"This volume - edited by a trio of agri-food supply chain experts - delivers a very useful overview of how agri-food supply chains can help tackle current challenges related to climate change, sustainability requirements and the need for sufficient healthy food. The book explores the specificities and main developments of agri-food supply chains in different regions of the world, from Africa and the Middle East to Asia and the Americas, and provides unique perspectives on global developments, tools for agri-food supply chain improvement and relevant cases that illustrate core challenges and opportunities. All in all, this new book is a 'must read' for all researchers and practitioners who are active in agri-food supply chains worldwide." (Prof. Dr. Jack G.A.J. van der Vorst, Managing Director Social Sciences Group, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands)
Whilst there are many types of agri-food supply chain, all face growing pressures to improve safety, efficiency, equity, environmental and health impacts for chain actors and consumers.
Frontiers in agri-food supply chains: Frameworks and case studies takes a considered approach to detailing the recent developments across the sector which support the changing demands placed upon agri-food supply chains, including the emergence of digital technologies to ensure a sufficient supply of safe, high-quality food. The collection highlights the need to assess the performance, infrastructure and governance of agri-food supply chains and provides detailed case studies from several regions around the world to demonstrate examples of improved performance.
In its comprehensive exploration of agri-food supply chains, the book succeeds in highlighting the fragility of our global food system and ways to improve the resilience and efficiency of agri-food supply chains.
Edited by a team of international experts, the book will be a standard reference for researchers in agricultural science, logistics and business studies, food manufacturers, retailers and others involved in food transport and logistics, as well as government and other agencies responsible for ensuring the sustainability and efficiency of global agri-food supply chains.
Professor Sander de Leeuw is Chair in Operations Research and Logistics at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Professor de Leeuw is a European Editor for the Journal of Business Logistics and is internationally known for his research on online retail logistics as well as his work with NGOs on humanitarian aid supply chains. He is also Professor of Supply Chain Management at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Dr Renzo Akkerman is Associate Professor of Operations Research and Logistics at Wageningen University. Dr Akkerman is Coordinator of the European Operations Research Society (EURO) Working Group on Sustainable Supply Chains and has contributed to a number of EU Horizon 2020 research projects.
Dr Rodrigo Romero-Silva is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Operations Research and Logistics at Wageningen University. He is a member (Researcher Level 1) of the National Researchers System (SNI) of Mexico with funding from Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología. His expertise is in simulating resource use in food supply chains and other production systems.
