Objective
The proposed research will bring together researchers from a number of disciplines to address a global challenge in achieving sustainability and resilience of agri-food supply chains. The research targets solutions to the challenge related to a food security strategy debate on global sourcing and self-sufficiency. With increasing concerns about climate change and environmental impact and associated risks, further complexity has been brought into this argument on the supply and sourcing strategy issues and a number of key questions need to be answered urgently. From the business perspective, whether promoting the practice of local agri-food systems indicates efficient and sustainable resource use? From the geographical supply market perspective, whether diversified sourcing and international trade have promoted sustainable and resilient agri-food supply? These arguments should not merely lead to options of the geographical focus of agri-food production and sourcing strategies. Instead, the solutions require in-depth understanding of interactions and trade-offs amongst different locally characterised options and should lead to place based ecologically harmonious local agri-food systems demonstrating the sustainability value and contributing global agri-food supply chains. For this purpose, this project aims to identify place based policy and solution framework to support local ecological system and sustain agri-food production, meet bioenergy needs and reduce waste, while best interface food and non-food input and output to global markets. Effective approaches will be developed to leverage the benefits in the context of Multi-level (geographical scale), Multi-dimension performance measurement (sustainable and resilient agri-food supply) of agri-food supply chains (MMAFS). The multidisciplinary group ranging from economics, management, science and engineering have been set up to form a strong platform for research and knowledge exchange to carry out this research.
Field of science
- /engineering and technology/other engineering and technologies/food and beverages/food safety
- /social sciences/economics and business/business and management/commerce
Call for proposal
H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017
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Funding Scheme
MSCA-RISE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE)Coordinator
L69 7ZX Liverpool
United Kingdom
Participants (5)
L3 5UX Liverpool
6708 PB Wageningen
6411 Molde
HU6 7RX Hull
LS1 4DL Leeds
Partners (8)
70000 Ho Chi Minh City
Participation ended
10200 Bangkok
310027 Hangzhou
116026 Dalian
An Giang
Participation ended
10120 Bangkok
10330 Bangkok
Phu Yen
