain, on the other hand, is characterized by direct sales, small-scale production, processing and distribution and by a more transparent market. Certified organic foods began as an alternative to conventional foods. However, certified organic foods have increasingly been criticized for adopting similar business practices as the conventional system and thus travel the same lengths, if not further, than conventional foods. This study is a place-based approach that compares the food-miles and subsequent energy use of the two food supply chainsconventional and alternativethat provide food to retail grocery stores in Missoula, Montana. Energy use is estimated in gallons of diesel and the subsequent byproduct, or emissions, of transportation is estimated in pounds of carbon dioxide. Four of the highest selling retail grocery products; apples, bread, ground beef and milk, are classified into three different categories: conventional, non-local organic and other-alternative. The food-miles, subsequent fuel usage and emissions are also estimated for each of the four products. The study shows a remarkable lack of transparency in the conventional food supply chain and relatively low food-miles, fuel use and carbon dioxide emissions for the other-alternative products.
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Abdalla, Yousif Ismael. "Causes of food insecurity in Southern Africa : an assessment." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1591.
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Thesis (MScAgric (Agricultural Economics))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.Regional food security is considered one of the major challenges for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. SADC is one of the regions in the world currently facing widespread transitory and chronic food insecurity (malnutrition), as well as persistent threats of acute food insecurity (famine). The objective of this thesis, therefore, was to investigate and assess the prevailing causes of food insecurity in Southern Africa. The research revealed that transitory and chronic food insecurity (malnutrition) in the SADC region exists due to the problems experienced with both the supply and demand sides of the food security equation. However, though SADC has made limited attempts to tackle the problem of food insecurity in the region, the Community did not appear to learn from the 1991/92 food insecurity crisis when it recurred in 2001/02. This study consequently recommends that further investigations take place into the primary data available in an attempt to address various issues relating to the causes of food insecurity in Southern Africa in order to ensure long-term food security. Such issues include the following: mobilising agriculture to increase food production rapidly enough to meet the needs of the growing population of the region; bridging the prevailing gap between the public actors, on the one side, and the private and informal actors, on the other, in order to deliver effective food security services to the needy in the region; the designing of well-targeted food pricing policies as an interim compromise between the social concerns relating to high and volatile food prices and long-term economic growth and food security in the region; and the identification of the role of women as food producers and agents of food security in the region. On the supply side, the main food availability problems in the region lie on the agricultural level. Low productivity and frequent disasters have been of a cyclic nature in SADC, leading to additional difficulties with supplies. Such difficulties have been compounded by the inadequate political support of the sector; a lack of investment therein; the instability of the world market; and an increasingly unfair trade environment. Other major dimensions of the problem include: the imposition of trade barriers, such as tariff, non-tariff and technical barriers, particularly the complex and confusing tariff structure imposed by the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) countries against other non-SACU SADC countries; the high cost of transport, especially in landlocked countries, which has come about as a result of the weakening of the capacity and efficiency of the transport system in the region, due to a lack of investment in, as well as the poor performance of, the transport sector. A lack of a diversified production structure in the SADC region was cited as the main obstacle to the successful trade integration and economic development of the region. Looking at the demand side, the main food access problems in the region consisted of a lack of food entitlement (poverty) due to the weak economic growth resulting from unsuccessful macroeconomic policies; a poor balance of payments situation; highly skewed patterns of income and wealth distribution, resulting from maladministration due to short-sighted past colonial policies; high levels of unemployment and land tenure insecurity; the failure of governance, both as regards a lack of accountability and opposition to democratisation; and financial mismanagement. Rapid population growth in the region resulted in an escalation in the demand for agricultural products, in particular foodstuffs, and the reduced availability of arable land. The widespread preponderance of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) infection was complicating the task of fighting hunger and undermining any attempts to strengthen the livelihoods of the poor by depleting the adult agricultural labour potential in Southern Africa. A lack of financial resources and institutional capacity (in the form of policy gaps) were the main constraints to the implementation of successful poverty and food insecurity alleviation programmes in the region, as comprehensive government intervention aimed at maintaining food security in the region for most Southern Africans was unfeasible in the near future. The research was conducted using the qualitative method of literature study, which proved a useful descriptive and analytical framework for revealing significant causes of food insecurity prevailing both in individual, households and at national levels in the SADC region. The study focused mainly on the availability, and the ability to acquire, food, in an attempt to see how balance could be achieved between the supply and demand sides of the food security equation by means of relevant investigations. Documentary data were consulted in investigating the problem, in the light of the fact that publications, such as books, academic journals and documents, illustrate the problem most clearly. In the planning of policy interventions, food insecurity in Southern Africa appears open to improvement in the long term only if the actual income of households is increased, so that they can afford to obtain enough food. Such improvement can take place in two ways: Firstly, by giving the people who face transitory and chronic food insecurity the opportunity to earn enough to ensure that they can maintain an adequate food supply through domestic production, by improving agricultural yield, and hence ensuring food security, at household level, and secondly, by means of the facilitation of trade (in the form of food imports), by eliminating tariff, non-tariff and technical barriers, and investing in the development of the transport infrastructure in the SADC region.
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Tanaka, Tetsuji. "Risk assessment of food supply : a computable general equilibrium approach." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2012. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/13627/.
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Davies, Jonathan. "Migrant labour exploitation and harm in UK food supply chains." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2018. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/migrant-labour-exploitation-and-harm-in-uk-food-supply-chains(0ce99b33-f794-4136-9673-0d197700cc50).html.
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The research conducted for this thesis is an exploratory study of migrant workers' experiences in UK food supply chains. This thesis provides an original contribution to criminology by discussing how some food supply chain dynamics result in various exploitative and harmful labour practices against migrant workers. Data consisted of semi-structured interviews conducted with migrant workers in the UK, as well as individual and group interviews with food supply chain stakeholders, including representatives from industry, regulation, and labour movements. This research conceptualises labour exploitation as a continuum, with severe practices including modern slavery on one extreme and 'decent work' on the other. There are a range of practices in-between these two extremes that risk being overlooked, whereby 'routine', banal exploitation is embedded and normalised within legitimate supply chain processes. The argument developed in this thesis is that a stronger emphasis is needed on the harmful consequences of routine, mundane, everyday labour exploitation in order to understand how they can result from legitimate supply chain dynamics. The key contributions of this thesis can be summarised under four themes: developing a more rigorous analysis of 'routine' labour exploitation and harm against migrant workers; understanding how legitimate food supply chain dynamics can facilitate exploitation and harm; explaining how the regulatory framework may unwittingly result in further exploitation and harm to migrant workers; and recognising the complexity of the relationship between migration and labour exploitation. The thesis findings contribute to predominant discussions of labour exploitation that typically focus on severe exploitation such as modern slavery and emphasise rogue individuals or criminal networks as the main perpetrators. The research findings demonstrate that a significant amount of routine labour exploitation and harm remains 'under the radar' in the context of legitimate supply chain practices. Police action and supply chain regulation typically focuses on the most severe labour exploitation, which results in routine exploitation being largely unaddressed. Therefore, labour exploitation has implications for the nature, organisation, and control of harms facilitated by businesses and supply chains. It is important for criminology and society to not disregard routine labour exploitation, as these practices can result in numerous harmful consequences for workers. Since the public profile of labour exploitation continues to grow, a stronger focus is needed on the routine and banal aspects, not just the most severe practices.
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Memon, Muhammad Ali. "Transportation interoperable planning in the context of food supply chain." Thesis, Toulouse, INPT, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014INPT0076/document.
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L'alimentation est une nécessité de base de l'être humain, dont la survie dépend de la quantité et de la qualité de la nourriture ingérée. L'augmentation de la population requiert de plus en plus de nourriture, tandis que la qualité est associée aux contraintes des produits alimentaires comme une courte durée de vie ou la sensibilité à la température. L'augmentation de la demande entraîne une augmentation de la production alimentaire, répartie entre plusieurs sites de production appartenant à plusieurs entreprises de taille variée, qui peuvent utiliser les produits d'autres sites pour fabriquer leurs produits finaux. En outre, certains produits alimentaires doivent être transportés entre les sites et les produits finaux distribués à des détaillants et des consommateurs lointains en tenant compte des contraintes de produits alimentaires. Les activités exercées par ces entités incluent entre autres la production, la distribution, la vente, etc. et ces entités forment conjointement dans l'environnement de l'écosystème alimentaire une chaîne pour le traitement, l'emballage ou la livraison de nourriture. Ce réseau s'appelle une chaîne logistique alimentaire (FSC). En raison de leur nature distribuée, les FSC héritent des problèmes classiques des chaînes logistiques, mais doivent en plus gérer les problèmes découlant de la périssabilité des produits. Cette périssabilité rend extrêmement important le traitement d'enjeux tels que le maintien de la qualité, la prévision de la demande, la gestion des stocks (éviter les ruptures de stock ou les stocks excessifs), l’amélioration de l'efficacité du réapprovisionnement, de la production et du transport, la traçabilité et le suivi pour réagir aux perturbations. Il est donc nécessaire d'établir une collaboration entre les entités principales de l'écosystème alimentaire pour traiter tous ces enjeux. En outre, depuis l'arrivée des entreprises de transport spécialisées, un nouveau acteur a émergé appelé transporteur ou fournisseur de logistique. Ces transporteurs doivent collaborer avec les producteurs, les détaillants et même d'autres transporteurs afin de prendre en compte la demande future et les tendances, afin d'organiser leur réseau et les ressources, pour livrer des produits alimentaires en assurant sécurité et qualité. Ainsi, la collaboration est devenue vitale pour les FSC. La collaboration implique une bonne compréhension des informations échangées afin de minimiser les déplacements, le coût et la pollution environnementale. Des problèmes d'interopérabilité surgissent lorsque les partenaires impliqués utilisent des systèmes hétérogènes et différentes normes et terminologies. Les approches de collaborations existantes comme "Vendor Managed Inventory" (VMI) ou "Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment" (CPFR) ne prennent en compte que deux acteurs de la FSC : le producteur et le détaillant (acheteur et vendeur). En outre, elles ne considèrent pas la planification de la production et des transports comme des tâches de collaboration. En tenant compte des limitations ci-dessus, nous proposons, dans une première partie de cette thèse, une extension du modèle CPFR prennant en compte les aspects production et transport. Ce nouveau modèle C-PRIPT (Collaborative -Planning Replenishment Inventory Production and Transportation) inclut le transporteur et considère la planification de la production et des transports comme des activités de collaboration. Dans la deuxième partie, nous proposons un modèle distribué et interopérable I-POVES (Interoperable - Path Finder, Order, Vehicle, Environment and Supervisor) pour réaliser la planification des transports en collaboration avec les producteurs, les transporteurs et les détaillants, visant à une meilleure utilisation efficace des ressources de transport. Enfin, nous illustrons le fonctionnement du modèle I-POVES en l’appliquant sur un cas étude de chaîne logistique alimentaireEating is human’s basic necessity whose survival depends on both quantity and quality of food. Increasing population requires increasing in quantity of food, while quality is associated with the food product constraints like short shelf-life, temperature sensitiveness, climate etc. Increasing demand causes increase in food production, which is distributed between several production sites involving several distinct entities from small to large enterprises, where sites may use the intermediate products of other sites to produce the final products. Moreover, food products need to be transported between sites and final products to be distributed to faraway retailer sites and consumers considering the food product constraints. Activities performed by these entities include but not limited to: production, distribution, sales, etc. and these entities form jointly in the environment of food ecosystem a chain for food gathering, processing, packaging, delivery etc. This distributed network of enterprises is called food supply chain (FSC). Due to FSC’s distributed nature, it inherits not only the common problems also faced by other supply chain, but in addition has to deal with the problems arising from the perishability of food products. This perishability nature makes extremely important for FSC, the handling of issues such as maintaining the quality of food products, forecasting the product demand, managing the inventory according to the forecast to reduce out of stock or excessive inventory of products, improving the efficiency of replenishment, production and transportation, taking into account product future demand and tracing and tracking to react to disturbance. Finally, it is necessary to institute collaboration between the main entities of food ecosystem to deal with all of these issues. Furthermore, since the advent of specialized transport enterprises, a new actor has emerged called transporter or logistics provider in the FSC. These transporters have to collaborate with producers, retailers and even other transporters within FSC to take into account product future demands and trends to organise their transport network and resources to make possible the delivery of the food products with security, while maintaining the quality of the food products. Thus, collaboration became vital for FSC. Collaboration involves a good understanding of exchanged information in order to minimizing number of transport travels, cost and environmental pollution. Interoperability problem arises when each of the partners involved in FSC uses heterogeneous systems and uses different standards and terminologies for representing locations, product constraints, vehicles types etc. Furthermore, existing collaborative approaches like Quick Response, Efficient Consumer Response, Vendor Managed Inventory, Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR), etc. take into account only two types of actors of FSC: buyer and seller (producer and retailer). Additionally, they don’t consider the production and transportation planning as collaborative tasks. Taking into account above limitations, we propose, in the first phase of this thesis, an extension of CPFR model, which take into account production and transportation aspects. This new model C-PRIPT (Collaborative -Planning Replenishment Inventory Production and Transportation) includes transporter actor and elaborates production and transportation planning as collaborative activities. In the second phase, we propose a distributed and interoperable transportation planning model I-POVES (Interoperable - Path Finder, Order, Vehicle, Environment and Supervisor) to realise collaborative transportation planning by collaborating producers, transporters and retailers, aiming at a better use of transport resources. Finally, we illustrate the functioning of I-POVES model by applying it on a case study of food supply chain
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Palokangas, Timo, William Eriksson, Madeleine Persson, and Rebecca Norman. "Food for thought : Self-sufficient households towards a sustainablefood supply." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-295294.
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This bachelor thesis examines to what extent a co-create community called Bobyggetin Herrljunga, Sweden, can be food self-sufficient. To obtain a more comprehensiveresult, the difference between a vegetarian and non-vegetarian diet, as well as howtime spent on farming and available cultivation area affects the outcome, are studied.Moreover, difficulties regarding food self-sufficiency are brought up and discussed.Linear programming is used to maximise the amount of calories obtained fromfarming at Bobygget. The result shows that the degree of self-sufficiency at Bobyggetreaches 21% with vegetarian food, and 27% with non-vegetarian food. With thepreconditions regarding the available area of Bobygget, the maximum work time peradult is 9 min per day for vegetarian food, and 13 min per day for non-vegetarianfood. Difficulties concerning self-sufficiency, including time consumption and basicfarming knowledge, are identified. Possible solutions, such as starting modestly withfew crops and small area, consider contract farming, and create a knowledge base forBobygget, are presented.
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Clemente, Flavia <1970>. "Food Supply Chains and Eva.CAN Model: a Network Analytic Approach." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/7303/1/Clemente_Flavia_tesi.pdf.
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The research work leading to the drafting of this PhD thesis approaches the analysis of supply chains of products of animal origin from various productive species by using network analytic methods. In the studied analysis six supply chains are embedded in a single model which highlights all the interconnections that have little evidence in traditional models. This new model that we called Eva.CAN (Evaluation of Complex Agri-food Network Model) is a new concept model, the first complex network model for the agri-food production, the first to allow the application of Network Theory analysis methods. The initial hypothesis is that the various supply chains of products of animal origin have to be interpreted and analyzed as a whole, as a single complex system. The complex network is studied analyzing the adjacency matrix that constitutes the network with algorithms and methods extensively tested and validated. This analytical approach has already been applied with positive results in many research areas such as social networks, transport networks, the stylistic of writers and musicians, proteomics, pharmacology, medicine, biology, and many others. We apply this methodology to supply chains of products of animal origin and show a series of preliminary results. This method of study of food supply chains could be useful for an observatory, bringing to light slightly evident relations and becoming a strong support for policy-makers. It can also provide useful advices to individual actors on how to optimize their own supply chains. Finally, through an effective enumeration and evaluation of the relationships, a network model could be helpful in design of tracking and traceability systems.
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Clemente, Flavia <1970>. "Food Supply Chains and Eva.CAN Model: a Network Analytic Approach." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/7303/.
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The research work leading to the drafting of this PhD thesis approaches the analysis of supply chains of products of animal origin from various productive species by using network analytic methods. In the studied analysis six supply chains are embedded in a single model which highlights all the interconnections that have little evidence in traditional models. This new model that we called Eva.CAN (Evaluation of Complex Agri-food Network Model) is a new concept model, the first complex network model for the agri-food production, the first to allow the application of Network Theory analysis methods. The initial hypothesis is that the various supply chains of products of animal origin have to be interpreted and analyzed as a whole, as a single complex system. The complex network is studied analyzing the adjacency matrix that constitutes the network with algorithms and methods extensively tested and validated. This analytical approach has already been applied with positive results in many research areas such as social networks, transport networks, the stylistic of writers and musicians, proteomics, pharmacology, medicine, biology, and many others. We apply this methodology to supply chains of products of animal origin and show a series of preliminary results. This method of study of food supply chains could be useful for an observatory, bringing to light slightly evident relations and becoming a strong support for policy-makers. It can also provide useful advices to individual actors on how to optimize their own supply chains. Finally, through an effective enumeration and evaluation of the relationships, a network model could be helpful in design of tracking and traceability systems.
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Nakabo, Ssewanyana Sarah. "Women and household food security in rural Uganda." Thesis, Faculty of Agriculture, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/14527.
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Vannini, Chiara. "Mappatura ed ottimizzazione dei flussi logistici di prodotti ortofrutticoli. Un caso italiano della grande distribuzione." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2014. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/6816/.
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Il mercato agroalimentare sta conoscendo, soprattutto negli ultimi anni, una evoluzione sia dal punto di vista normativo sia legato alla crescente richiesta da parte dell’opinione pubblica di caratteristiche di trasparenza, tracciabilità e sostenibilità ambientale, economica e sociale. La sostenibilità della Food Supply Chain rappresenta una problematica di grande interesse in termini di ricadute di impatto ambientale e depauperamento delle risorse. L’obiettivo di fornire strumenti decisionali utili per tutti gli operatori della Food Supply Chain ha comportato lo sviluppo di specifiche metodologie e di supporto alle decisioni. L'introduzione di una maggiore integrazione tra gli attori coinvolti nella FSC può portare a migliorare la sostenibilità dei sistemi alimentari.
Nel presente lavoro è stato preso in considerazione un caso concreto in cui si è analizzata la filiera dei prodotti ortofrutticoli afferenti al centro di distribuzione di una catena della GDO, con un focus sui prodotti trattati e destinati all’area della provincia di Ravenna. La mappatura dei flussi di provenienza e destinazione delle merci ha permesso di analizzare strutturalmente i canali dei fornitori. Le informazioni acquisite sono state implementate su un database per consentirne la modellizzazione e l’analisi quantitativa dei flussi di prodotto ortofrutticolo.
I dati sono stai elaborati attraverso l’uso della piattaforma software che ha collocato nello spazio i vari nodi logistici in modo da calcolarne le distanze reciproche e pianificare gli itinerari di viaggio. In questo modo è stato possibile simulare ogni singola spedizione a partire dall’aggregazione della domanda alle singole missioni di consegna, tenendo in considerazione i mezzi di trasporto selezionati. La scelta di un particolare tipo di veicolo, la sua velocità, la capacità massima del mezzo in termini di kg e m3, ha determinato il numero di spedizioni. Su queste basi è stato possibile eseguire il calcolo dell’impatto ambientale della distribuzione logistica e formulare quindi ipotesi di sviluppo futuro.
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Ip, Chun Yin. "A food regime analysis of sub-Saharan African food crisis : the development of corporate food regime and counter-movement in the region." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2011. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1304.
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Fälton, Emelie. "Food and Sustainable Tourism : A study of authenticity and organic food in a customer supply perspective." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Avdelningen för historie-, turism- och medievetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-104832.
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The tourism industry has a large impact on the environment’s health and tourists’ behaviours as well as consumption attitudes have an important role. Tourists’ food decisions and engagements in sustainable food could encourage the tourism operators to improve their environmental burdens. This essay investigates the experience of organic food as a part of the sustainable development within the tourism industry. A dualistic authenticity framework has been applied and a method to measure and analyse perceived authenticity has been drawn from the literature. Questionnaires were handed out to the guests and the staff at two Swedish hotels. The results revealed that there are several dimensions in the meeting between the customers and the operators that arrange food experiences in touristic contexts. There is an interest for the question of organic food as a part of the environmental sustainable development, both relative to the contemporary tourism industry and for the future convention to a more sustainable development in the tourism industry. The results presented that organic food is experienced as a central concept that could be a part of and have an important role for the future sustainable development within the tourism industry. An important part of this is the importance to be aware of the meeting between the customers and the operators. Sweden has a potential to accomplish a more sustainable tourism industry in the future, but more research and educations with focus on the subject needs to be made.
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Strotmann, Christina [Verfasser]. "Food waste reduction concepts for stakeholders in the food supply chain and auxiliary organizations / Christina Strotmann." Bonn : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1199005428/34.
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Kriflik, Lynda. "Food for thought consumer perspectives of the environmental impacts of food choices /." Access electronically, 2004. http://www.library.uow.edu.au/adt-NWU/public/adt-NWU20050822.101900/index.html.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wollongong, 2004.EMBARGOED - this thesis is subject to a 2 year embargo (21/06/05 to 21/06/07) and may only be viewed and copied with the permission of the author. For further information please Contact the Archivist. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references: p. 237-247.
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Devereux, Stephen. "Household responses to food insecurity in northeastern Ghana." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1993. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:365cffe9-4f3a-40d2-a9e7-efc847b63884.
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When grain production falls short of consumption expectations in self-provisioning households, a range of responses is possible. How each household selects from and manages these responses provides the theoretical and empirical focus of this thesis. Several problematic issues in the 'coping strategies' literature are addressed, including questions of response sequencing and 'discrete stages', the timing of asset sales for food, and the relationship between consumption protecting and consumption modifying strategies. Among other theoretical advances, criteria for response sequencing are identified which explain decisions about which assets to sell for food, and when, in terms of each asset's expected return rather than its immediate 'entitlement' value. This thesis is grounded in fieldwork conducted in the West African semi-arid tropics, a region characterised by seasonally, agricultural risk and market imperfections. Drought and armyworms undermined crop production in the fieldwork village in 1987/8. The community is highly stratified economically, and striking cross-sectional contrasts in household behaviour and nutritional outcomes were observed. Food secure households practice demographic, agronomic and economic diversification, which provide access to sources of food and income that are not correlated to local economic fluctuations. Consumption insecure households have narrower options and respond to production deficits by wealth depletion (asset monetisation, debt acquisition) and severe food rationing. Responses to production deficits are not confined to strategies for acquiring food. Multiple objectives - economic, nutritional and social - are retained. Nutritional adjustments are motivated by intertemporal economic priorities. The poorest households protected their assets and rationed consumption most severely: the cost of consuming resources rises as the number and value of assets owned falls. Within households, nutritional surveillance revealed that adults rationed their food consumption earlier and more severely than their children. Adult anthropometric status may therefore be a more robust predictor of food insecurity and economic stress than child anthropometry.
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Doel, Christine Marie. "Market development, organizational change and the food industry." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.360019.
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Premat, Adriana. "Feeding the self and cultivating identities in Havana, Cuba." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ33504.pdf.
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Howe, Paul Washington. "Contesting 'famine' : a study of conceptual ambiguities and their implications for response and accountability in Southern Sudan, 1998." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.289220.
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Haile, Mekbib Gebretsadik [Verfasser]. "Volatility of International Food Prices: Impacts on Resource Allocation and on Food Supply Response / Mekbib Gebretsadik Haile." Bonn : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1104367696/34.
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Zokaei, A. Keivan. "Evolution of the U.K. agri-food supply chains : a systems analysis." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2008. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/55172/.
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The agri-food industry has great importance to the UK economy while at the same time proven to give rise to significant socio-environmental problems. The UK agri-food chains have faced several crises and undergone extensive change since the 1990s. However, so far, many improvement attempts in this sector have adopted point analysis of single issues rather than a systems view of the interrelated web of concerns. This thesis recognises a lack, of systemic understanding and systemic improvement approacrtes " within the UK agri-food supply chains and adopts a systems perspective. Therefore, the theoretical background in this thesis is influenced by systems and cognate theories. A review of systems thinking literature is carried out which is subsequently narrowed down focusing on supply chain management and sustainable chain management literature leading to the identification of two gap areas in the body of knowledge. The first gap relates to the improvement of supply chain consumer focus which is identified as a key emerging area in the field of supply chain management. The second gap is about simultaneous improvement of the environmental and economic performance of the UK agri-food chains. The research begins with contextual investigations providing evidence of the misalignment of the UK agri-food chains with the consumer value. Moreover, the contextual research clearly shows that the UK agri- food chains disproportionately pollute the environment and that the existing body of knowledge around the second research gap is in its infancy. The thesis follows by the proposition of a conceptual framework of the evolution of the UK agri-food chain management body of knowledge encapsulating the theoretical propositions of the thesis as well as serving as a guide for the data collection and directing the analyses throughout the thesis. The four rings model of the evolution of the UK agri-food chain management shows how the state of knowledge has evolved in the past and how it should continue to evolve in the future. The rest of the thesis explores and explains how to move the boundary constraints of knowledge within this framework. A multiple case study research strategy is deployed, in line with the research questions posed, the nature of the study and the philosophical approaches underpinning the thesis (the research is argued from a critical realist viewpoint), (enabling the author to develop rich, detailed and contextual knowledge about the UK agri-food chains. In a purposive sample, five case studies have been selected based on the research objectives and in a way to best enable addressing the research gaps. The first research question is addressed through four case studies whereupon significant knowledge is developed about how to improve the consumer orientation of the UK agri-food chains by leveraging the inter- organisational potentials in each case. To that end, a new approach is developed (i.e. the Supply Chain Kano-QFD approach) which is linked to the value stream mapping method. Moreover, the findings of the four case studies are compared and contrasted, and case specific contingencies are discussed. The second research gap is addressed by means of one case study which discusses the challenges ahead in terms of improving the environmental sustainability of the UK agri- food supply chains. The case study challenges the conventional views about the eco- friendliness of the biofuels, provides valuable insights about analysis of the environmental sustainability of the agri-food chains and puts forward key recommendations for future investigation.