The Significance of Short Food Supply Chains: Trends and Bottlenecks from the SKIN Thematic Network

Hyland, John J.; Crehan, Patrick; Colantuono, Fedele; Macken‐Walsh, Áine

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“…First, current research is increasingly documenting and unpacking the innovative character of SFSCs, looking past the number of intermediaries or the physical distance in which they operate [45,46]. The EU has favoured the capitalisation of their good practices and innovations within different on-going or forthcoming projects in the H2020 programme [47,48] (see Appendix A). However, in light of their immense diversity, some constituents of SFSCs remain relatively unexplored, such as the important and potentially innovative role played by intermediary actors.…”

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“…However, transport accounts for just a small portion of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (CO 2 , CH 4 , N 2 O) produced by food chains: the highest is due to agricultural production [107], therefore leading one to question the impact of SFSCs on farming systems. This does not prevent actors and researchers from seeking solutions to improve transport logistics in SFSCs, especially for the last kilometer in cities, while the first kilometer and rural settings are less considered [47,108]. On the other hand, new ways of evaluating an ecological footprint have been suggested.…”

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Sustainable Food Supply Chains: Is Shortening the Answer? A Literature Review for a Research and Innovation Agenda

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Short food supply chains (SFSCs) are increasingly garnering attention in food systems research, owing to their rising popularity among consumers, producers and policy-makers in the last few decades. Written with the aim to identify research gaps for the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, this literature review provides a state of play of the definition and characterisation of SFSCs, and of their sustainability. Drawing on hypotheses about SFSC sustainability elaborated in an expert network in France, this review summarises a wide range of papers from various disciplines in the SFSC literature, written in English or French, while specifically highlighting the empirical results derived from European projects. Though the literature tends to generally agree on the social benefits of SFSCs, their economic and environmental impacts typically elicit more heterogeneous outcomes, while their health/nutrition and governance dimensions remain under-explored. Based on this review, recommendations for a future research and innovation programme are outlined, addressing the contribution of SFSCs to agrifood system transition and resilience in the current context of the Covid-19 crisis and of the Green New Deal objectives.

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Sustainable Food Supply Chains: Is Shortening the Answer? A Literature Review for a Research and Innovation Agenda

2020

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“…European and global businesses are increasingly moving towards sustainable value chains. Supply chains in local and smaller districts are often encouraged through concrete policy initiatives [14,15]. The European Environment Agency's professional paper on the subject emphasizes the need to better understand the environmental and social impacts of today's changes in supply chains [16].…”

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Development of the Concept of Circular Supply Chain Management—A Systematic Review

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This systematic review presents the most important characteristics and trends of research in circular supply chain management (CSCM), taking into account the impact of COVID. In addition, the similarities and differences between the basic concepts often used as synonyms for sustainability are also presented. First, the sample database (39,000 records) was based on a search containing publications’ titles regarding supply chain management (SCM). After narrowing the topic from SCM towards CSCM, the considered paper characteristics were expanded, including abstract and author keywords, to get a manageable number of samples for the systematic analysis (6095 documents) and the most accurate results possible. The analysis’ base sample was divided into two periods (before and after 2012) due to a significant increase and change in the number of publications, their subject, characteristic journals and geographical location. Sustainability has emerged since 2012, while a circular approach emerged after 2017 with a significant share of research, mainly thanks to relevant EU policies. Although the role of the US has been decisive in the field, the European research bases of previous years have increasingly been replaced by Far Eastern dominance. Currently, CSCM’s most important journal is the International Journal of Supply Chain Management (Elsevier), but most articles on the impact of COVID have been published in Sustainability (MDPI). More effective policy implementation and the fight against COVID in the development of supply chains are also likely to spread the circular economic model in the future.

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“…En función del objetivo planteado y teniendo en cuenta que las iniciativas analizadas en este trabajo apuntan a una llegada más directa al consumidor, realizamos una revisión selectiva y teóricamente orientada de enfoques sobre redes alimentarias alternativas (RAA) y circuitos cortos de comercialización (CCC), con énfasis en la incidencia de la dimensión espacial en la configuración de dichos circuitos. Las RAA han sido caracterizadas por varios autores (Blay Palmer et al, 2018;Hyland et al, 2019;Renting et al, 2003) como opuestas a las redes globales de abastecimiento alimentario, a veces denominadas convencionales, que incluyen múltiples actores y eslabones: de producción, transformación, distribución mayorista y minorista. Frecuentemente son presentadas como equivalentes a los CCC, que son aquellas modalidades de venta que propician el acercamiento entre el productor y el consumidor, lo que repercute en diferentes aspectos, tanto sociales, como culturales, económicos y ambientales (Craviotti, 2020).…”

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Covid-19 y circuitos cortos de comercialización de alimentos en Argentina: El papel de los actores sociales

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2021

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The aim of this article is to analyze how the actors participating in short food supply circuits reconstructed their practices in the context of the pandemic in Argentina. Based on the analysis of experiences in different geographical areas, heterogeneous processes were identified. This diversity is related to agroecological characteristics, population density, and the level of resources of producers and consumers, among other factors. The pandemic has increased the sales based on geographical proximity in several of the cases analyzed; in others, particularly those linked to tourism, it led to the search of alternatives based on new networks and/or the strengthening of previous ones, using virtual connections that were enhanced in the situation studied. This reconfiguration is associated to a redefinition of the actors involved in short food supply circuits, especially the strengthening of hybrid intermediaries.

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The Significance of Short Food Supply Chains: Trends and Bottlenecks from the SKIN Thematic Network

Cited by 12 publications

References 12 publications

Sustainable Food Supply Chains: Is Shortening the Answer? A Literature Review for a Research and Innovation Agenda

Sustainable Food Supply Chains: Is Shortening the Answer? A Literature Review for a Research and Innovation Agenda

Development of the Concept of Circular Supply Chain Management—A Systematic Review

Covid-19 y circuitos cortos de comercialización de alimentos en Argentina: El papel de los actores sociales

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