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Journal articles on the topic "Agri-food systems"

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Morrissey, John E., and Niall P. Dunphy. "Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems." International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development 6, no. 3 (July 2015): 41–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijsesd.2015070104.

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The transition of food-production and consumption systems to a sustainable, low carbon future presents a dauntingly complex issue, involving technical, political, social and theoretical aspects. Such a transition necessitates an exploration of new ways of production and consumption, new technologies and innovations and new regulatory and institutional infrastructures to co-ordinate the change. Appropriate sustainability assessment has the following advantages: the conceptualisation of complex system functioning; the identification of the need for multi-dimensional, strategic approaches; the development of appropriate policy responses; and the targeting and framing of action (assessment) for sustainability. The paper presents a number of key findings and directions for further research in the context of agri-food systems sustainability.
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Bele, Bolette, Ann Norderhaug, and Hanne Sickel. "Localized Agri-Food Systems and Biodiversity." Agriculture 8, no. 2 (February 2, 2018): 22. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture8020022.

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Govaerts, Bram, Christine Negra, Tania Carolina Camacho Villa, Xiomara Chavez Suarez, Anabell Diaz Espinosa, Simon Fonteyne, Andrea Gardeazabal, et al. "One CGIAR and the Integrated Agri-food Systems Initiative: From short-termism to transformation of the world’s food systems." PLOS ONE 16, no. 6 (June 4, 2021): e0252832. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252832.

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Agri-food systems are besieged by malnutrition, yield gaps, and climate vulnerability, but integrated, research-based responses in public policy, agricultural, value chains, and finance are constrained by short-termism and zero sum thinking. As they respond to current and emerging agri-food system challenges, decision makers need new tools that steer toward multi-sector, evidence-based collaboration. To support national agri-food system policy processes, the Integrated Agri-food System Initiative (IASI) methodology was developed and validated through case studies in Mexico and Colombia. This holistic, multi-sector methodology builds on diverse existing data resources and leverages situation analysis, modeled predictions, and scenarios to synchronize public and private action at the national level toward sustainable, equitable, and inclusive agri-food systems. Culminating in collectively agreed strategies and multi-partner tactical plans, the IASI methodology enabled a multi-level systems approach by mobilizing design thinking to foster mindset shifts and stakeholder consensus on sustainable and scalable innovations that respond to real-time dynamics in complex agri-food systems. To build capacity for these types of integrated, context-specific approaches, greater investment is needed in supportive international institutions that function as trusted in-region ‘innovation brokers.’ This paper calls for a structured global network to advance adaptation and evolution of essential tools like the IASI methodology in support of the One CGIAR mandate and in service of positive agri-food systems transformation.
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Neganova, Valentina P., Yury F. Chistyakov,, Veniamin V. Drokin,, Aleksey S. Zhuravlev, and Vladislav M. Sedelnikov. "Competitiveness of Regional Agri-Food Systems: A Theoretical Review." Economy of Region 17, no. 1 (March 2021): 329–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.17059/ekon.reg.2021-1-25.

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Numerous interpretations of the competitiveness of regional agri-food system in the scientific literature are predominantly fragmentary depending in specific goals of research. This creates problems for universalizing approaches, identifying areas of their complementarity, and integrating new definitions. To systematize existing interpretations of the competitiveness of regional agri-food systems and identify new areas of research, we carried out a structured review of the scientific publication from peer-reviewed academic journals indexed in international and Russian databases. We applied the method of content analysis to identify the definitions of the “competitiveness”, “sustainable competitiveness”, “regional agri-food systems”. Moreover, we calculated the average percentage of journal articles mentioning these categories per year. Cluster analysis of journal articles allowed identifying general concepts of the competitiveness of regional agri-food. As a result we systematized the definitions of the concept of «competitiveness of regional agri-food systems» depending on research area, actors and the level of sustainability of competitiveness. The systematization and classificatio n o f researc h investigatin g th e competitivenes s o f regiona l agri-food systems enabled determining new areas of future research. Firstly, a more detailed analysis of the factors of the sustainable competitiveness of regional agri-food systems, particularly in pandemic and post-pandemic periods is of critical importance. Secondly, searching for a comprehensive toolkit for ensuring sustainable competitiveness of regional agri-food systems, as well as cooperation and competition among the agri-food companies in the Internet can be a focus for future research.
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Guerrero Lara, Leonie, Laura Pereira, Federica Ravera, and Amanda Jiménez-Aceituno. "Flipping the Tortilla: Social-Ecological Innovations and Traditional Ecological Knowledge for More Sustainable Agri-Food Systems in Spain." Sustainability 11, no. 5 (February 26, 2019): 1222. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11051222.

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The conventional dominant global agri-food system is a main driver in the Anthropocene: food production entails profound global environmental changes from greenhouse gas emissions to biodiversity loss, and shifting diets further impact planetary and human health. Innovative approaches are needed to shift towards more sustainable, equitable and healthy agri-food systems. Building on the increasing recognition of the relevance of traditional agroecological knowledge (TAeK) in sustainable food systems, this paper aims to describe innovative agri-food initiatives and explore how the use and valorization of TAeK may transform conventional agri-food systems. It employs a case-study approach in Spain, where we conducted semi-structured interviews with 12 representatives of alternative agri-food initiatives. We found that, to promote sustainable agri-food systems, TAeK has to span from farm-to-fork. Innovative agroecological practices and knowledge help to safeguard biocultural diversity, while gastronomic knowledge among consumers on how to process and prepare local varieties and species is crucial for the implementation of shorter value chains. We discuss how TAeK enhances the success of conventional systems of innovation, challenging dominant epistemological frameworks. By scaling deep (changing values), scaling out (dissemination, reproduction) and scaling up (changing institutions), the agri-food initiatives may act on leverage points to enable broader transformation of the Spanish agri-food system.
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Saint-Ges, Véronique, Corinne Tanguy, and Delphine Thivet. "Innovations in Agri-food Systems – International Trends." Journal of Innovation Economics & Management 34, no. 1 (2021): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/jie.034.0001.

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Soderlund, Russell, Richard Williams, and Cathy Mulligan. "Effective adoption of agri‐food assurance systems." British Food Journal 110, no. 8 (August 8, 2008): 745–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00070700810893296.

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Barrett, Christopher B., Tim G. Benton, Karen A. Cooper, Jessica Fanzo, Rikin Gandhi, Mario Herrero, Steven James, et al. "Bundling innovations to transform agri-food systems." Nature Sustainability 3, no. 12 (December 2020): 974–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00661-8.

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Whitfield, Stephen, Tim G. Benton, Martin Dallimer, Les G. Firbank, Guy M. Poppy, Susannah M. Sallu, and Lindsay C. Stringer. "Sustainability spaces for complex agri-food systems." Food Security 7, no. 6 (October 14, 2015): 1291–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12571-015-0512-3.

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van Ginkel, Maarten, and Chandrashekhar Biradar. "Drought Early Warning in Agri-Food Systems." Climate 9, no. 9 (August 26, 2021): 134. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli9090134.

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Droughts will increase in frequency, intensity, duration, and spread under climate change. Drought affects numerous sectors in society and the natural environment, including short-term reduced crop production, social conflict over water allocation, severe outmigration, and eventual famine. Early action can prevent escalation of impacts, requiring drought early warning systems (DEWSs) that give current assessments and sufficient notice for active risk management. While most droughts are relatively slow in onset, often resulting in late responses, flash droughts are becoming more frequent, and their sudden onset poses challenging demands on DEWSs for timely communication. We examine several DEWSs at global, regional, and national scales, with a special emphasis on agri-food systems. Many of these have been successful, such as some of the responses to 2015–2017 droughts in Africa and Latin America. Successful examples show that early involvement of stakeholders, from DEWS development to implementation, is crucial. In addition, regional and global cooperation can cross-fertilize with new ideas, reduce reaction time, and raise efficiency. Broadening partnerships also includes recruiting citizen science and including seemingly subjective indigenous knowledge that can improve monitoring, data collection, and uptake of response measures. More precise and more useful DEWSs in agri-food systems will prove even more cost-effective in averting the need for emergency responses, improving global food security.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Agri-food systems"

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Ljung, Magnus. "Collaborative learning for sustainable development of agri-food systems /." Uppsala : Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges lantbruksuniv.), 2001. http://projkat.slu.se/SafariDokument/191.htm.

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Vallejo-Rojas, Virginia. "Active transformative pathways for local agri-food systems : drawing and applying an integrated framework to assess agri-food systems vulnerability under the political paradigm of food sovereignty in Ecuadorian Andes." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/398538.

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Taking into account the limitations of official approaches for addressing agri-food research, as well as their associated policies to tackle the problems of hunger and vulnerability of agri-food systems to global change, it becomes necessary to consider new frameworks and alternative policies for research and management of agri-food systems. With this thesis we contribute to the advances of agri-food research by rethinking the way of conceptualizing the agri-food system and by designing and testing analysis tools capable to link the research process with the management dynamics found in the local territory. We focus our attention on those linked to the political paradigm of food sovereignty. To achieve this objective we adopted a deductive and inductive method of research, organized in three phases. During the first phase, and under the wider umbrella of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, we developed a conceptual and theoretical framework which integrates systemic thinking and development studies capable to analyze the political paradigm of food sovereignty. For this purpose, we linked the approach focused in the analysis of socio-ecological systems (SES) with the vulnerability approach focused in the analysis of actors¿ dynamics. As a result, we have obtained an integrate framework that address the ecological and social dimensions of agri-food systems. During the second phase, we tested the framework developed in an empirical case study of a local agri-food system of the canton of Loja, located at the Southern Ecuadorian Andean region. The case is of particular interest due to the recent consideration of comunas and barrios as basic units for citizen participation within decentralized autonomous governments; and, the parallel process of creation of new collective action organizations, such as the recently conformed Agroecological Network of Loja (RAL). Using empirical data obtained from a survey conducted between December 2013 and March 2014 based on questionnaires to households (N = 116) and interviews to key informants (N = 14). We analyzed the role of social and institutional factors on the local agri-food system configuration taking into account the pillars of food sovereignty within the analysis. The results showed the significant, but differentiated, role of institutions (Agroecological Network of Loja), social groups (Saraguro indigenous culture) and income generation strategies on the agri-food system configuration. During the third phase, we assessed the future vulnerability vs resilience of local agri-food system through a participatory scenario development process. Using data obtained from semi-structured interviews (N = 14 and N = 25) and two workshops we analyzed the future trajectories of transformation for the local agri-food system under multiple ecological, socio-economic and political drivers of change. Four scenarios were envisioned by local actors. This assessment showed how drivers of change can affect different components of the local agri-food system when it is conceptualized as SES; and, how different perspectives contribute to build different future trajectories of active transformation. Overall, the results of the research process emphasize the role played by actors (understood as an intersectional group where gender takes meaning from its intersection with ethnicity and class) and novel institutional arrangements action to star the active transformation of agri-food systems in the marginal Andes. These findings have implications in agri-food systems policy design at local level, where the local peasant initiatives of social innovation have to be seen as potential mean to achieve the materialization of the political paradigm of food sovereignty within Andean agri-food system.
Frente a las limitaciones tanto de los enfoques oficiales para la investigación agroalimentaria como de las políticas asociadas para abordar el problema del hambre y la vulnerabilidad de los sistemas agroalimentarios al cambio global, se hace necesario considerar nuevos marcos de análisis y políticas alternativas para el estudio y la gestión de los sistemas agroalimentarios. Con este trabajo de tesis nos proponemos contribuir al avance de la investigación agroalimentaria repensado la forma de conceptualizar el sistema agroalimentario y diseñando herramientas de análisis que vinculen el proceso de investigación con las dinámicas de gestión encontradas en el territorio local, enfocándonos en aquellas vinculadas con la soberanía alimentaria. Para alcanzar este objetivo hemos realizado un proceso (inductivo y deductivo) bajo el paraguas de la sociología de la agricultura y la alimentación, que hemos llevado a cabo en tres fases de investigación. Durante la primera fase, hemos desarrollado un marco teórico y metodológico que integra el pensamiento sistémico y estudios del desarrollo bajo el paradigma político de la soberanía alimentaria. Con este fin hemos vinculado el enfoque centrado en el análisis de los sistemas socio-ecológicos (SES) con el enfoque de vulnerabilidad centrado en el análisis de la dinámica de los actores. Como resultado hemos obtenido un marco integrado que aborda las dimensiones ecológica y social de los sistemas agroalimentarios, tal y como lo requiere el paradigma político de la soberanía alimentaria. Durante la segunda fase, hemos aplicado empíricamente el marco desarrollado en el sistema agroalimentario del cantón Loja, ubicado en los Andes del sur de Ecuador. Este caso de estudio es de particular interés debido a la reciente consideración de las comunas y barrios como unidades básicas para la participación ciudadana dentro de los gobiernos autónomos descentralizados; y, paralelamente, a la creación de nuevos procesos de acción colectiva, como la Red Agroecológica Loja (RAL). Usando datos empíricos obtenidos de cuestionarios a hogares campesino (N = 116) y entrevistas en profundidad a informantes clave (N = 14), realizada entre diciembre de 2013 y marzo de 2014, analizamos el rol de los factores sociales e institucionales sobre la configuración del sistema agroalimentario integrando dentro del análisis los pilares de la soberanía alimentaria. Este análisis mostró el rol significativo, pero diferenciado, de las instituciones (Red Agroecológica Loja), grupos sociales (cultura indígena Saraguro) y las estrategias de generación de ingresos para dar lugar a la configuración del sistema agroalimentario local. Durante la tercera fase, evaluamos la vulnerabilidad vs resiliencia del sistema agroalimentario local mediante un proceso de análisis de escenarios participativos. Hemos analizado las futuras trayectorias de transformación del sistema agroalimentario local bajo múltiples conductores de cambio (de tipo ecológico, socio-económico y político) mediante el análisis de datos obtenidos a partir de entrevistas semi-estructuradas (N = 14 y N = 25) y dos talleres. Los actores locales visionaron cuatro posibles futuros escenarios. Nuestra evaluación muestra cómo los conductores de cambio afectan los diferentes componentes del sistema agroalimentario local cuando se lo conceptualiza como SES; y, cómo las diferentes perspectivas de los actores construyen diferentes trayectorias para la transformación activa del sistema. En general, los resultados del proceso de investigación enfatizan el rol que desempeñan los actores (entendido como un grupo interseccional donde el género se concibe a partir de su intersección con la etnicidad y la clase) y los nuevos arreglos de acción institucional para iniciar la transformación activa del sistema agroalimentario en los sectores marginales andinos.
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Zokaei, A. Keivan. "Evolution of the U.K. agri-food supply chains : a systems analysis." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2008. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/55172/.

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The agri-food industry has great importance to the UK economy while at the same time proven to give rise to significant socio-environmental problems. The UK agri-food chains have faced several crises and undergone extensive change since the 1990s. However, so far, many improvement attempts in this sector have adopted point analysis of single issues rather than a systems view of the interrelated web of concerns. This thesis recognises a lack, of systemic understanding and systemic improvement approacrtes " within the UK agri-food supply chains and adopts a systems perspective. Therefore, the theoretical background in this thesis is influenced by systems and cognate theories. A review of systems thinking literature is carried out which is subsequently narrowed down focusing on supply chain management and sustainable chain management literature leading to the identification of two gap areas in the body of knowledge. The first gap relates to the improvement of supply chain consumer focus which is identified as a key emerging area in the field of supply chain management. The second gap is about simultaneous improvement of the environmental and economic performance of the UK agri-food chains. The research begins with contextual investigations providing evidence of the misalignment of the UK agri-food chains with the consumer value. Moreover, the contextual research clearly shows that the UK agri- food chains disproportionately pollute the environment and that the existing body of knowledge around the second research gap is in its infancy. The thesis follows by the proposition of a conceptual framework of the evolution of the UK agri-food chain management body of knowledge encapsulating the theoretical propositions of the thesis as well as serving as a guide for the data collection and directing the analyses throughout the thesis. The four rings model of the evolution of the UK agri-food chain management shows how the state of knowledge has evolved in the past and how it should continue to evolve in the future. The rest of the thesis explores and explains how to move the boundary constraints of knowledge within this framework. A multiple case study research strategy is deployed, in line with the research questions posed, the nature of the study and the philosophical approaches underpinning the thesis (the research is argued from a critical realist viewpoint), (enabling the author to develop rich, detailed and contextual knowledge about the UK agri-food chains. In a purposive sample, five case studies have been selected based on the research objectives and in a way to best enable addressing the research gaps. The first research question is addressed through four case studies whereupon significant knowledge is developed about how to improve the consumer orientation of the UK agri-food chains by leveraging the inter- organisational potentials in each case. To that end, a new approach is developed (i.e. the Supply Chain Kano-QFD approach) which is linked to the value stream mapping method. Moreover, the findings of the four case studies are compared and contrasted, and case specific contingencies are discussed. The second research gap is addressed by means of one case study which discusses the challenges ahead in terms of improving the environmental sustainability of the UK agri- food supply chains. The case study challenges the conventional views about the eco- friendliness of the biofuels, provides valuable insights about analysis of the environmental sustainability of the agri-food chains and puts forward key recommendations for future investigation.
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Adams, Marc Robert. "Understanding regional agri-food systems and their supply chains : a socio-technological systems approach." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2015. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/71478/.

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This thesis investigates the development of regional agri-food systems and their supply chains to understand how they affect the sustainability of rural regions. It argues that the existing dichotomies of alternative-local and conventional-global do not provide a sufficiently nuanced understanding of the dynamic transitions and interactions that occur in regional agri-food systems. Deploying and extending socio-technological systems theory, the thesis explores the interaction between nested levels of sectoral and general agri-food regimes and reconstructs the emerging logics of interaction. Against this background, it analyses how alternative agri-food supply chain innovations evolve and assesses their various degrees of success. The meat, dairy and horticultural sectors in SW Wales are investigated as case studies, using a mixed methodological approach combining secondary data analysis and interviews with key stakeholders and supply chain actors. The research finds three sub-sectoral systems with highly differentiated socio-technological configurations and equally diversely configured niches. Using the socio- technological systems framework the: socio-technological configuration, degree of system stability and the future transitional pathways of the each sub-sectoral system is examined. This framework also creates the basis for an assessment of how likely their innovations are to be adopted or absorbed by the conventional agri-food system in SW Wales. The thesis finds that meaningful interactions occur not only within each sub-sector and betweentheir niches but also between sub-sectoral systems. The thesis ultimately provides a nuanced analysis of SW Wales’ agri-food systems that shows the complexity of regional food systems and critiques possible sustainable responses from public policy. It demonstrates that a socio-technical regime perspective can uncover the manifold relations between local and regional agri-food innovations and the dominant, multi-layered agri-food system. This constitutes a major empirical and conceptual contribution to the debates on sustainable food and rural development.
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Piechaczek, Jürgen. "Implications of quality based agri food supply chains on agri social systems the case of smallholder coffee growers in South Colombia." Aachen Shaker, 2009. http://d-nb.info/999600494/04.

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Piechaczek, Jürgen [Verfasser]. "Implications of Quality-Based Agri-Food Supply Chains on Agri-Social Systems : The Case of Smallholder Coffee Growers in South Colombia / Jürgen Piechaczek." Aachen : Shaker, 2010. http://d-nb.info/1162792531/34.

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Perdonò, Simone. "Preliminary assessment of risks and opportunities in the agri-food sector related to climate change." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2019.

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According to several studies, in 2017 human-induced warming reached approximately 1°C above pre-industrial levels, increasing at 0.2°C per decade. In this context, it is essential that companies understand the risks of climate change and the tools with which manage them. This thesis work consists of an in-depth study of climate events resulting from climate change that can cause impacts on the studied business system (hazards). Firstly, it has been evaluated the exposure level of the company system with reference to each of the identified hazards. Secondly, it has been identified the possible impacts (consequences) on the business system and the affected impact areas, followed by the evaluation of vulnerability level of the business system against the identified impacts of climate change. Thirdly, the choice of a risk scale (priority) and appropriate interventions of risk mitigation, and finally the implementation of adaptation measures with the appropriate verification of the response effectiveness. The methodological approach has been conducted on two production plant, as object of the study. The activity has included a first phase of discussion with the company and information collection. At the end, a possible set of adaptation actions to face future climate change, with reference to climate events and risk levels previously analysed, has been identified. It is, however, underlined that the purpose of this preliminary study is not to provide a technical and economic feasibility analysis of the suggested interventions, but to illustrate possible adaptation approaches by selecting concrete proposals already implemented in other contexts.
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Naranjo, Sofia. "Food sovereignty's potential to address poverty and hunger by creating sustainable peasant led agri-food systems : a case study from the Brazilian food acquisition programme in Mirandiba, Pernambuco." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2010. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/196455/.

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Food sovereignty is an alternative agricultural and rural development paradigm advocated by the international peasant movement La Vía Campesina. This investigation analyses food sovereignty through a historical cross-scale analysis focusing on the livelihoods of peasants in the sertão in North-Eastern Brazil. The overall aim is to assess the implementation and local effects of a policy, which is based on three food sovereignty principles, and determine in what ways and to what extent it promotes food sovereignty in practice. The three food sovereignty principles considered were support of peasants and small-scale family farmers, prioritisation and support of local food systems and commerce and promotion of agroecology. The policy analysed is the Brazilian government’s Food Acquisition Programme (FAP), as implemented in Mirandiba, Pernambuco by the NGO Conviver from 2005-2008. The analysis involved an assessment of the production and earnings by 359 participating families from 18 poor rural communities, as well as detailed case studies of the livelihood strategies of 14 families from two communities. A number of policy debates are explored, including rural poverty, food security and sustainable agricultural and rural development, to which this research provides three main contributions. Firstly, a new framework to explain the process of marginalisation of peasants through the influence of five mediating factors. Secondly, this framework helps deconstruct misconceptions about peasants and thereby provides support to La Via Campesina’s defence of ‘peasants’ and their livelihoods. Finally, as the first known indepth study of the implementation of the FAP on a local level, this investigation contributes to fill a gap in the research and literature on the operation and local impacts of both the FAP and governmental food procurement programmes more generally. This thesis argues food sovereignty can be achieved locally even within a context of general globalisation, through policies such as governmental food procurement programmes. The investigation concludes that food sovereignty is being pursued in areas of Brazil through the FAP and other progressive policies and movements, which are enabling peasants to improve their well-being, food security, self-esteem and to forge an adequate livelihood. The FAP is also contributing to the development of local food commerce systems and the promotion of agroecology both in Mirandiba and Brazil
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Ahlqvist, Marcus. "Applicability of simulation analysis for planning agri-food supply chains : A case study at a Swedish farmer-owned cooperative." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-446478.

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Agri-food supply chains (ASCs) are becoming increasingly complex, and its actors are in need of sophisticated planning tools to remain competitive in an industry that have been moving away from small individual actors towards large multi-national, highly vertically integrated cooperatives. This case study views reality from an objectivist point of view and utilises a positivist approach to study this reality. It combines qualitative and quantitative methods to study an ASC operating in the Kingdom of Sweden. This ASC’s planning processes are investigated in order to identify processes that are applicable to simulation by considering model verification, validation, and credibility.    The simulation model allowed for system analyses from a strategic perspective and, hence, simplified the planning process of evaluating different scenarios. The model was intrinsically verified and validated in consultation with the supervisor and subject reader and was thus able to accurately imitate the real-world system. The simulated scenarios comprised changes to the ASC’s infrastructure or design. The changes, in turn, comprised decommissions of one or more port-site storage facilities (HPs). Questions that were asked during the evaluation of the experiment results included what happens to the inventory levels of the non-decommissioned HPs when certain ones close? will the demand still be met? and if, then where, will queues arise in the system? It is shown that the non-decommissioned HPs will manage the closed HP’s volumes, but only to a certain extent. One closed HP does not cause severe problems, while two closed ones can create queues, which, in turn, will result in lower than desired inventory levels at the end of the harvesting period. Queues will arise from the closing of just one HP, although this queue is practically negligible, but as two are closed, the queues will create problems. The demand was able to be met even though an HP was closed, but to meet it while two HPs are closed, one of the non-decommissioned ones’ capacity must be increased. This, ultimately, generated or achieved for the host organisation a so called proof of concept (this is argued to generate credibility in the model). Some of the identified characteristics of their ASC are considered generic, while others can only be claimed to be specific the studied ASC. The study thus claims to have initiated a framework for the differentiation of strategic, tactical, and operational planning levels in an ASC.
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Oliveira, Neto Paulo de [UNESP]. "Agricultura urbana e segurança alimentar: um estudo de caso no município de Maringá, estado do Paraná." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/151608.

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A urbanização decorrente do processo de industrialização brasileira,ocorrida a partir da segunda parte do século XX, período pós Segunda Guerra Mundial, causou influência nos aspectos infra estruturais dos grandes centros, com processo massivo de desenvolvimento da produção dos bens de consumo e o estímulo da indústria e, consequentemente, o crescimento populacional da malha urbana. Passado este período, e após a entrada de sucessivas estagnações e recessões econômicas, ocorreram problemas estruturais socioeconômicos quanto à saúde e as questões sociais, ocasionando, entre outras mazelas, a insegurança alimentar. É nesse aspecto, da segurança alimentar e nutricional nos centros urbanos que é abordada a Agricultura Urbana. A atividade concentra-se na produção agrícola dentro de espaços urbanos, e espera-se que promova, além da melhoria no meio ambiente e reorganização dos espaços urbanos ociosos e poluídos, a segurança alimentar com benefícios a saúde dos praticantes da atividade. O presente estudo consistiu em analisar o impacto da Agricultura Urbana sobre a Segurança Alimentar dos praticantes consumidores da atividade de Agricultura Urbana e Periurbana (AUP) no município de Maringá, Estado do Paraná, por meio da avaliação das escalas de insegurança alimentar bem como análise estatística descritiva e regressão múltipla linear. Além disso, foram caracterizados seus integrantes e disponibilidade de alimentos, em quantidade e qualidade socialmente desejáveis. Como resultado, identificou-se que a atividade não tem produzido um quadro de segurança alimentar que atenda às necessidades básicas nutricionais dos praticantes consumidores, os quais estão em situação de insegurança alimentar, e é utilizada, por grande parte da população na situação de segurança alimentar para fins de lazer e terapia.
The urbanization resulting from the Brazilian industrialization process, which occurred after the second part of the twentieth century, after the Second World War, influenced the infra-structural aspects of large centers, with a massive process of development of the production of consumer goods and the stimulation of industry and, consequently, the population growth of the urban network. After this period, and after the entry of successive stagnations and economic recessions, there were socioeconomic structural problems regarding health and social issues, causing, among other problems, food insecurity. It is in this aspect of food and nutritional security in urban centers that Urban Agriculture is addressed. The activity focuses on agricultural production within urban spaces, and is expected to promote, in addition to improving the environment and reorganization of idle and polluted urban spaces, food security with health benefits of practitioners. The present study consisted in analyzing the impact of Urban Agriculture on the Food Safety of consumers of the Urban and Periurban Agriculture (AUP) activity in the city of Maringá, State of Paraná, through the evaluation of food insecurity scales as well as statistical analysis descriptive and linear multiple regression. In addition, its members and food availability were characterized in a quantity and quality that was socially desirable. As a result, it was identified that the activity has not produced a food safety framework that meets the basic nutritional needs of the practicing consumers, which are food insecure, and is used by a large part of the population in the food security situation for leisure and therapy purposes.
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Jongen, W. M. F., and M. T. G. Meulenberg, eds. Innovation in agri-food systems. The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-666-3.

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Romania) SIPA (Conference) (4th 2005 Timişoara. Integrated systems for agri-food production, development and optimization: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference, Integrated Systems for Agri-food Production, SIPA '05 : November 24-26, 2005, Timișoara, Romania. Timișoara: Editura Orizonturi Universitare, 2005.

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A, Loyns R. M., and University of Manitoba, eds. Harmonization/convergence/compatibility in agriculture and agri-food policy: Canada, United States and Mexico : proceedings of the third Agricultural and Food Policy Systems Information Workshop. [Winnipeg]: University of Manitoba, 1997.

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Paulo, Universidade de São, and Wageningen Universiteit, eds. Advances in supply chain analysis in agri-food systems: University of São Paulo and University of Wageningen : 18 years of academic cooperation. [São Paulo, Brazil]: Editora Singular, 2009.

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G, Chengappa P., Nagaraj N, Kanwar Ramesh 1949-, University of Agricultural Sciences (Bangalore, India), and Institute of Social and Economic Change., eds. International Conference on 21st Century Challenges to Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: Biotechnology, environment, nutrition, trade and policy, 15th-17th March, 2007. New Delhi: I.K. International Pub. House, 2007.

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Canada. Agriculture Canada. Canada's agri-food system: An overview. Ottawa, [Ont.]: Agriculture Canada, 1985.

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Canada. Agriculture Canada. Careers in the agri-food system. Ottawa: Agriculture Canada, 1985.

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Ciampi Stančová, Kateřina, and Alessio Cavicchi. Smart Specialisation and the Agri-food System. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91500-5.

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Canada, Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food. An overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system 2011. Ottawa: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2011.

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1957-, Miller Larry, ed. Beyond the listeriosis crisis: Strengthening the food safety system : report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. [Ottawa]: Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, 2009.

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Bodenstedt, Andreas. "Global Agri-food Systems." In Handwörterbuch zur ländlichen Gesellschaft in Deutschland, 89–97. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-80909-4_11.

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Dwiartama, Angga, Christopher Rosin, and Hugh Campbell. "Understanding agri-food systems as assemblages." In Biological Economies, 82–94. London; New York: Routledge, 2016. | Series: Routledge studies in food, society and environment: Routledge, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315731124-6.

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Salimi, Negin. "Circular Economy in Agri-food Systems." In Strategic Decision Making for Sustainable Management of Industrial Networks, 57–70. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55385-2_4.

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Guerrini, S., C. Yan, M. Malinconico, and P. Mormile. "Agronomical Overview of Mulch Film Systems." In Polymers for Agri-Food Applications, 241–64. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19416-1_13.

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Manzano, Verónica, Nancy L. García, Carlos Rodríguez Ramírez, Norma D’Accorso, and Silvia Goyanes. "Mulch Plastic Systems: Recent Advances and Applications." In Polymers for Agri-Food Applications, 265–90. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19416-1_14.

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Pathak, Rajesh Kumar, and Dev Bukhsh Singh. "Systems Biology Approaches for Food and Health." In Advances in Agri-Food Biotechnology, 409–26. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2874-3_16.

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Rossotto Ioris, Antonio Augusto. "The political ecology of agri-food systems." In Agribusiness and the Neoliberal Food System in Brazil, 20–48. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2017. |: Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315180878-2.

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Garrett, Rachael, and Ximena Rueda. "Telecoupling and Consumption in Agri-Food Systems." In Telecoupling, 115–37. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11105-2_6.

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Martins, Danilo, Vanessa P. Scagion, Rodrigo Schneider, Ana Carolina C. Lemos, Juliano Oliveira, and Daniel S. Correa. "Biodegradable Polymer Nanofibers Applied in Slow Release Systems for Agri-Food Applications." In Polymers for Agri-Food Applications, 291–316. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19416-1_15.

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Devaux, André, Jean-Pierre Goffart, Athanasios Petsakos, Peter Kromann, Marcel Gatto, Julius Okello, Victor Suarez, and Guy Hareau. "Global Food Security, Contributions from Sustainable Potato Agri-Food Systems." In The Potato Crop, 3–35. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28683-5_1.

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Marchesi, Lodovica, Katiuscia Mannaro, and Raffaele Porcu. "Automatic Generation of Blockchain Agri-food Traceability Systems." In 2021 IEEE/ACM 4th International Workshop on Emerging Trends in Software Engineering for Blockchain (WETSEB). IEEE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/wetseb52558.2021.00013.

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Cocco, Luisanna, and Katiuscia Mannaro. "Blockchain in Agri-Food Traceability Systems: a Model Proposal for a Typical Italian Food Product." In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER). IEEE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/saner50967.2021.00085.

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Trójczak, Rafał, Robert Trypuz, Anna Mazurek, and Piotr Kulicki. "Knowledge transfer from agri-food scientific papers to a knowledge base." In 2015 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems. IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.15439/2015f209.

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Feng Tian, Alfred Taudes, Congcong Yang, and Aimin Deng. "Evaluation research on performance of Chinese agri-food cold-chain logistics company." In 2015 12th International Conference on Service Systems and Service Management (ICSSSM). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icsssm.2015.7170142.

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Bertoglio, Riccardo, Giulio Fontana, Matteo Matteucci, Davide Facchinetti, Michel Berducat, and Daniel Boffety. "On the Design of the Agri-Food Competition for Robot Evaluation (ACRE)." In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC). IEEE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icarsc52212.2021.9429792.

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Mishra, Pramod K. "Predicting Agri-Food Prices with Time-Series and Data-Mining based Methods." In 2021 5th International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Control Systems (ICICCS). IEEE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iciccs51141.2021.9432090.

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Marchese, Angelo, and Orazio Tomarchio. "An Agri-Food Supply Chain Traceability Management System based on Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain." In 23rd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems. SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0010447606480658.

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Zhang, Xianfeng, Nan Zhang, and Juan Du. "A survey of agri-food e-markets of China: A functional evolution perspective." In 2011 8th International Conference on Service Systems and Service Management (ICSSSM 2011). IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icsssm.2011.5959423.

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Fang, Deng, and Wang Puqing. "Simulating the Structural Evolution in Agri-food Supply Chain: An Agent-Based Model." In 2015 7th International Conference on Intelligent Human-Machine Systems and Cybernetics (IHMSC). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ihmsc.2015.254.

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Panait, Mirela, Vasilii Erokhin, and Jean Vasile Andrei. "Implication of TNCS In Agri-Food Sector – Challenges, Constraints and Limits - Profit or CSR?" In 25th International Scientific Conference Strategic Management and Decision Support Systems in Strategic Management. University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.46541/978-86-7233-386-2_2.

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Baltussen, W., T. Achterbosch, E. Arets, A. de Blaeij, N. Erlenborn, V. Fobelets, P. Galgani, et al. Valuation of livestock eco-agri-food systems: poultry, beef and dairy. Wageningen: Wageningen Economic Research, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.18174/420536.

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Baltussen, W., T. Achterbosch, E. Arets, A. de Blaeij, N. Erlenborn, V. Fobelets, P. Galgani, et al. Valuation of livestock eco-agri-food systems: poultry, beef and dairy : executive summary. The Hague: Wageningen Economic Research, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18174/389545.

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Policy Support Activity, Myanmar Agriculture. Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Food vendors - May 2021 survey round. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134436.

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Policy Support Activity, Myanmar Agriculture. Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Food vendors - July 2021 survey round. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134524.

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ElKadhi, Zouhair, Dalia Elsabbagh, Aymen Frija, Thouraya Lakoud, Manfred Wiebelt, and Clemens Breisinger. The impact of COVID-19 on Tunisia’s economy, agri-food system, and households. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133737.

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Policy Support Activity, Myanmar Agriculture. Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Agricultural urban wholesale markets – April 2021. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134403.

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Policy Support Activity, Myanmar Agriculture. Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Rice millers – April 2021 survey round. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134420.

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Policy Support Activity, Myanmar Agriculture. Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Rice millers – June 2021 survey round. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134525.

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MSU, IFPRI. Impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar’s agri-food system: Evidence base and policy implications. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134042.

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Ambler, Kate, Sylvan Herskowitz, Ricardo Labarta, Mywish Maredia, and Phoebe Scollard. Measuring employment in the agri-food system: Existing data and directions for future research. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133542.

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