The exposure of a fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain to global water-related risks

Hess, Tim; Sutcliffe, Chloe

doi:10.1080/02508060.2018.1515569

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“…e global production of fresh vegetables and fruits has increased by 30% over the last few years [1]. It has increased from 30 million tons to 60 million metric tons [2].…”

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Microbial Contamination, an Increasing Threat to the Consumption of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Today’s World

Balali

Yar

Dela

et al. 2020

International Journal of Microbiology

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Microbes are found all over the globe with some few exceptions, including sterilized surfaces. They include normal flora that is nonpathogenic, which contribute to the larger percentage, and pathogenic species which are few. Hence, the activities of humans cannot be completely separated from microbes. Thus, many pathogenic microbes have found their way into fresh fruits and vegetables which are a great source of a healthy diet for humans. The growing demand for fresh fruits and vegetables has necessitated larger production. The larger production of vegetables within the shortest possible time to meet the growing demand has placed them at a higher risk of contamination with the pathogenic microbes, making the safety of consumers uncertain. Study of sources of contamination and type of pathogenic etiological agents isolated from fresh fruits and vegetables includes Bacillus cereus, Campylobacter jejuni, Clostridium botulinum, E. coli O157: H7, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella spp., Shigella, Staphylococcus, and Vibrio cholera. Several measures have proven to be effective in controlling contamination of microbes and they include the establishment of surveillance systems to monitor the production chain and thoroughly washing vegetables with vinegar water. Saltwater and other washing techniques are effective but caution should be taken to make sure one does not use one cycle of water for washing all vegetables. The consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables is still encouraged by this review but significant measures must be taken to check the safety of these products before consumption.

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“…e global production of fresh vegetables and fruits has increased by 30% over the last few years [1]. It has increased from 30 million tons to 60 million metric tons [2].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Microbial Contamination, an Increasing Threat to the Consumption of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Today’s World

Balali

Yar

Dela

et al. 2020

International Journal of Microbiology

158

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“…This includes families, communities, businesses, trade unions, educational establishments, and voluntary organisations. The importance of social capital for enhancing drought resilience is evidenced from the range of actions (Table 2 and 3) across governance levels (Figure 6) that enhance knowledge development (e.g., provision of agronomic advice), collaboration (e.g., development of water abstractor groups, Leathes et al, 2008), trust, negotiating power (producer groups, water abstractor groups, Whaley and Weatherhead, 2015), risk-sharing (co-operatives, farmer producer groups) and risk balancing (e.g., supplier networks, Hess and Sutcliffe, 2018). Financial capital (e.g., shares, bonds, cash) enables the other types of capital to be owned and traded.…”

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A Multi-Level Framework for Adaptation to Drought Within Temperate Agriculture

Holman

Hess

Rey

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Front. Environ. Sci.

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Droughts affect a range of economically important sectors but their impacts are usually most evident within agriculture. Agricultural impacts are not confined to arid and semi-arid regions, but are increasingly experienced in more temperate and humid regions. A transferable drought management framework is needed to transition from coping to adapting to drought through supporting improved planning and policy decision-making through the supply chain from primary producers to consumers. A combination methodology using a Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) approach, an analysis of weekly agricultural trade publications and semi-structured interviews were used to explore drought impacts and responses, using the 2018 United Kingdom drought as a case study. While most reported responses were on-farm, a diverse range of measures were implemented across institutional scales and through the supply chain, reflecting complex interactions within the food system. However, drought responses were dominated by reactive and crisis-driven actions to cope with, or enhance the recovery from, drought; but which contributed little to increased resilience to future droughts. Our transferable drought management framework shows how improved collaboration and multi-sector engagement across spatial, governance and supply-chain scales to develop human and social capital can enable the transition from coping (short-term and reactive) to adapting (long-term and anticipatory) strategies to increase agricultural resilience to future droughts.

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“…Currently, per capita FF&V consumption in the UK is among the highest in Europe, with 46% of the population consuming one to four portions per day and a third consuming more than five portions per day [10]. Nevertheless, the system relies on imports especially for out-of-season crops and exotics [1]. Despite the seamless interplay of the various actors and the current set up, the FF&V system has shown bottlenecks and vulnerabilities to different types of shocks and stresses.…”

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“…One of the key risks that the FF&V system in the UK and elsewhere faces is related to water, as large amounts of water are used in production [1] and a significant amount is used in processing [11]. Although most agriculture in the UK is rainfed, domestic production of fruit and vegetables (including potatoes) is concentrated in the driest regions of the country and water is used at the driest times of year when resources are most constrained [12].…”

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“…Enhancing resilience to water-related risk is already a key issue for the UK's fresh fruit and vegetable (FF&V) system. This is because most production in the UK takes place in the driest parts of the country, where water resources are most stressed, and imports are from countries which are characterised as "water scarce" [1]. Projected climate change is likely to exacerbate challenges for FF&V supply chains [2], whist a changing policy-scape, aimed at balancing water distribution with changing demand for urban, industrial and ecosystem services, coupled with changing precipitation patterns, will alter water availability for FF&V production and hence supply.…”

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Increasing Resilience of the UK Fresh Fruit and Vegetable System to Water-Related Risks

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The many economic, regulatory and environmental pressures on growing, processing, distributing and retailing UK-produced fresh fruit and vegetables (FF&V) are managed by a complex set of actors before reaching the consumer. Much of this production takes place in the driest parts of the country which are characterised as “water scarce”. While physical risk is a key component of water-related risks to growers, different actors in the system face other types of risk, such as supply chain risks, food safety risks, reputational risks and/or regulatory risks. In this paper we reveal how different types of actors in the UK FF&V system perceive and frame water-related risks, what risk management strategies they employ and how they envision a FF&V system more resilient to water-related risks. Using interviews with actors from across the system, as well as governmental and nongovernmental actors influencing the system, we unpack the complex nature of the FF&V system. This provides insights into the different ways system actors assemble around water-risk and highlights that, if resilience-building activities at the individual actor level are not coordinated, there is a high risk that they are undermining overall system resilience.

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The exposure of a fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain to global water-related risks

Cited by 28 publications

References 22 publications

Microbial Contamination, an Increasing Threat to the Consumption of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Today’s World

Microbial Contamination, an Increasing Threat to the Consumption of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Today’s World

A Multi-Level Framework for Adaptation to Drought Within Temperate Agriculture

Increasing Resilience of the UK Fresh Fruit and Vegetable System to Water-Related Risks

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