local food value chain
Combining eco-social and environmental indicators to assess the sustainability performance of a food value chain: A case study
... the value chain actors interviewed did not have the indicator framework classi fication scheme during the interviews, they expressed the sustainability elements as they individually perceived ...the ...
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Strengthening European Food Chain Sustainability by Quality and Procurement Policy
... certified value chains, most of the old networks are still in ...global value chains that were already governed by highly relational and hierarchical ...the value chain perspective in the ...
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Integrating food chain and local development objectives in french mediterranean livestock farming systems
... Advances on Equus asinus as a dairy species Salimei, E., Università del Molise, di. S.T.A.A.M., via De Sanctis, 86100 Campobasso, Italy; salimei@ unimol.it The ancient utilization of donkey as dairy animal has recently ...
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Are local food chains more sustainable than global food chains? Considerations for assessment
... Keywords: local; global; food supply chain; sustainability; assessment; reflexive governance; post-normal science ...shared value [ 2 ]. In the food sector, a diffuse perception of the ...
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Food production potential of periurban agriculture : contribution of periurban farms to local food systems
... a food demand and then the suppliers are searched in a specific area, “where the food is coming or it might come from”: in the approach of this thesis the process is opposite: the interest is not in the ...
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Agricultural Value Chain Development and Smallholder Competitiveness
... staple food grains, was has been called the Green ...higher value crops, and a better use of labor calendars to reduce periods of idleness which are a major cause of rural poverty (de Janvry, Duquennois, ...
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Realisation of Higher Value Added of Seng Cu Rice Value Chain in Viet Nam
... financial value such as cost, revenue, and profit ...of local producers as well as appropriate policies to boost the chain’s sustainable development are ...
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Knowledge Management, Value Chain Modelling and Simulation as Primary Tools for Mass Customization
... In order to overcome the two main challenges created by MC it is necessary to optimize the product differentiation level, establishing a suitable trade-off between external variety versus internal complexity [Jiao, ...
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Relational rent and underperformance of hub firms in the aeronautics value chain
... The present paper shows that in response to deep-seated changes in the aeronautics sector, tier-one hub firms now feature in the supply chain in the role of architect-integrators for key components. According to ...
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Goat value chain in Algeria, sustainable development proposals to cope with changes
... Goat value chain in Algeria, sustainable development proposals to cope with changes.. Hossem Sahraoui, Fateh Mamine, Toufik Madani.[r] ...
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Daisy-chain gene drives for the alteration of local populations
... daisy chain such that each drives the ...the local wild population can drive a useful genetic element nearly to local fixation for a wide range of fitness parameters without self-propagating ...
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The value of Markov chain games with lack of information on one side
... same value (idem if player 1 observes the sequence of states in any manner such that, for each n, player 1 knows the state k n before choosing his action of stage ...
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ComfortChoice : bringing value to the value chain
... Carrier needs to determine how the financial and environmental impact of ComfortChoice compares with other sources of distributed power and peak power generation for demand [r] ...
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ACTING COLLECTIVELY TO DEVELOP MIDSCALE FOOD VALUE CHAINS IN THE U. S.
... market food to local ...these food value chains is their ability to provide high quality, differentiated products not available through the mainstream commodity ...
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Local agro-food networks and environmental effects in Brittany
... management method. This virtuous circle is frequently described and observed on the spot. But we still lack scientific evidence on the proportion of farmers that really follow this virtuous circle, as well as the ...
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Value added and equity in the smallholder-produced teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) poles value chain in Southern Benin
... the value chain: teak planters and timber ...poles value chain contributes to create ...the value added is unfairly distributed to the detriment of ...in value chains (15, ...
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Stakeholders’ perceptions, attitudes and practices towards risk prevention in the food chain
... whole food chain, at each and every production-processing-distribution stage (Regulation (EC) No 178/2002), involving all the ...the food chain requires a strong active partnership between ...
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Food risk communication and consumers' trust in the food supply chain WP3 report on the focus groups conducted in France WP no.15
... In that context, some consumers, especially those who belong to the “indifference” group, would rather not learn too much about the way food products are produced: “the more you know ab[r] ...
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Analysis of international construction joint ventures between general contractors using the value chain framework
... 3.2. Value Chain of a General Contractor ... Prim ary A ctivities ... Support Activities and Margin ... Alternatives Forms to Do Business Internationally ... General Contract[r] ...
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An analysis of the photovoltaic value chain for reviewing solar energy policy in Massachusetts
... Although there are few second generation companies located in Massachusetts, there is still research at local universities aiding the development of this technology. It is unlikely t[r] ...
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