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This chapter focuses on a discussion of the drivers, enablers and barriers of circular agricultural supply chains. In terms of the drivers, different factors are examined which are: human activities, public health, knowledge, economic drivers, government support and regulations, customer awareness, leadership, and business status. Certain enablers were identified as being cultural, regulatory, internal, financial, and sectoral enablers, while barriers as being cultural, market, regulatory, technical, financial, technological, and sectorial.
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Despoudi, S., Sivarajah, U., Dora, M. (2021). Drivers, Enablers and Barriers of Circular Agricultural Supply Chains. In: From Linear to Circular Food Supply Chains. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72673-7_5
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