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Food Supply Chains in Cities

Modern Tools for Circularity and Sustainability

herausgegeben von: Emel Aktas, Michael Bourlakis

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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This book analyses the food sector which has economic and political significance for all countries. A highly fragmented and heavily regulated sector, it has become increasingly complex owing to globalisation and geographical decoupling of production and consumption activities. The urban population of the world has grown from 746 million in 1950 to 3.9 billion in 2014 and more than 70% of the population is anticipated to be living in urban areas by 2050. Food supply chains play a vital role in feeding the world’s most populous cities, whilst underpinning transportation, storage, distribution, and waste management activities for the sustainability of the urban environment. That is why this book presents the latest research on food supply chain management with a focus on urbanisation. The contributions involve food distribution in cities, food waste minimisation, and food security with a focus on models and approaches to achieve more sustainable and circular food supply chains.

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Frontmatter

Towards Inclusive Urban Food Supply Chains

Abstract

This paper is a literature review on the linkages between urban food security and the food supply chain. Food security is a growing concern in cities all over the world. In urban contexts, food security derives not from a fundamental lack of food but rather insufficient access and instability of adequate nutrition. Poverty contributes significantly to financial and spatial access issues.

Urban food security suffers from a lack of interdisciplinary research and empirical data. This literature review provides a starting point for empirical research, bringing supply chain management into the discourse and juxtaposing it with papers in development studies and urban geography. This makes it possible to analyze the bigger underlying societal factors in conjunction with the practicalities of food supply chains.

Virva Tuomala

An Economic and Environmental Comparison of Conventional and Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Supply Chains for Leaf Lettuce to US Cities

Abstract

We assess the landed costs and selected environmental outcomes of conventional field-based and representative CEA supply chains (greenhouses and plant factories) for leaf lettuce delivered to wholesale markets in two US cities. Simulation modeling using heat balance methods was used to assess CEA energy use. Landed costs of field-produced lettuce from California were less than half those from CEA systems. “Best case” analysis suggests few plausible assumptions under which urban-based CEA supply chains have landed costs comparable to field-based supply chains. Energy use and Global Warming Potential (GWP) were also generally larger for CEA supply chains, although a CEA greenhouse had only slightly higher values for GWP if located near its delivery location. Additional analysis of more automated systems in peri-urban areas is merited.

Charles F. Nicholson, Kale Harbick, Miguel I. Gómez, Neil S. Mattson

Evaluating the Benefits of Collaborative Distribution with Supply Chain Simulation

Abstract

Due to increasing volumes, the distribution of goods places a heavy burden on the urban infrastructure. In theory, there are various approaches that tackle these challenges but their impact is difficult to quantify. Supply chain simulation enables the assessment of urban logistics measures and helps decision makers to implement these into real application. In this chapter, we demonstrate how infrastructure-sharing practices (i.e. Urban Consolidation Centres) are modelled using discrete event supply chain simulation. Two business cases are examined with focus on third party logistics providers (3PL) and retailers in the Athens Metropolitan Area (Greece). The business cases are evaluated based on real data from 3PLs and retailers located in and around Athens. Both cases are assessed in terms of cost-efficiency and environmental impact.

M. Rabe, M. Poeting, A. Klueter

An Approximate Dynamic Programming Approach for a Routing Problem with Simultaneous Pick-Ups and Deliveries in Urban Areas

Abstract

This chapter addresses vehicle routing problems with simultaneous pickups and deliveries, and time-dependent vehicle speeds, particularly confronted in the soft-drink distribution in urban areas. The conducted review provides a state-of-the-art assessment of the literature on soft-drink supply chain to reveal the recent developments. Furthermore, a real-life case is examined to address a common reverse logistics problem of collecting/reusing the reusable empty soda bottles encountered in the soft-drink industry. The problem has been formulated and solved by means of an adaptation of a recent Approximate Dynamic Programming based optimisation algorithm. The study highlights a great potential of sustainable supply chain management practices in the field. The study could be useful not only for researchers studying the topic, but also for practitioners in the soft-drink industry.

Mustafa Çimen, Çağrı Sel, Mehmet Soysal

The Role of Informal and Semi-Formal Waste Recycling Activities in a Reverse Logistics Model of Alternative Food Networks

Abstract

In emerging economies, economic growth and rapid population migration into urban areas and cities has led to challenges such as land occupation, environmental pollution, and increasing amounts of household solid waste often with little opportunity to ameliorate the negative effects. The lack of access to waste services affects 3 billion people across the world. This research uses Brazil as a case study of a reverse logistics model to create alternative food networks in semi-urban areas to reduce the environmental and social impact of food waste. Combining informal and formal municipal solid waste management networks has great merit to provide an economic return at local government and organisational level, and improve working conditions and nutrient security of some of the poorest and most vulnerable communities in the world.

Luis Kluwe de Aguiar, Louise Manning

Shortening the Supply Chain for Local Organic Food in Chinese Cities

Abstract

Driven by a rapid expansion of the urban middle class seeking for safe and prestigious food, China has witnessed significant growth in ecological farming. Small-scale ecological farms, usually located at the suburbs of metropolitan areas and characterized by internet-based approaches to marketing and distributing the food, are becoming increasingly common. Using a case study approach to rework Western understandings of alternative food networks, the chapter analyses financial, market and institutional constraints to success and how some farmers have utilised Chinese characteristics in new ways to address these constraints. The chapter illustrates how the application of new digital technology allied to high quality customer service has helped build mutual trust between producers and consumers. This has improved the resilience of the small-scale supply chains that link ecological farmers with their customers.

Pingyang Liu, Neil Ravenscroft

How Digital Business Platforms Can Reduce Food Losses and Waste?

Abstract

This research sought to understand how Digital Business Platforms (DBP) can contribute to food waste solutions by improving supply chain coordination. A qualitative approach was used, based on primary and secondary data collection. The first phase investigated 28 stakeholders to understand their coordination difficulties. The second phase analysed three case studies about food DBP. Results indicate DBP contribute to food waste solutions by improving supply chain coordination mostly through informal mechanisms, increasing collaboration between supply chain agents. They act as a bridge between production and consumption, creating a new market for food that would be discarded in many stages of the supply chain either by non-standard compliance or by the absence of a market, also creating consumer demand through awareness and subscription purchase mechanisms.

Luciana Marques Vieira, Daniele Eckert Matzembacher

The Role of Food Hubs in Enabling Local Sourcing for School Canteens

Abstract

Public authorities are increasingly interested in fostering short food supply chains. Starting by increasing the share of local and organic food in school canteens has a big potential but requires the redesign of the physical distribution system to make short food supply chains competitive and sustainable. Food Hubs (FH) have been identified in the literature as enablers of sustainable and efficient food supply chains. This chapter describes the functions and characteristics of FH used for school canteens, and analyses how these FH should be designed to increase local and organic products share in school canteens. The results show that changing allocation from the current one—based on administrative subdivision—to a geographical proximity-based allocation could lead to 25% reductions in vehicle-kilometres travelled.

Laura Palacios-Argüello, Ivan Sanchez-Diaz, Jesus Gonzalez-Feliu, Natacha Gondran

Food Distribution in School Feeding Programmes in Brazil

Abstract

School feeding programmes are essential to face malnutrition in several countries. These programmes promote healthy feeding for children at the school-age; however, they have been suffering from distribution problems, mainly due to poor logistics infrastructure in many areas. One way to improve the distribution is to reduce the distance of the delivery routes. Thus, this chapter presents a study conducted in the city of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil, which it was evaluated the distribution process of fresh food from local farmers to schools’ canteens. Using a geographic information system, spatial analysis, it was proposed an optimized solution to this distribution. The research proved that changing the distributing centre it would be possible to reach 74% of schools in the municipality driving distances lower than 5 km.

João Roberto Maiellaro, João Gilberto Mendes dos Reis, Laura Palacios-Argüello, Fernando Juabre Muçouçah, Oduvaldo Vendrametto

A Descriptive Analysis of Food Retailing in Lebanon: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Survey of Food Retailers

Abstract

Food retail transformation and the expansion of modern food retailers (supermarketisation) may impact the agri-food system and actors along the value chain. This study utilizes a micro-level dataset to examine the food retail landscape and transformation in Lebanon, a highly-urbanised country; and differences in operations, marketing, and supply chain structures both across modern and traditional retailers and across urban and rural areas. Analysis reveals no definitive retail expansion pattern, and limited differences in operational and marketing profile between modern and traditional retailers. Urban retailers are larger employers than rural. Regarding supply chain, modern retailers are more likely than traditional to maintain contractual agreements with suppliers. Retailers make prompt payment regardless of classification, offering no indication of excess market power or eroding supplier livelihoods at the hands of modern retailers.

Rachel A. Bahn, Gumataw K. Abebe

Backmatter

Titel: Food Supply Chains in Cities
herausgegeben von: Emel Aktas
Michael Bourlakis
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-34065-0
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-34064-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34065-0