Short food supply chains (SFSCs) are increasingly garnering attention in food systems
research, owing to their rising popularity among consumers, producers and policy-makers in …

Purpose This review aims to comprehensively analyze the Short Food Supply Chain (SFSC)
model, which connects local food producers directly with consumers. By exploring …

In the world, a large amount of food is lost or becomes waste along the agri-food supply
chain. Circular Economy models in the agri-food systems can reduce the amount of food …

Purpose This study aims to advance current knowledge on resilient and sustainable short
food supply chains, by identifying sustainability practices and resilience capabilities and …

Despite the various studies on food governance structured around alternative food systems
(AFS), analysis of the essential characteristics of it which facilitate the sustainability of the …

Supply chain quality management practices are necessary to improve processes, meet
consumer quality needs, and enhance supply chain quality management performance in …

In the food sector, new configurations of supply chains, as opposed to global conventional
ones, are drawing the attention of researchers and institutions all over the world. These are …

Short food supply chains (SFSCs) are one of the most direct approaches to more directly
connecting consumers with producers. The scaling-up of SFSCs is often challenged by …

Periurban farming systems are characterized by the need to adapt the farming practices
coping with a modified natural and social environment. Questions are thus posed on the …

Alternative food systems have occupied a steady niche in the food systems transformation
discourse as one of the transformative pathways capable of addressing many of the United …