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Agricultural Supply Chain and Food Security

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Zero Hunger

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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A supply chain consists of participants that produce and deliver products (including goods and services) from its earliest suppliers to its ultimate customers. In between the points of initial suppliers and final customers, there can exist several participants, including manufacturer, distributor, retailer, and others who are involved in production, delivery, and other activities related to production and delivery. In a simple way to describe, a supply chain shows the flow of products from its earliest process of production and follows through with its delivery to final customers. The product flow is accompanied with the flows of funds and information related to the products. Funds flow from customers to product producers through participants in between, with each participant along the flow receives a share of the funds. Information flows in any direction, from customers to suppliers, or vice versa, depending on the information contents. The main use of information in...

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  1. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mataram, Mataram, Indonesia

    Taslim Sjah

  2. Faculty of Food Technology and Agro Industry, University of Mataram, Mataram, Indonesia

    Zainuri Zainuri

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  1. European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, The University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökçin Özuyar

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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Sjah, T., Zainuri, Z. (2020). Agricultural Supply Chain and Food Security. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Zero Hunger. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95675-6_82

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