challenges and opportunities of circular economy ain agri-food sector (rethinking waste)

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
Editors and Contributors
Circular Economy in the Agri-Food Sector: An Introduction
1 Introduction
2 Opportunities and Challenges
2.1 Green Product Designing
2.2 The Digitalization of Agri-Food Supply Chains
2.3 Innovative Business Models
2.4 Reverse Logistics
3 System Transition: A Way Forward
4 Conclusion
References
Mapping Facets of Circularity: Going Beyond Reduce, Reuse, Recycle in Agri-Food Supply Chains
1 Introduction
2 Circularity and R Principles
3 Circularity and R Principles Applied to Biological Flows (Food and Organic Material) in Agri-Food Supply Chains
4 Circularity and R Principles Applied to Technical Flows (Packaging) Present in Agri-Food Supply Chains
5 Application of R Principles
5.1 Case 1: Application of R Principles in the Food Cold Chain—Examples of a Preventing and Reducing Food Waste
5.2 Case 2: Application of R Principles in Agriculture—Examples of Recovering Wastewater and Run-Off
5.3 Case 3: Application of R-principles in Cross-Industry Exchanges—Examples of Repurposing Organic Waste as an Energy Source to Raw Materials for Novel Biopolymers
5.4 Case 4: Application of R Principles to Food Packaging—Examples of Reducing and Recovering Packaging Waste
6 Conclusions, Limitations, and Directions for Future Research
References
A Conceptual Framework for Food Loss and Waste in Agri-Food Supply Chains: Circular Economy Perspective
1 Introduction
2 Food Loss and Waste in AFSC
3 Circular Applications for SDGs in AFSC
4 Case Focus: Turkey
5 Discussion
6 Conclusion
References
Circular Economy in Agri-Food Sector: Food Waste Management Perspective
1 Introduction
2 The Origin/Emergence of Circular Economy (CE)
3 Sustainability, Triple Bottom Line (TBL) and CE
4 Food Waste Management Hierarchies and Circular Economy
5 Aligning the Food Waste Hierarchy with Circular Strategies
6 Challenges and Opportunities
7 Conclusion
References
Sustainable Food Value Chains and Circular Economy
1 Introduction
2 The Sustainable Food Supply Chain
3 The Primary Sustainability Issues with Food Loss and Waste
4 Barriers to Sustainable Supply Chain Processes
5 Circular Economy and Sustainable Food Supply Chain
6 Food Waste Hierarchy
7 Parameters of Sustainability in the Context of Circular Economics
8 Managerial Implications
9 Conclusion
References
Rethinking the Physical Losses Definition in Agri-Food Chains from Eco-Efficiency to Circular Economy
1 Introduction
2 Physical Losses Review Literature and Sources
2.1 Bibliometric Search of Definitions
2.2 Public, Private and Mixed Organisations Involved
3 Definition Perspectives
3.1 Food Waste Perspective
3.2 Eco-Efficiency and Cleaner Production Perspective
3.3 Lean Thinking Perspective
3.4 Circular Economy Perspective
3.5 Accounting System Perspective
3.6 Integrating Perspectives
4 Decision-Making at Top Management Level
5 Agri-Food Chain Losses Definition Proposal
6 Conclusions
7 Future Research Directions
References
Can CE Reduce Food Wastage? A Proposed Framework
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review
2.1 Food Waste and India
3 Theoretical Framework and Hypothesis Development
3.1 BRT and Consumer Behavior
3.2 Attitude and Food Wastage
3.3 Moderating Variables
4 Results and Analysis
5 Implications and Discussion
6 Conclusion and Future Scope
References
Modeling the Causes of Post-harvest Loss in the Agri-Food Supply Chain to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals: An ISM Approach
1 Introduction
1.1 Research Objectives
2 Literature Review
3 Research Methodology
4 Results and Discussion
4.1 Interpretive Structural Modeling
4.2 MICMAC Analysis
5 Implications
6 Conclusions
References
From the Vine to the Bottle: How Circular is the Wine Sector? A Glance Over Waste
1 Introduction
1.1 Context
1.2 Food Chain: Global Context
1.3 Waste in the Food Chain
1.4 Circular Supply Chain Management
2 Methods and Results
2.1 The Wine Sector
2.2 Circular Economy in the Wine Sector
3 Conclusions
References
Carbon Footprint of Raw Milk and Other Dairy Products
1 Introduction
1.1 Impact of Dairy on Climate
1.2 Demand Pattern for Dairy Products
2 Methodology for Carbon Footprint Calculation
3 Carbon Footprint of Dairy Products
3.1 Milk
3.2 Other Dairy Products
4 Mitigation Measures
References
Valorization of By-Products from Food Processing Through Sustainable Green Approaches
1 Introduction
2 Global Production, Losses and Decay of Horticultural Produce
3 Application of Horticultural Wastes in Circular Economy
4 Valorization of Horticultural Wastes
5 Extraction Methods of Bioactive Compounds
5.1 Conventional Extraction Methods
5.2 Extraction of Dietary Fiber from Horticultural Wastes
5.3 Extraction of Important Bioactive Compounds from Horticultural Wastes
5.4 Bioconversion of Horticultural Wastes in Enzymes, Flavor, and Organic Acids
6 Conclusion
References
Applying Circular Economy Principles to Agriculture: Selected Case Studies from the Indian Context
1 Introduction
2 Background
2.1 Problem in Modern Agricultural Practices
2.2 Circularity in Agriculture
2.3 Circular Farming Practices
3 Methodology
4 Cases
4.1 Case 1: Kan Singh Nirvana, Sikar, Rajasthan
4.2 Case 2: Sudhanshu, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
4.3 Case 3: Rahul, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
4.4 Case 4: Balbir, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan
4.5 Case 5: Akash Chaurasia, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
4.6 Case 6: Om Prakash, Sikar, Rajasthan
4.7 Case 7: Vaishali, Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh
4.8 Swati, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
5 Discussion
5.1 Antecedents
5.2 Consequences
6 Conclusion, Implications, Limitations and Future Directions
6.1 Implications
6.2 Limitations and Future Research Directions
References
Transition Toward a Circular Economy Through Surplus Food Management
1 Introduction
2 Case Studies
2.1 Grow: Johnson County
2.2 Feed Iowa First
2.3 Food Rescue US
2.4 Second Harvest Heartland
3 Discussion
3.1 Decentralized Food Supply Systems
3.2 ICT Solutions to Manage Decentralized Supply Systems
4 Conclusion
References