Food for Thought: Addressing Urban Food Security Risks through Urban Agriculture

This study contributes a data-driven of sustainable food supply chain with the comparison between Halal and non-Halal food, and suggestion for future studies and practical fulfillments. Although food supply chain is urged to become sustainable, there is a lack of a systematic data-driven describing the most appropriate indicators to advance both Halal and non-Halal sustainable food supply chain. With an aim of analyzing up-to-date sustainable food supply chain, a combination of content analysis, fuzzy Delphi method, fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory is presented. The results show that the most significant indicators for non-Halal sustainable food supply chain are food consumption, food safety, food security, resilience, food waste management. The most crucial indicators of Halal sustainable food supply chain consist of Halal certification, Halal supply chain trust, Islamic values, Halal food safety. A contemporary sustainable food supply chain is presented and future trends, challenges, and opportunities are determined.

On the sustainable perishable food supply chain network design: A dairy products case to achieve sustainable development goals

Critical factors for sustainable perishable food supply chains: Insights from Malawi banana supply chain

Regional impact scenarios of climate change show a high risk of supply deadlocks in respect to food security. Moreover, the impact of climate system on food security is induced by consumption systems due to shifting demand patterns within fast urbanization processes. Therefore, the transformational management of food supply chains shows an urgent demand for “integrated” and system-related solutions, considering related effects of resource scarcity (e.g., mineral fertilizers, water, constraints on energy use, and land use) as well as demographic change and interlinked resource consumption. Thus, the development of strategies for human wellbeing, national income generation, ecological stability, and social integrity have to be also considered while developing various scenarios for future food systems. Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) could fertilize the trendsetting concept of the sustainable and innovative food supply chains by analyzing climate change impacts, adjustments in operational action fields, proactive countermeasures, as well as policy improvements being focused on the resilience of the food supply chains, meanwhile allocating the resources efficiently and meeting population demands.

Business analytics for systematically investigating sustainable food supply chains

"Sustainable Food Supply Chain Research", as a seminar collection of articles, provides theoretical and empirical scientific insights to enable sustainable food research academics, students, and practitioners to gauge the trajectory of sustainable food supply chain research, including contemporary research positions on a sustainable food supply chain around the world. Rigorously synthesizing the relevant academic literature and gold standard methods, the scientific contributions in this reprint integrate quantitative and qualitative models and tools that address the product quality framework for food supply chains, the causes of food waste within grocery retail chains, choice editing in favour of sustainable consumption in supply chains, multi-stakeholder initiatives in food supply chains, sustainability in governance in the cocoa supply chain, digitalisation for a sustainable food supply chain, logistics service quality, crop failure and supply chain dynamics in a developing country context, strategic agility in the fresh produce supply chain, and short food supply chains, among others.

Evaluation and ranking of solutions to overcome the barriers of Industry 4.0 enabled sustainable food supply chain adoption

Food security requires more than just increased availability, as supply chains face challenges such as climate change, inequality and waste. A sustainable food system provides numerous benefits, aligning with the European Green Deal’s Farm to Fork Strategy, which aims to promote sustainable production, ensure food safety, reduce waste, and combat climate change. Additionally, it supports regional economies, preserves cultural identity, enhances food tourism, and helps prevent food fraud. Aim of the research is to analyse challenges, best practices and solutions for sustainable local food supply chains based on stakeholders face to face onsite workshops organized in Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden. Stakeholders interviewed were farmers, local food producers and distributors, local government representatives, as well as researchers from the food, regional development and environmental engineering fields who shared with their experiences and useful information about their experiences of dealing with obstacles. The initial results indicate the following group of obstacles like all the countries analysed. (1) There is no clear definition of the local food supply chain, creating uncertainty and inconsistencies in its interpretation. (2) Local food supply chain stakeholders are eager to collaborate to sell their products wholesale, ensuring the necessary production volumes. While meeting these demands can be challenging for individual producers, cooperation would make it achievable, enabling a more efficient and sustainable supply chain. (3) Local food supply chain stakeholders lack support from local governments, because currently the minimum requirements required by local governments are met, but this affects the ability of local producers to grow. (4) Lack of effective public education on the benefits of local food and its integration into daily life. Improving awareness and understanding would increase demand, support the growth and development of local food producers, and bring economic and social benefits to the community.

Stable societies depend upon sustainable food supplies for their very existence. However, very few food sources or food supply chains have been independently certified as truly sustainable. As world food demand goes up and supply goes down, sustainable food supply is a myth for both the poor and the rich. Instead, there is widespread ignorance regarding the dangers of the present ‘profit-only’ driven world food supply system. These dangers are concealed behind a confusing array of mostly unreliable and misleading green claims and green labels. In the transition to a sustainable future, there is an urgent need for world food business to change from a competitive corporate paradigm to a sustainable stewardship paradigm. There is also an urgent need for an independent, incorruptible, and universal green label that can authenticate, on one consistent and reliable platform, all types of truly sustainable foods and food supply chains world-wide. This chapter will discuss these issues, how paradigm change might occur, and how the brand family of Green Tick® ‘Sustainable’, ‘Natural’, ‘Organic’, ‘Carbon Neutral’, ‘Carbon Negative’, ‘GE-Free’ and ‘Fair Trader’ meet the need for an incorruptible and universal ‘green’ label for food and food supply chains.

A Multi-objective Cross Entropy-based algorithm for sustainable global food supply chain with risk considerations: A case study

Climate change poses significant challenges to global food supply chains, impacting various facets of production, distribution, and consumption. This review presents a comprehensive analysis of the intricate relationship between climate change and food supply chain economics, focusing on its impacts, adaptations, and sustainability measures. Firstly, climate change disrupts agricultural production through extreme weather events, shifts in precipitation patterns, and changes in temperature, leading to reduced crop yields and quality. These impacts ripple through the entire food supply chain, affecting input costs, market prices, and food security. Consequently, stakeholders across the supply chain face heightened risks and uncertainties, necessitating adaptive strategies to mitigate losses and maintain resilience. Secondly, adaptation measures within food supply chains encompass a range of strategies aimed at minimizing climate-related risks and optimizing resource utilization. These may include adopting climate-resilient crop varieties, implementing precision agriculture techniques, enhancing water management practices, and diversifying sourcing and distribution channels. Moreover, investments in technology, infrastructure, and knowledge transfer play pivotal roles in enhancing adaptive capacities and fostering sustainability in the face of climate variability. Furthermore, ensuring the sustainability of food supply chains amidst climate change requires a multifaceted approach that integrates economic, social, and environmental considerations. Sustainable practices such as organic farming, agroforestry, and regenerative agriculture not only mitigate greenhouse gas emissions but also enhance ecosystem resilience and promote equitable access to resources. Moreover, fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange among stakeholders, including farmers, policymakers, researchers, and consumers, is essential for promoting innovation and driving transformative change towards more resilient and sustainable food systems. In conclusion, understanding the complex interplay between climate change and food supply chain economics is essential for developing effective strategies to mitigate risks, enhance adaptation, and promote sustainability. By adopting a holistic approach that integrates scientific insights, technological innovations, and stakeholder engagement, the global community can work towards building more resilient and equitable food supply chains in a changing climate.
 Keywords: Climate Change, Food, Supply, Chain, Economics, Review.

Faced with the challenges associated with sustainably feeding the world’s growing population, the food industry is increasingly relying on operations research (OR) techniques to achieve economic, environmental and social sustainability. It is therefore important to understand the context-specific model-oriented applications of OR techniques in the sustainable food supply chain (SFSC) domain. While existing food supply chain reviews provide an excellent basis for this process, the explicit consideration of sustainability from a model-oriented perspective along with a structured outline of relevant SFSC research techniques are missing in extant literature. We attempt to fill this gap by reviewing 83 related scientific journal publications that utilise mathematical modelling techniques to address issues in SFSC. To this end, we first identify the salient dimensions that include economic, environmental and social issues in SFSC. We then review the models and methods that use these dimensions to solve issues that arise in SFSC. We identify some of the main challenges in analytical modelling of SFSC as well as future research directions.

In the global pursuit of sustainable development, the resilience and efficiency of food supply chains are paramount. Within the African context, particularly in countries like Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa, ensuring sustainable food supply chains and agricultural logistics presents multifaceted challenges and opportunities. The intricate web of challenges faced by African nations in achieving sustainable food supply chains and agricultural logistics necessitates an in-depth exploration. Factors such as limited infrastructure, post-harvest losses, high logistics costs, delays at ports, loadshedding, political unrest, riots, and other socio-economic disparities impede the development of environmentally friendly and socially responsible supply chains in the region. The central argument of this chapter is that sustainable food supply chains and agricultural logistics are indispensable components of Africa's quest for economic development and environmental stewardship.

A decarbonized food supply chain ensures that we have access to safe, nutritious, and affordable food with a reduced carbon footprint. It not only helps in reducing greenhouse gas emissions but also enhances food security by making the supply chain more resilient to climate-related disruptions, ensuring stable food production for a growing global population. Further, there is an increasing consumer demand for sustainably produced food, and meeting this demand is crucial for maintaining relevance and competitiveness in the global market. Without a well-functioning decarbonized supply chain, it would be much harder for farmers, processors, distributors, and retailers to promote food security and improve public health. Decarbonization in the food supply chain is a complex process that requires a multifaceted approach, with the entire supply chain from farm to fork being examined. Technological advances such as Industry 4.0, with a human-centric solution, could be an answer. By combining the power of Industry 4.0 with decarbonization efforts, the creation of a more sustainable and efficient food supply chain can be promised. Hence, this study utilizes a mixed-method approach to examine the Indian food supply chain, and analyses the factors that motivate stakeholders to implement decarbonized technologies. It uses opinions from industry as well as from academic experts for employing integrated Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and Interpretive structural modelling (ISM). AHP revealed that “International community pressure” is the most critical factor. Further, ISM is used to explain the interrelationships among the identified factors, providing a hierarchical model. These key findings can assist policymakers to develop and refine regulations. Further, it can also help stakeholders to make an informed decision while allocating resources towards new technologies.

COVID‐19, which is a global problem, affects the all supply chains throughout the world. One of the supply chains most affected by COVID‐19 is food supply chains. Since the sustainable food supply chain processes are complex and vulnerable in terms of product variety, it has been negatively affected by the operational effects of COVID‐19. While the problems experienced in the supply chain processes and raw material constraints caused stops in production, the importance of new business models and production approaches came to the fore. One of the issues of increasing importance is the adoption of reverse logistics activities in sustainable food supply chains and increasing the resilience of food supply chains by integrating blockchain technology into processes. However, adapting blockchain technology to increase the resilience of reverse logistics activities in the food supply chain has advantages as well as risks that need to be considered. Therefore, it is aimed to determine these risks by using fuzzy synthetic evaluation method for eliminating the risks of blockchain adaptation for flexible reverse logistics in food supply chains to increase resiliency. The novelty of this study is that besides discussing about the benefits of BC‐T, it is to identify the risks it can create, to eliminate these risks and to guide the establishment of resilience in reverse logistics activities of SFSCs. According to results, the risks with the highest value among the subrisks are determined as data security risks. Data management risks are calculated as the risk with the highest value.