The logistics of the short food supply chain: A literature review

Paciarotti, Claudia; Torregiani, Francesco

doi:10.1016/j.spc.2020.10.002

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“…The current COVID-19 outbreak combined with the locust invasion has created a novel harmful situation for FSCs. Very limited articles addressed food security in terms of COVID-19 [8,27]; however, limited works have been reported on the resilience of the FSC from both the COVID-19 and the locust invasion perspectives. Further in-depth analysis on enhancing the resilience of FSCs in food industries is essential to address the complex risks.…”

Section: Research Gapsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Compounded Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic and Desert Locust Outbreak on Food Security and Food Supply Chain

Elomri

Omri

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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The COVID-19 pandemic and locust swarm outbreaks pose a significant threat to global food systems, causing severe disruptions in both local and international food supplies from farm to fork. The main objective of this study is to understand and identify the disruptions during the crises and create a map of how resilience can be established to recover and sustain the food supply chain (FSC) functions as well as food security. The detrimental impacts of the compound crises on the FSC are explored and the effects of the affected areas are estimated under optimistic and pessimistic scenarios. As a response to the disruption caused by the crisis in FSCs, reactive and proactive solutions are proposed to develop resilience at the food sector level. In the short term, the reactive solutions, consisting of smoothing the food demand, supply and delivery, and food production and processing, can be borrowed. In the long term, the proactive solutions can be conducted by developing multi-level short intertwined FSCs. Our comprehensive investigation of the resilience elements in diverse operations and potential strategies should contribute to the improvement of FSC resilience in the face of ongoing and growing threats.

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Section: Research Gapsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Compounded Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic and Desert Locust Outbreak on Food Security and Food Supply Chain

Elomri

Omri

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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“…Review of available literature about the study area has been used as a research methodology for this paper. An extensive review identifies the current gaps in scientific literature, integrate various studies, develop new understandings, generalize research outcomes and anticipate research inferences [13][14][15]. The research question in the present study is to understand the potential risks caused by various abiotic stresses in rice and to interpret various mitigation strategies.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To ensure that no relevant articles had been left out, thorough screening through full text reading followed by forward and backward snowball techniques were used [15,16]. The distribution of available literature reveals the evolution of scientific works and reflects the increasing trend in the number of publications over time.…”

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confidence: 99%

Abiotic Stress Tolerance-Progress and Pathways of Sustainable Rice Production

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Rice is globally a major food crop and its production has progressively been affected by various types of abiotic stresses especially drought, flooding, salinity, heat and cold in most of the cultivable rice ecosystems. The incidence, intensity and duration of these stresses are anticipated to aggravate due to climate change consequences, demanding resilient yields in these situations to be essential. Present paper deals with reviewing various types of abiotic stresses and their mitigation strategies for enhancing and stabilizing rice production in stress prone areas. Review of available literature pertaining to the study area has been used as research methodology for this paper. The available literature suggests that stress-tolerant varieties can serve as the most viable strategy to contribute in coping with the problem of abiotic stresses. Although, good progress has been made in the development of stress-tolerant rice varieties (STRVs) and incessant efforts are being made to spread these varieties in target areas, adoption by farmers is yet to meet expectations. Advantage, affordability, awareness and availability are the main factors responsible for adopting of any technology. The adoption of stress-tolerant varieties has not reached its potential, predominantly due to the lack of awareness and non-availability of seeds amongst farmers. Strategic and intentional collaborations should be ensured for scaling the sustainable delivery and diffusion of STRVs. A promotional roadmap that ensures the linkages between private and public seed sectors remains the key factor for its successful adoption. Similarly, strengthening of formal, informal and semi-formal seed systems is crucial to accelerate the dissemination of these varieties. There is an imperative need to create strategic plans for the development of varieties possessing multiple stress tolerance. Significant investments for sustainability of rice production in stress prone areas form the essential component of long-term agricultural development. The sooner these investments and strategies are accomplished, the greater the gains are expected.

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“…Similarly, if consumers visit individual local producers, their carbon emissions can be greater than the emissions from the systems of large-scale suppliers (Coley et al, 2009). In short, it seems to be impossible to state that because of their localness, local food systems produce lower emissions compared to conventional ones (Paciarotti & Torregiani, 2021).…”

Section: Greenhouse Gas Emissionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…And for a successful circular economy, spatial location can also be one factor (among others) (Kiss et al, 2019). Still, it is not possible to generalise, and local food does not automatically reduce negative environmental externalities (Paciarotti & Torregiani, 2021).…”

Section: Other Environmental Impactsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The sustainability of “local” food: a review for policy-makers

Stein

Santini

2021

Rev Agric Food Environ Stud

138

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In the political discussion, the promotion of local food systems and short supply chains is sometimes presented as a means to increase the resilience of the food system, e.g. in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is also suggested as a means to improve the environmental footprint of the food system. Differentiating between local food systems and short supply chains, a review of the literature on the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainability is carried out. "Local food" cannot simply be equated with "sustainable food"; in most cases, it neither can ensure food security nor does it necessarily have a lower carbon footprint. For the environmental sustainability of food systems, many more factors matter than just transportation, not least consumers' dietary choices. In terms of social sustainability, local food systems are not necessarily more resilient, but they can contribute to rural development and a sense of community. In terms of economic sustainability, selling via short supply chains into local markets can benefit certain farmers, while for other producers it can be more profitable to supply international markets.

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The logistics of the short food supply chain: A literature review

Cited by 165 publications

References 129 publications

The Compounded Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic and Desert Locust Outbreak on Food Security and Food Supply Chain

The Compounded Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic and Desert Locust Outbreak on Food Security and Food Supply Chain

Abiotic Stress Tolerance-Progress and Pathways of Sustainable Rice Production

The sustainability of “local” food: a review for policy-makers

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