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  • Transparency for Sustainability in the Food Chain

    Challenges and Research Needs EFFoST Critical Reviews #2

    by Jivka Deiters, Gerhard Schiefer ...
    Transparency for Sustainability in the Food Chain lays out the key issues and challenges in food safety, food quality, chain integrity, the link with consumers, and the technological base of tracking and tracing systems. This succinct volume brings readers up to speed on the state of the art in these areas, and the research trends in specific domains. Transparency in the food sector, especially to ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Food Supply Networks

    Trust and E-business

    by Gert Jan Hofstede, Nicola Cantore, Rainer Haas, Lisa House, Aris Matopoulos, Rodney Bray, Oliver Meixner ...
    When relations are facilitated by communication technologies such as e-business, food supply networks can improve efficiency, flexibility and effectiveness. However, a lack of trust within such transactions can prevent the integration of e-business into this large, economic sector. Using case studies from European countries, chapters discuss trust-building methods for food networks in an e ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Instant Insights: Optimising agri-food supply chains

    by Various authors, Professor Sander de Leeuw, Dr Rodrigo Romero-Silva, Dr Samantha Islam, Professor Louise Manning, Dr Jonathan M. Cullen, Dr Aleksandra Kowalska, Dr Hamid El Bilali, Professor Gerhard Schiefer ...
    Series Book 96 - Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights
    This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on optimising agri-food supply chains.The first chapter provides an overview of agri-food supply chains and explores the unique characteristics which differentiate them from other manufacturing supply chains. The chapter also provides a framework for designing future agri-food supply chains.The second chapter reviews recent advances in agri-food ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Frontiers in agri-food supply chains

    Frameworks and case studies

    by Professor Sander de Leeuw, Dr Renzo Akkerman, Dr Rodrigo Romero-Silva, Professor Tobias Schoenherr, Dr Grant Kanak, Dr Amy Montalbano, Dr Sneh Patel, Professor Michael Bourlakis0, Dr Emmanuel Sawyerr1, Dr F. J. Peña Rodríguez2, Dr C. Yacamán Ochoa3, Professor Alberto Mataran Ruiz4, Dr Jose Ma. Luis Montesclaros5, Professor Paul S. Teng6, Professor Lusine Aramyan7, Dr Jos van Iwaarden8, Dr Müge Çerçi9, Dr Zehra B. Kanık0, Dr Sibel Erişkan1, Dr Mehmet Soysal2, Dr Florian Cramer3, Professor Sandra Transchel4, Professor Gerhard Schiefer5, Dr José Luis Solleiro6, Dr Rosario Castañón7, Dr Rene Haijema8, Dr Marvin Kunz9, Dr Viet Nguyen0, Dr Harmke Schellekens1, Dr Gideon van der Stelt2, Dr Danie Jordaan3, Dr Thabile Tsabedze4, Dr Yijun Li5, Dr Ting Meng6, Dr Jingjing Wang7, Dr Lu Liu8, Dr Mo Li9, Dr Xin Zhang0, Dr Wen-Feng Cong1 ...
    Series Book 137 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges facing agri-food supply chains, including the need to be more sustainable in light of the high environmental costs of global distributionAddresses the external factors that can impact the logistics and performance of supply chains, including political developments, international conflicts and pandemics such as COVID-19Reviews the main agri-food ... Read more

    $175.49 USD

  • Improving data management and decision support systems in agriculture

    by Dr Leisa Armstrong, Dr N. Gandhi, Dr P. Taechatanasat, Dr Dean Diepeveen, Dr Soumyashree Kar, Dr Rohit Nandan, Dr Rahul Raj, Dr Saurabh Suradhaniwar, Prof J. Adinarayana, Dr Dhahi Al-Shammari0, Dr Ben Schaap1, Dr Patrick Filippi2, Dr James P. Moloney3, Dr Brett M. Whelan4, Dr Zia Mehrabi5, Dr B. Sailaja6, Dr Ch. Padmavathi7, Dr D. Krishnaveni8, Dr G. Katti9, Dr Suchith Anand0, Dr D. Subrahmanyam1, Dr M. S. Prasad2, Dr S. Gayatri3, Professor Gerhard Schiefer4, Dr Marina Segura5, Prof Concepción Maroto6, Dr Baldomero Segura7, Dr Concepción Ginestar8, Dr Callum Eastwood9, Dr Brian Dela Rue0, Mr André Lapperrière1, Dr Sjaak Wolfert2, Dr Pascal Neveu3, Dr Romain David4, Dr Clement Jonquet5, Dr Jason West6, Dr S. R. Voleti7, Dr Tom Bishop8, Dr Nirangan S. Wimalathunge9 ...
    Series Book 85 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Reviews key steps in improving data management, from improving data access and establishing standards for reliable data to effective tagging for discoverability as well as data securityCovers a wide range of practical applications of decision support systems (DSS) in crop production, such as crop planting, nutrition and use of rotationsIncludes the use of DSS in key areas of livestock production ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

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    Series series Sustainable Development Goals Series
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  • At What Cost

    Modern Capitalism and the Future of Health

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  • The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks

    Edited by Michele Walters, Robert J. Scholes ...
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