Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Food Networks

<p><b>An interdisciplinary framework for </b><b>managing </b><b>sustainable agrifood supply chains</b></p> <p><i>Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Food Networks</i> provides an up-to-date and interdisciplinary framework for designing and operating sustainable supply chains for agri-food products. Focus is given to decision-making procedures and methodologies enabling policy-makers, managers and practitioners to design and manage effectively sustainable agrifood supply chain networks. <br />Authored by high profile researchers with global expertise in designing and operating sustainable supply chains in the agri-food industry, this book:</p> <ul> <li>Features the entire hierarchical decision-making process for managing sustainable agrifood supply chains.</li> <li>Covers knowledge-based farming, management of agricultural wastes, sustainability, green supply chain network design, safety, security and traceability, IT in agrifood supply chains, carbon footprint management, quality management, risk management and policy- making.</li> <li>Explores green supply chain management, sustainable knowledge-based farming, corporate social responsibility, environmental management and emerging trends in agri-food retail supply chain operations.</li> <li>Examines sustainable practices that are unique for agriculture as well as practices that already have been implemented in other industrial sectors such as green logistics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).</li> </ul> <p><i>Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Food Networks</i> provides a useful resource for researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, regulators and C-level executives that deal with strategic decision-making. Post-graduate students in the field of agriculture sciences, engineering, operations management, logistics and supply chain management will also benefit from this book.</p>