Prospectives for the development of a circular bioeconomy around the banana value chain

Fiallos-Cárdenas, Manuel; Martínez, Siomara; Ramírez, Angel D.

doi:10.1016/j.spc.2021.12.014

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“…Residual banana aerial biomass such as rachis, leaves, and pseudostems could be used in a circular bioeconomy as described in [ 56 ]. Circular alternatives that show great potential are being used, such as the production of biopolymers, active carbon, and biofuels [ 57 , 58 ].…”

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The Environmental Profile of Ecuadorian Export Banana: A Life Cycle Assessment

Veliz

Chico-Santamarta

Ramírez

2022

Foods

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Ecuador is one of the largest banana exporters in the world. This sector generates wealth and employment in the country. Life cycle method tools support finding critical points and improvement measures in systems. In this study, the Ecuadorian banana is evaluated through life cycle assessment (LCA), including agriculture, packaging, transfer to the Port of Guayaquil, and transport to a foreign port. OpenLCA software was used, applying the Recipe Midpoint (H) V1.13 impact evaluation method and using primary data collected from a local producer and secondary data from Ecoinvent 3.6 databases, Agribalyse 3.0.1, and the literature. Functional units were established at three levels: “1 ton of Banana at-the-farm-gate”; “1 ton of Banana at-the-packaging-stage-gate”; and “1 ton of Banana at-the-port-of-destination”. The impact categories evaluated are climate change (GWP100), fossil depletion (FDP), freshwater eutrophication (FEP), marine eutrophication (MEP), ozone layer depletion (ODPinf), particulate matter formation (PMFP), formation of photochemical oxidants (POFP), and terrestrial acidification (TAP100). The carbon footprint (GWP100) of “Banana at-the-farm-gate”, “Banana at-the-packaging-stage-gate”, and “Banana at-the-foreign-port” ranged from 194 to 220, 342 to 352, and 615.41 to 625.44 kg CO2-Eq/Ton banana, respectively. Hotspots of the system are the fertilizer field emissions, cardboard packaging, rachis disposal, and maritime transport. Improvement measures should focus on reducing the amount of fertilizers and developing circular alternatives for residual biomass valorization.

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“…For the case of cardboard for packaging, strategies to reduce the amount of packaging should be investigated. Furthermore, packaging produced from biomass residues of the same value chain can be studied [ 56 ].…”

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The Environmental Profile of Ecuadorian Export Banana: A Life Cycle Assessment

Veliz

Chico-Santamarta

Ramírez

2022

Foods

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“…It seeks to address the major constraints at each level of the supply chain, rather than focusing on just one group or one geographical location (Webber & Labaste, 2009). Development of the banana value chain requires technical feasibility with the system's innovation potential along with efficient management of constraints related to economic and cultural difficulties (Fiallos-Cárdenas et al, 2022). The present study tries to identify different marketing channels of bananas, analyzing the marketing efficiency of the channels and different stakeholders' perspectives of VCM in the Nadia district of West Bengal.…”

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Profitability Analysis and Stakeholders Perception of Banana Value Chain in Nadia District of West Bengal

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Basu

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Banana occupies the highest rank among India’s fruit crops both in area and production. The study was conducted on four randomly selected banana marketing channels namely Habibpur to Kolkata marketing channel (Channel-I), Habibpur local marketing channel (Channel-II), Kalyani to Kolkata marketing channel (Channel-III), and Kalyani local marketing channel (Channel-IV) of Nadia District of West Bengal during 2019 to identify marketing efficiency of the channels and comparing them in respect of value chain management (VCM) abilities. The responses were collected from forty producers, sixteen commission agents, thirty wholesalers, forty-four retailers, and twenty consumers of the marketing channel through a structured interview schedule. It was observed that the marketing efficiency of the Channel-III for all of the four important banana varieties of ‘Singapuri’, ‘Champa’, ‘Martaman’ and ‘Kanthali’ were higher than the Channel-I because of its better transportation management system, storage management facilities, and value distribution index. The marketing efficiency of the local marketing channel was distinctly higher in respect of Kolkata marketing channels. Less number of the stakeholder’s intervention in the local market channels might be the determining factor for it.

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“…Prospective stakeholder analysis is paramount of importance in terms of developing a circular economy around a specific value chain. Stakeholders' economic and cultural commitment is crucial to overcome the barriers in transforming to circular economy in order to be sustainable and economically viable (Fiallos-C ardenas et al, 2022;F€ oll and Thiesse, 2021).…”

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A novel neutrosophical approach in stakeholder analysis for sustainable fashion supply chains

Karadayi-Usta

2022

JFMM

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is proposing a novel neutrosophical stakeholders' analysis approach for sustainable fashion supply chain (SFSC), presenting a supply chain members and objectives in order to conduct a sustainable business, investigating the roles and positions of these stakeholders, determining the contribution levels of these stakeholders to the sustainability objectives, and accordingly identifying the convergence and divergence among the stakeholders in terms of realization of the objectives.Design/methodology/approachA novel neutrosophic set-based stakeholders' analysis Method of ACTors, Objectives, strength Reports (MACTOR) approach is proposed considering the uncertain and indeterminate opinions of decision-makers. In order to obtain the mutual opinions of decision-makers, Delphi technique is employed.FindingsThe analysis results of this research emphasizes that although the manufacturers can be thought as the foremost actor is SFSC by producing the main product, they have no superior power on conducting the business. Besides, the government, customer and fashion firms are the key players shaping the fashion industry. Retailers and distribution centers can be interpreted as an intermediary in between the other stakeholders. Moreover, the eco-friendly packaging providers have not gained an important role that they were supposed to in terms of the sustainability objectives.Research limitations/implicationsThe application phase of the research includes the possibility of subjective judgments of the participants as a limitation. Therefore, Delphi technique is applied to overcome this challenge by multiple rounds of interviews for panel of participants in order to combine the benefits with elements of the wisdom of people.Practical implicationsExamining a multi-echelon supply chain is a practical implication providing the mutual opinions of experts such as designers, stylists, journalists, consultants, procurement managers, entrepreneurs, activists etc. for sustainability in the fashion industry. One can derive from the findings to determine which sub-echelon requires more attention, or which business is more important to focus on most, or which branch of activity influences others most.Originality/valueThis is one of the few articles that focuses on the sustainability objective and highlights the active roles of all members of the supply chain. Besides, this is the first study deploying neutrosophic sets for MACTOR analysis.

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Prospectives for the development of a circular bioeconomy around the banana value chain

Cited by 29 publications

References 147 publications

The Environmental Profile of Ecuadorian Export Banana: A Life Cycle Assessment

The Environmental Profile of Ecuadorian Export Banana: A Life Cycle Assessment

Profitability Analysis and Stakeholders Perception of Banana Value Chain in Nadia District of West Bengal

A novel neutrosophical approach in stakeholder analysis for sustainable fashion supply chains

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