The epidemics and pandemics can severely affect food supply chains, including producers, retailers, wholesalers, and customers. To minimize their impacts, it is fundamental to implement effective policies that ensure continuity in the provision, affordability, and distribution of basic food items. This research identifies the main impacts of pandemics and epidemics on food supply chains and policies that can minimize these impacts. Based on a systematic literature review (SLR), 173 documents are analysed to propose a taxonomy of impacts on four supply chain links: demand-side, supply-side, logistics and infrastructure, and management and operation. The taxonomy presents the main impacts and respective mitigation policies. In addition, the literature review leads to the development of a comprehensive causal loop diagram (CLD) with the identification of main variables and their relationship with food supply chains. Finally, a specific research agenda is proposed by identifying the main research gaps. These findings provide a structured method for evaluating policies that ensure the functioning of food supply chains, particularly in disruptions such as epidemics and pandemics.

PurposeThis paper aims to identify the main performance criteria for Humanitarian Operations (HOs) from the beneficiary perspective and to propose a taxonomy to support the evaluation of stakeholders.Design/methodology/approachThe research conducts a Systematic Literature Review to identify the main criteria in HOs from the beneficiary's view. Also, we conduct an empirical study based on a survey and a case study to validate the findings in a real-life setting.FindingsConsidering 25 papers, the identified performance criteria were divided into six categories: health, housing, education, socioeconomic factors, care and risk and disaster management. The empirical discussion considered forty-four responses from beneficiaries, and the main criteria complained about were related to socioeconomic factors. In addition, a case study was developed that examines the perspective of the company responsible for the construction of the building to aid in understanding the areas of dissatisfaction noted by the residents.Practical implicationsThe research contributes organized criteria to support the performance evaluation of organizations. It offers a structured basis for further discussion among academics and professionals about other performance evaluation topics, such as dashboards and the integration of indicators from different stakeholders.Originality/valueLiterature is scarce in questions of performance evaluation in HOs and the analysis of the beneficiary as the main client. Therefore, the paper contributes to both areas by evaluating HOs from the beneficiary's perspective.

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Goal: This paper investigates the nature of the academic literature on the disasters’ impacts on Supply Chains (SC) and the strategies adopted to minimize their adverse effects. Design / Methodology / Approach: Based on a Systematic Literature Review (SLR), we conduct a bibliometric analysis of 129 documents to assess the significant publications’ characteristics regarding year, trend topics, journals, authors, papers more cited, keywords co-occurrence, disasters, SC type, and preliminary identification of disasters’ impacts and countermeasure strategies.  Results: The results show that most studies address natural disasters (e.g., floods, earthquakes, pandemics), and a significant number of documents refer to the food SC. Our findings indicate that the main impacts are: SC instability, supplies shortages, transport and distribution disruption, production and operation disruption, cash flow problems, and productivity reduction; and the main strategies: agility, the collaboration between SC links, organizational flexibility, information sharing, financial and inventory management, digital transformation, government policies, and benchmarking. Limitations of the investigation: This is a qualitative study with a preliminary examination of the topic through bibliometric results, and for this reason, the content analysis of the documents is outside the scope of the paper. Practical implications: The findings of this study provide preliminary insights for SC practitioners into the main countermeasures strategies performed to respond to the SC impacts during a disaster. Originality / Value: The results contribute to a holistic perspective of the topic, which involves the main features of existing studies in the literature.