Redesigning a food supply chain for environmental sustainability – An analysis of resource use and recovery

Krishnan, R; Agarwal, R; Bajada, C; Arshinder, K

Redesigning a food supply chain for environmental sustainability – An analysis of resource use and recovery

Krishnan, R Agarwal, R

Bajada, C

Arshinder, K

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Publisher:: Elsevier BV
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 242, pp. 118374-118374
Issue Date:: 2020-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Krishnan, R
dc.contributor.author	Agarwal, R https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8493-7313
dc.contributor.author	Bajada, C https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0590-1492
dc.contributor.author	Arshinder, K
dc.date.accessioned	2020-12-23T04:47:51Z
dc.date.available	2020-12-23T04:47:51Z
dc.date.issued	2020-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 242, pp. 118374-118374
dc.identifier.issn	0959-6526
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/144940
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Food supply will need to increase by around 70% from its current levels in order to meet the world population growth of 9.6 billion by 2050. Food waste is the biggest challenge in global food security, wherein approximately 20–30% of food waste occurs in the post-harvest stage of the food supply chain (FSC) in developing countries. This food waste generates significant negative environmental effects in addition to the unnecessary usage (and wastage) of resources consumed in producing the wasted food. Whilst India is the major producer and exporter of many agricultural crops, there is a lack of research that evaluates the environmental impact of the Indian FSCs. The environmental impact of the same product varies according to the resources consumed and so it is important that the environmental impact of individual supply chains be considered. Also, there is a lack of studies that uses the result of environmental impact assessment to identify the operational and resource inefficiencies in FSC and develop a framework for sustainable FSC. Thus, this study aims to identify operational and resource inefficiencies present in FSC through environmental impact assessment and propose a framework for redesigning the FSC to improve environmental sustainability. Life cycle assessment approach is used for assessing the environmental impact. This framework has been applied to a mango food supply chain.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier BV
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Cleaner Production
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118374
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	0907 Environmental Engineering, 0910 Manufacturing Engineering, 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences
dc.title	Redesigning a food supply chain for environmental sustainability – An analysis of resource use and recovery
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	242
utslib.for	0907 Environmental Engineering
utslib.for	0910 Manufacturing Engineering
utslib.for	0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Economics Discipline
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2020-12-23T04:47:34Z
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	242

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© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Food supply will need to increase by around 70% from its current levels in order to meet the world population growth of 9.6 billion by 2050. Food waste is the biggest challenge in global food security, wherein approximately 20–30% of food waste occurs in the post-harvest stage of the food supply chain (FSC) in developing countries. This food waste generates significant negative environmental effects in addition to the unnecessary usage (and wastage) of resources consumed in producing the wasted food. Whilst India is the major producer and exporter of many agricultural crops, there is a lack of research that evaluates the environmental impact of the Indian FSCs. The environmental impact of the same product varies according to the resources consumed and so it is important that the environmental impact of individual supply chains be considered. Also, there is a lack of studies that uses the result of environmental impact assessment to identify the operational and resource inefficiencies in FSC and develop a framework for sustainable FSC. Thus, this study aims to identify operational and resource inefficiencies present in FSC through environmental impact assessment and propose a framework for redesigning the FSC to improve environmental sustainability. Life cycle assessment approach is used for assessing the environmental impact. This framework has been applied to a mango food supply chain.

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