Document Type
Article
Source Publication Title
Operations and Supply Chain Management (SCM)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31387/oscm060034
Abstract
This paper seeks to design food supply chain structures that can provide food security for every person in the world while supporting long-term environmental sustainability. In particular, we provide alternatives to the current food supply chain structure and analyze their potential for providing food security, in terms of productive capacity and long-term environmental sustainability. Given the current world population and expected continued growth, our analysis suggests that environmentally-sustainable food supply chains would be most effectively supported by local and organic agriculture, while maintaining a parallel industrial agricultural system. This hybrid system would adopt environmentally-sustainable principles whenever possible, seeking to increase reliance on renewable inputs, reduce toxic outputs and maintain biodiversity.
Disciplines
Engineering | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Krejci, Caroline C. and Beamon, Benita M., "Environmentally-Conscious Supply Chain Design in Support of Food Security" (2010). Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering Faculty Publications. 3.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/industrialmanusys_facpubs/3