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Short Supply Chains, Food Authenticity, and Sustainable Agriculture

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2020) | Viewed by 10217

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Robert Home

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Guest Editor
Department of Socio-Economic Sciences FiBL
Interests: Agricultural knowledge systems; Agricultural innovation networks; Behavioural motivations
Mr. Jan Landert

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Guest Editor
Department of Socioeconomics, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, 5070 Frick, Switzerland
Interests: Jan Landert has a special interest in the sustainability of food systems. In this field, he developed indicators and methods to assess the sustainability of entire food systems, farms and businesses in the food sector.

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Few scholars would disagree that the sustainability of our food consumption is an important goal for humanity, and many strategies have been proposed to achieve this sustainability. Prominent among these strategies is the concept of short supply chains, but research into the potential of short supply chains for solving issues of sustainability in agriculture and food authenticity is far from complete. This Special Issue welcomes contributions that examine short supply chains and their surrounding sustainability issues. Research subjects can include, but are not limited to:

  • The areas where sustainability is positively impacted by shortening supply chains, such as reducing carbon emissions, stimulating local economies, etc.
  • Impacts of shortening supply chains on our consumption behavior and the impact of short supply chains compared with other aspects of consumption, such as seasonal consumption, dietary changes, etc.
  • The sustainability trade-offs or barriers for implementing short supply chains, such as the high time investment for direct sales, more workload for women, institutional barriers, etc., and how to remove such barriers, such as embedding short supply chains into food policy, processing industry engagement, creating hubs for institutional buyers, establishing food policy councils, etc.
  • The contribution and extent of impact of community supported agriculture (CSA) on food integrity and short supply chains.
  • The enablers and barriers for CSA, such as access to land for consumer-driven CSA, farmers’ attitudes, urban areas, etc.

Dr. Robert Home
Mr. Jan Landert
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Short supply chains
  • Food integrity
  • Sustainable agriculture

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Sustainability Assessment and Agricultural Supply Chains Evidence-Based Multidimensional Analyses as Tools for Strategic Decision-Making—The Case of the Pineapple Supply Chain in Benin
by Doriane Desclee, David Sohinto and Freddy Padonou
Sustainability 2021, 13(4), 2060; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13042060 - 14 Feb 2021
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Contributing to Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030 is a shared objective of all institutions and people. The challenges differ according to the characteristics of every context. In developing countries, strongly dependent on the agricultural sector, agricultural supply chains are recognized as crucial [...] Read more.
Contributing to Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030 is a shared objective of all institutions and people. The challenges differ according to the characteristics of every context. In developing countries, strongly dependent on the agricultural sector, agricultural supply chains are recognized as crucial for economic growth and enablers for livelihood improvement. Moreover, sustainable development issues are correlated and can meet in agricultural supply chains. For several decades, parallel to decision-makers, the research community has elaborated sustainability assessment tools. Such tools evolved to fit with actuality, but it is challenging to find decision-making support tools for sustainable development adequate in agricultural supply chains and developing countries contexts. There is a necessity to define evidence-based tools and exhaustive analytical frameworks according to sustainability multidimensionality and strategical tradeoffs necessity. The VCA4D method aims to go beyond the limits of previous methods. It proposes a combination of multidisciplinary analytical tools applied empirically to analyze agricultural supply chains in their context. It provides evidence-based analytical results allowing to identify enablers for strategic sustainable and inclusive interventions. However, to even better meet contextual exhaustiveness’s expectations and indicators’ robustness to lead to relevant interventions, we should insist on a stricter framing of contextual data collection processes. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Short Supply Chains, Food Authenticity, and Sustainable Agriculture)
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Pulses for Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems: The Effect of Origin on Market Price
by Claudio Acciani, Annalisa De Boni, Francesco Bozzo and Rocco Roma
Sustainability 2021, 13(1), 185; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010185 - 28 Dec 2020
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Pulses are widely acknowledged for their high nutritional value due to high protein content, low content in calories, and low glycemic index; they are a good alternative to animal proteins thus offering a considerable number of social, environmental, and health benefits. Despite pulses [...] Read more.
Pulses are widely acknowledged for their high nutritional value due to high protein content, low content in calories, and low glycemic index; they are a good alternative to animal proteins thus offering a considerable number of social, environmental, and health benefits. Despite pulses being widely acknowledged as healthy and sustainable food, in mainly European countries, consumption is growing but still lower than the recommended level, production is unprofitable in comparison to the current market prices level, and a reduction in harvested area has led to a strong dependence on import for pulses supply. Pulses are particularly fitting to the feature of local food because they can be suitably grown in any context, even in the most complex areas, and consumer interest and awareness of food origin has strongly increased in recent years. Lentils were selected as a case study in this paper that aims to define which features are effective on market price and, in particular, the role of origin declaration on label plays in defining the market price and how the origin attributes may enhance market price and farms competitiveness. The methodological tool for this investigation is the hedonic price model, useful to explain the effects of attributes of pulses affecting the market price. Results contribute to a better understanding of the pulse market, emphasizing that the “origin declaration” on label may have a positive effect on market price. Full article
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The Importance of Being Local: The Role of Authenticity in the Concepts Offered by Non-Themed Domestic Restaurants in Switzerland
by Robert Home, Bernadette Oehen, Anneli Käsmayr, Joerg Wiesel and Nicolaj Van der Meulen
Sustainability 2020, 12(9), 3907; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12093907 - 11 May 2020
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In the highly-competitive restaurant environment, restaurateurs continually optimize the quality of their offer so that customers leave the restaurant with the intention to return and to tell others about their experience. Authenticity is among the attributes that restaurateurs seek to provide; and a [...] Read more.
In the highly-competitive restaurant environment, restaurateurs continually optimize the quality of their offer so that customers leave the restaurant with the intention to return and to tell others about their experience. Authenticity is among the attributes that restaurateurs seek to provide; and a wealth of study has been conducted to understand authenticity in a variety of contexts including ethnic-themed restaurants. However; insufficient attention has been given to non-themed domestic restaurants; which make up a significant proportion of available dining options. This study aimed to explore the role of authenticity as part of the concepts offered by domestic restaurants in Switzerland. Interviews with managers of 30 domestic restaurants were analyzed according to their content and interpreted according to authenticity dimensions identified by Karrebaek and Maegaard (2017) and Coupland and Coupland (2014). The approach of using a framework with four dimensions—“tradition”, “place”, “performance”, and “material”—was a useful epistemological lens to view the construct of authenticity. Participants from country restaurants placed more importance on tradition, while restaurateurs from both country and urban restaurants emphasized the importance of seasonal and regional ingredients and of fitting the restaurant within the cultural and geographical landscape. Managers of domestic restaurants in Switzerland see authenticity as a way of attracting and retaining customers, which can thereby contribute to the economic sustainability of restaurants, although the participants cautioned that customer expectations of sufficient choice can outweigh the added value of authenticity. Authenticity of the product offered by domestic restaurants can also contribute to the sustainability of place by enabling continuity of cultural heritage and traditions. These results provide a basis for future research that could guide restaurateurs’ decisions of how to include authenticity when developing and implementing their concepts for domestic restaurants. Full article
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