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G. Chiaraluce ; D. Bentivoglio ; A. Finco ; M. Fiore ; F. Conto ; A. Galati |Trust, safety, and quality are among the most important factors in the agri-food supply chains. Traceability is a powerful tool to ensure them, but implementing a transparent and effective system is a complex operation. As a result, innovative s[...]Article
This paper reviews the literature on sustainability in the food vending industry to understand whether: (1) the topic of sustainable development is addressed at the academic level when it comes to the sector; (2) whether or not the industry is o[...]Article
B. Guidani ; M. Ronzoni ; R. Accorsi |The transition of Agri-Food Supply Chains (AFSC) toward sustainable patterns able to secure safe, quality, and affordable food whilst preserving natural and anthropogenic ecosystems is a key challenge of this century. Increasing production and d[...]Article
C. Schulze ; B. Matzdorf ; J. Rommel ; M. Czajkowski ; M. García-Llorente ; I. Gutiérrez-Briceño ; L. Larsson ; K. Zagórska ; W. Zawadzki |This study assesses how information about the provision of ecosystem services can contribute to an integrative food labelling framework within the European Unions' Farm to Fork Strategy. By applying Q-methodology with 43 food industry experts fr[...]Article
Turkey ranks among the top five olive oil-producing countries in the world, and the olive crop plays a crucial role in its economy, economically, environmentally, and socially. One of the primary challenges facing the agricultural sector is its [...]Article
A. Telukdarie ; M. Munsamy ; T. Katsumbe ; X. Maphisa |The world is evolving towards sustainability and optimum resource management, with a rapid evolution towards a circular economy (CE). The focus on sustainability in the food and beverage (FoodBev) sector is a priority due to the close associatio[...]Article
CONTEXT The agri-food and rural development sector in Europe is undergoing digitalization, and therefore becoming increasingly data-dependent. However, limited experience in implementing Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) d[...]Article
C. Lamine ; M. Tuscano ; M. Feyereisen ; T.P. Castro ; S. Bui |Transitions to sustainable consumption and production patterns now appear as a widely acknowledged necessity for contemporary food systems. Sustainable transition processes raise major issues of social justice as they often exclude some actors a[...]Article
Despite the various studies on food governance structured around alternative food systems (AFS), analysis of the essential characteristics of it which facilitate the sustainability of the food system (FS) is still incipient. This study aims to c[...]Article
La présente recherche vise à contribuer aux acquis existants concernant les contraintes au développement de la labellisation de lhuile dolive dans un contexte dun pays en Méditerranée du Sud, à savoir le Maroc. Elle vise à proposer une lectur[...]Article
C. Cholez ; O. Pauly ; M. Mahdad ; S. Mehrabi ; C. Giagnocavo ; J. Bijman |CONTEXT Sustainability-Oriented Innovation (SOI) is recognized as a way to address agrifood system sustainability challenges. Because of its complexity, SOI requires inter-organizational collaboration between actors within and around value chain[...]Article
Nowadays being resilient is a requirement of all companies and more in general supply chains, as a consequence of the frequent disruptions which repeatedly affect systems and challenge markets from different sides. But how to state whether a com[...]Article
M. Krstic ; G.P. Agnusdei ; S. Tadic ; P.P. Miglietta |Electronic traceability (e-traceability) is a growing trend in the agri-food industry, offering improved transparency, accountability, and reduced risk of foodborne illnesses through the use of electronic systems to trace products throughout the[...]Article
The agri-food sector is a key component of the Italian economy and the Made in Italy products are altogether the core of it with a strong export propensity. This paper analyses the recent export performance of the Made in Italy as a whole and at[...]Article
Current policy discourse in the European Union and elsewhere identifies the 'multi-actor approach' and 'co-innovation' as powerful tools for 'speeding up' innovation in agriculture and related sectors. This paper analyses tensions in five projec[...]Article
Entre 1980 et 2000, loffre alimentaire séloigne du produit brut et se segmente selon le degré délaboration du produit. À partir de lan 2000, se développe une demande daliments alternatifs, notamment biologiques, traduisant laspiration à de[...]Article
Modern food chains are energy intensive processes, which implies environmental impacts and a dependence on non-renewable resources. Nevertheless, some studies tend to underestimate the energy use of transport by assuming some simplifications in [...]Article
Recent literature suggests that agricultural value chains are changing rapidly and places an increasing focus on the importance of actors and activities taking place in the 'midstream' of these value chains, after production and prior to final s[...]Article
F. Rampone ; F. Lecca ; P. Giolito ; M. Romano |This paper aims to demystify a lot of misconceptions still widely circulating today about the alleged properties of blockchain and then illustrate the real opportunities that this technology offers for 'food system' and how it must be correctly [...]Article
The financial and real crisis started in 2007-2008 has deeply transformed the way the Italian financial and capital market act. Italian SMEs need to be aware of the transformation not to be pushed out of the market itself and to take profit of t[...]Article
Improving the supplier's capabilities and relationships with the buyer to improve triple-bottom-line outcomes for multiple actors in the supply chain (including the suppliers and buyers) is the very purpose of sustainable supplier development. W[...]Article
Food waste represents one of the major problems in the food industry, as it accounts for substantial social, economic, and environmental challenges due to the waste of resources along the food supply chain - such as waste of water, land, fertili[...]Article
Dans la région Nord-Est du Royaume du Maroc, la truffe constitue une ressource naturelle importante. En effet, les habitants collectent ce produit saisonnier pour diversifier leurs revenus. Cependant, et malgré son importance, la filière des tru[...]Article
The role of the agrifood industry is key to mitigating the impact of climate change, as it is one of the industrial sectors with the highest energy consumption. The optimisation of photovoltaic systems in agroindustries faces problems such as th[...]Article
The issue of food loss and waste is vital for minimising resource consumption and CO2 emissions. In particular, reducing fruit and vegetable loss and waste would contribute to keeping the food system within planetary boundaries. At the same time[...]Article
The main objective of this study is to contribute to the existing debate on the link between export activity and eco-innovation, using Spanish agrofood auxiliary companies. For that purpose, a cluster analysis has been carried out and two groups[...]Article
Quantifying the sustainability of the agriculture, livestock, and agri-food industry under a homogeneous criterion is essential to strategize the implementation of sustainable development in the agri-food sector and increase the commitment of st[...]Article
In light of the increasing demand for sustainable development, the agri-food industry is under pressure to make the transition towards sustainability. Innovation has been identified as a key driver for this transformation. However, the agri-food[...]Article
While there is a consensus on the need to transition towards more sustainable food systems, moving from a conceptual approach to a more operational understanding of food systems remains a research front. The objective of this paper is to take st[...]Article
In the modern agricultural landscape, realizing data's full potential requires a unified infrastructure where stakeholders collaborate and share their data to gain insights and create business value. The agricultural data ecosystem (ADE) serves [...]