Evaluating the Sustainability Dimensions in the Food Supply Chain: Literature Review and Research Routes

Nowadays, the world is facing numerous sustainability challenges and the modern food system is called to innovate processes or products in order to remain competitive within the market, as well as answering to strategic government guidelines for a more sustainable food supply chain. This study aims...

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Autores principales:	Maria Elena Latino, Marta Menegoli, Martina De Giovanni
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	sustainability food supply chain economic sustainability social sustainability environmental sustainability systematic review Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9cebe52ac91b4a9dbf4b5ab83f9f13892021-11-11T19:32:33ZEvaluating the Sustainability Dimensions in the Food Supply Chain: Literature Review and Research Routes10.3390/su1321118162071-1050https://doaj.org/article/9cebe52ac91b4a9dbf4b5ab83f9f13892021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/11816https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050Nowadays, the world is facing numerous sustainability challenges and the modern food system is called to innovate processes or products in order to remain competitive within the market, as well as answering to strategic government guidelines for a more sustainable food supply chain. This study aims to investigate what the main research routes of a sustainable food supply chain are, explored by the international scientific panorama, with a view for providing companies with a framework of the sustainability paths that can be followed, and, to researchers, gaps and future research routes to explore. A systematic review method is adopted through bibliometric analysis and results were obtained with VOSViewer software support. Descriptive and thematic analyses allowed us to discover the bibliometric characteristics of the sample, the main specific topics and the related research routes already addressed in sustainable food supply chain, the main food supply chain models studied in association with sustainability and the effort employed by academia to investigate the three sustainability dimensions: environmental, economic and social. Concluding, the research field of sustainability in the food supply chain is focused on management issues able to generate impacts on process, systems, practices, production and quality.Maria Elena LatinoMarta MenegoliMartina De GiovanniMDPI AGarticlesustainabilityfood supply chaineconomic sustainabilitysocial sustainabilityenvironmental sustainabilitysystematic reviewEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 11816, p 11816 (2021)
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topic	sustainability food supply chain economic sustainability social sustainability environmental sustainability systematic review Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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description	Nowadays, the world is facing numerous sustainability challenges and the modern food system is called to innovate processes or products in order to remain competitive within the market, as well as answering to strategic government guidelines for a more sustainable food supply chain. This study aims to investigate what the main research routes of a sustainable food supply chain are, explored by the international scientific panorama, with a view for providing companies with a framework of the sustainability paths that can be followed, and, to researchers, gaps and future research routes to explore. A systematic review method is adopted through bibliometric analysis and results were obtained with VOSViewer software support. Descriptive and thematic analyses allowed us to discover the bibliometric characteristics of the sample, the main specific topics and the related research routes already addressed in sustainable food supply chain, the main food supply chain models studied in association with sustainability and the effort employed by academia to investigate the three sustainability dimensions: environmental, economic and social. Concluding, the research field of sustainability in the food supply chain is focused on management issues able to generate impacts on process, systems, practices, production and quality.
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title	Evaluating the Sustainability Dimensions in the Food Supply Chain: Literature Review and Research Routes
title_short	Evaluating the Sustainability Dimensions in the Food Supply Chain: Literature Review and Research Routes
title_full	Evaluating the Sustainability Dimensions in the Food Supply Chain: Literature Review and Research Routes
title_fullStr	Evaluating the Sustainability Dimensions in the Food Supply Chain: Literature Review and Research Routes
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Evaluating the Sustainability Dimensions in the Food Supply Chain: Literature Review and Research Routes

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