scholarly journals Quantification of Food Losses and Waste in Peru: A Mass Flow Analysis along the Food Supply Chain

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2807
Author(s):  
Noelia S. Bedoya-Perales ◽  
Glenio Piran Dal’ Magro
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Mass Flow ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Food Losses ◽  
Food Commodity

The quantification of food losses and waste (FLW) has become a research hotspot in the last decade, but little work has been done to have food waste data in Latin American countries. This paper contributes to addressing this knowledge gap by examining the magnitude of FLW along the whole food supply chain (FSC) in Peru. The methodological approach was based on the top-down mass flow analysis at all steps of the FSC for the 2007–2017 period (most recently available data), including different food commodity groups (CGs), such as cereals, roots and tubers, oil seeds and pulses, fruits, vegetables, meat, fish and seafood, and milk. Results show an annual average of FLW of 12.8 million tonnes, which represents 47.76% of the national food supply. Regarding per capita quantities, the average amount of FLW was 426.56 kg per year when considering the entire FSC, and 67.34 kg per year when considering only the consumption step. This study suggests which steps of the FSC and CGs are the most promising targets for FLW reduction strategies in Peru.

scholarly journals Quantification of food waste per product group along the food supply chain in the European Union: a mass flow analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 149 ◽  
pp. 479-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Caldeira ◽  
Valeria De Laurentiis ◽  
Sara Corrado ◽  
Freija van Holsteijn ◽  
Serenella Sala
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Mass Flow ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Product Group

Building a Sustainable Food Supply Chain and Managing Food Losses

2019 ◽  
pp. 261-281
Author(s):  
A D Nuwan Gunarathne ◽  
D. G. Navaratne ◽  
M. L. S. Gunaratne ◽  
Amanda Erasha Pakianathan ◽  
Yasasi Tharindra Perera
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Stakeholder Management ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
Food Losses

With the unprecedented growth in the world's population, the supply of food has already become a major global challenge. The world food crisis highlights a large quantity of food going waste or lost due to many unsustainable practices in the food supply chain. This chapter provides a conceptual model to build a sustainable food supply chain while minimizing the food waste that occurs at different stages. By incorporating stakeholder management and other behavioral aspects while at the same time following a continuous improvement cycle, the model deviates from other techno-oriented or fragmented guidelines available on the subject. For the purpose of better understanding or providing practical applications, real-life case studies are also presented. Hence, the model provides useful guidelines for business organizations and other actors in the food supply chain to incorporate sustainability while minimizing environmental, social, and economic impacts of food losses/waste.

Building a Sustainable Food Supply Chain and Managing Food Losses

2021 ◽  
pp. 281-301
Author(s):  
A D Nuwan Gunarathne ◽  
D. G. Navaratne ◽  
M. L. S. Gunaratne ◽  
Amanda Erasha Pakianathan ◽  
Yasasi Tharindra Perera
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Stakeholder Management ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
Food Losses

With the unprecedented growth in the world's population, the supply of food has already become a major global challenge. The world food crisis highlights a large quantity of food going waste or lost due to many unsustainable practices in the food supply chain. This chapter provides a conceptual model to build a sustainable food supply chain while minimizing the food waste that occurs at different stages. By incorporating stakeholder management and other behavioral aspects while at the same time following a continuous improvement cycle, the model deviates from other techno-oriented or fragmented guidelines available on the subject. For the purpose of better understanding or providing practical applications, real-life case studies are also presented. Hence, the model provides useful guidelines for business organizations and other actors in the food supply chain to incorporate sustainability while minimizing environmental, social, and economic impacts of food losses/waste.

scholarly journals Battling Food Losses and Waste in Saudi Arabia: Mobilizing Regional Efforts and Blending Indigenous Knowledge to Address Global Food Security Challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8402
Author(s):  
Suliman Ali Al-Khateeb ◽  
Abid Hussain ◽  
Stefan Lange ◽  
Mohammad M. Almutari ◽  
Felicitas Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
National Level ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Cold Chain ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Gcc Countries ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Food Losses

Food Loss and Waste (FLW) that entail substantial economic, environmental, and social cost is of great concern for a country fulfilling > 80% of food demands through the import of agricultural commodities. The current study mainly aimed at bringing together a wide range of perspectives on FLW by multi-stakeholder engagement in order to enhance cooperation and network building with respect to sharing knowledge and experiences on FLW prevention activities along the entire food supply chain for a country located at the geographic frontier facing stubborn challenges of desertification, water scarcity, and harsh climatic conditions. These challenges are not only being addressed at the national level but have also been made the focus of multilateral activities in 2020 as part of the Saudi G20 Presidency. The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture under the umbrella of the G20 Meeting of Agricultural Chief Scientists (MACS) hosted a regional workshop on FLW in collaboration with the Thünen Institute, Germany, to raise awareness among Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The present paper provides insights into the current status of FLW by revealing that, overall, 33.1% of the total available food in the Kingdom is lost and wasted during the entire food supply chain. Overall, the GCC countries witnessed higher percentages of food waste compared with food losses. Environmental conditions prevailing in the region necessitate the development of adequate and appropriate cold chain storage facilities for balanced distribution through cold storage transportation facilities along the food supply chain to minimize food losses. However, campaigns and activities to raise awareness with a view of changing attitudes towards reducing FLW by the adoption of good practices, promoting the concept of circular economy practices, and the establishment of food banks for surplus food redistribution are important to mitigate FLW in the Kingdom.

scholarly journals Food Losses and Waste: A Needed Assessment for Future Policies

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (21) ◽  
pp. 11586
Author(s):  
Pilar Campoy-Muñoz ◽  
Manuel Alejandro Cardenete ◽  
María del Carmen Delgado ◽  
Ferran Sancho
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food System ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Food Losses ◽  
The Impact

About one third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted. For this reason, food losses and waste has become a key priority within worldwide policy circles. This is a major global issue that not only threatens the viability of a sustainable food system but also generates negative externalities in environmental terms. The avoidance of this forbidding wastage would have a positive economic impact on national economies in terms of resource savings. In this paper we look beyond this somewhat traditional resource savings angle and we shift the focus to explore the distributional consequences of food losses and waste reduction using a resource constrained modeling perspective. The impact due to the behavioral shift of each household is therefore explained by two factors. One is the amount of resources saved when the behavioral shift takes place, whereas the other one has to do with the position of households in the food supply chain. By considering the whole supply chain, instead of the common approach based only in reducing waste by consumers, we enrich the empirical knowledge of this issue and improve the quantification of its economic impact. We examine data for three EU countries that present different economic structures (Germany, Spain and Poland) so as to have a broader and more robust viewpoint of the potential results. We find that distributional effects are different for consumers and producers and also across countries. Our results could be useful for policymakers since they indicate that policies should not be driven merely by the size waste but rather on its position within the food supply chain.

Food loss rate in food supply chain using material flow analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 443-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Munsol Ju ◽  
Masahiro Osako ◽  
Sachihiko Harashina
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Material Flow ◽  
Loss Rate ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Material Flow Analysis ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Food Loss

Reducing Food Losses and Waste in the Food Supply Chain

2018 ◽  
pp. 19-51
Author(s):  
Gao Liwei ◽  
Zhang Yongen ◽  
Xu Shiwei ◽  
Xu Zengrang ◽  
Cheng Shengkui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Food Losses

Impact of modern Retail over Food Supply Chain Management

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-47
Author(s):  
N.Arunfred N.Arunfred ◽  
◽  
Dr.D.Kinslin Dr.D.Kinslin
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Chain Management

Identifying Business-to-Business Unfair Trading Practices in the Food Supply Chain: The case of Cyprus

New Medit ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marinos Markou ◽  
Andreas Stylianou ◽  
Marianthi Giannakopoulou ◽  
Georgios Adamides
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
State Level ◽  
Strategic Partnerships ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Enforcement Policy ◽  
Monitoring And Enforcement

Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs) between businesses in the food supply chain have a significant impact on the various stakeholders involved, and on the environment. So far, no attempt has been made at the Member State level for the identification of UTPs in the food supply chain and their impact on the relevant stakeholders. This study drew on this gap and attempted to identify the UTPs that exist in the Cypriot food supply chain, assess their impact on the involved stakeholders and provide guidelines that will assist the transposition of EU relevant Directive to the national law. To achieve this goal, the study was based on a quantitative survey of a representative sample of businesses using a specific questionnaire. The results showed that particular UTPs do appear in the food supply chain with a different frequency, while the majority of businesses have been victims of UTPs in the last five years. Notably, the estimated cost of UTPs as a percentage of the business annual turnover is considered important ranging from 5.7% for retailers to 31.9% for farmers. Thus, most participants agree that UTPs in the agricultural food sector should be regulated by national legislation. We argue that the national legislation for UTPs should be a mix of policies that integrate private, administrative and judicial methods of monitoring and enforcement. Policy and decision makers should seek to reinforce the role and the bargaining power of small businesses in the food supply chain. This might be accomplished through the development of efficient producers’ organizations, short food supply chains, interbranch organizations and strategic partnerships.

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