Restoring Food System Resilience in a Turbulent World: Supply Chain Actors' Shared Responsibility.

Restoring Food System Resilience in a Turbulent World: Supply Chain Actors' Shared Responsibility.

Gülbanu Kaptan, Romain Crastes dit Sourd and colleagues have a new article that has been published in the Business Strategy and the Environment Journal: Restoring Food System Resilience in a Turbulent World: Supply Chain Actors' Shared Responsibility

Summary text:
The research highlights power dynamics within the fresh produce supply chain and clarifies governance responsibilities for transforming food systems sustainably. The findings suggest the urgent need for policy interventions to navigate pricing conflicts and advocate for hybrid governance models that promote shared responsibility among stakeholders.

Abstract:
Ecological and economic crises increasingly affect the long-term resilience of the food supply chain. This qualitative study draws on semi structured interviews and public evidence to analyse the perspectives of British supply chain actors. Asking which pathways towards food system resilience arise and which forms of social and environmental governance they require, the aim is to elucidate power relations in the fresh produce supply chain and clarify governance requirements and responsibilities to transform food systems towards resilience and sustainability. The stakeholders addressed responsibilities for a sustainable and resilient food system, including effective policies and appropriate pricing, to ensure both high social and environmental standards in the supply chain and widespread affordability of healthy and sustainable foods. Findings emphasise the importance of policy to resolve conflicts of interest over low or high prices and the adoption of hybrid governance and shared responsibility, while also accounting for actors' different spheres of influence.

For the full article please see the link. Restoring Food System Resilience in a Turbulent World: Supply Chain Actors' Shared Responsibility - Hirth - Business Strategy and the Environment - Wiley Online Library