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    • Additional Titles:
      Evaluación de la sostenibilidad en las cadenas de suministro alimentarios. Propuesta de un indicador sintético
    • Publisher Information:
      2023
    • Abstract:
      Producers' sustainability is tightly related to distribution channels. A comprehensive analysis is needed for identifying the perceived sustainability impacts in a more holistic way that channels provide to small producers. This paper proposes a synthetic sustainability indicator based on the FAO’s sustainability assessment of food and agricultural systems (SAFA) applied to 8 distribution channels from 6 different supply chains in three countries. The weights of 20 economic, environmental, social, and governance indicators on 8 distribution channels were assessed using expert and stakeholders’ opinions using Delphi method and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Results showed the economic pillar as the most important for a holistic assessment of sustainability The direct Sales channel was the most sustainable alternative in all case studies, highlighting the importance of the short food supply chain as most sustainable distribution alternative.
      Postprint (published version)
    • Subject Terms:
      Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroalimentària::Indústries agroalimentàries; Food supply; Sustainable Supply Chain; Distribution Channels; AHP; SAFA.; Aliments--Abastament; Conference lecture
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      Open access content. Open access content
      Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
      Open Access
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      application/pdf
      application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation
      English
    • Other Numbers:
      HGF oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/408567
      Guadarrama Fuentes, O.V. [et al.]. Sustainability assessment of the food supply chains. A synthetic index proposal. A: Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists. "EAAE 2023: XVII Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists: Rennes, France: August 29-September 1, 2023". 2023,
      1452496600
    • Contributing Source:
      UNIV POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA
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    • Accession Number:
      edsoai.on1452496600
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