Food fraud costs billions globally. But blockchain and machine learning offer hope for a more transparent and safer food system.
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Our study shows the UK must prepare for, and respond to, the risks associated with future food shortages.
Food supply chain discounts are causing issues for UK producers and processors.
Selling misshapen, bruised fruit and vegetables that are not a standard size requires a supply chain rethink, according to research.
The collapse of Australia’s of largest cold-chain refrigeration transport company will be an inconvenience. But it will only be a disaster if shoppers make it so.
As with so many staples and foods in the past two years – lettuce, milk and eggs to name a few – the problem is a temporary imbalance between supply and demand. Here’s what’s happening with potatoes.
Food supply chains had already taken a serious hit by panic-purchasing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The B.C. floods remind us how effective supply chain management planning can help avert crises.
Shortages of chicken at Nando’s are due to disruptions in supply, rather than demand.
Kenya needs to address spending inefficiencies to attain the goals outlined in the budget.
There are many hard lessons learned from the pandemic; one is that our food system needs a serious reboot. Luckily, we need only look to nature’s cycles for clues on how to fix it.
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has further destabilized global food chains supplies. Technological innovations like blockchain can help address these challenges.
South Africa’s food system is dominated by big firms, leaving small businesses to supply localised and under-served markets, and provide rural employment. It needs to be inclusive and diverse.
Continuing flour shortages in supermarkets highlight a fundamental food security problem in distribution systems.
After years of food scandals caused by supply chain issues, there are hopes in some quarters that coronavirus could be the key to widespread adoption of blockchains.
Food is essential to survival. It is also essential to identity. During times of national crisis like the coronavirus pandemic and in the historical landscape, food issues become prominent.
After the brief shock of food insecurity in the form of empty supermarket shelves, we might start thinking about having a Plan B and C based on local food sources and shorter supply chains.
The demands of social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic will make it increasingly difficult for migrant agricultural workers to meet their basic needs.
It’s not as easy as you might think to divert food intended for schools and restaurants and send it to grocery stores or even food banks.
Chartering flights during travel bans and national lockdowns is a dangerous reminder of how exploitative labour overrides political and public health responsibility.
Africa’s industries are not growing at the same pace as its cities, leaving the informal economy as the main source of income for many. COVID-19 lockdowns have cut this umbilical cord.
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Research Associate, Geography & Environmental Management, University of Waterloo
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Associate Dean - School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
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Lecturer in Fraud and Financial Crime Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Accounting, University of Portsmouth
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Fellow, Infrastructure Institute, School of Cities, University of Toronto
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Professor in Sustainable Production and Consumption, Anglia Ruskin University
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Director of the Arrell Food Institute and Professor in the Dept. of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph
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Senior Researcher, Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg
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Dean and Professor of Marketing at School for Business and Society, University of York
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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
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Research fellow, Coventry University
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Professor and Chair, Environmental Studies and Science, Pace University
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Professor of International Political Economy, University of York
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Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York
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Professor of Data Analytics, Bangor University
