This chapter discusses supply chain management responses used by companies in the food supply chain during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. The chapter first discusses the relevant literature on supply chain resilience. The chapter subsequently reviews supply chain responses in relation to different supply …

The Dutch food and agricultural market has been focusing on producing efficiently and effectively with the aim of cost minimization and profit maximizing. In addition to positive developments (higher efficiency and more effective production), this market system has created negative impact for nature, …

Making food packaging more sustainable is a complex process. Research has shown that specific knowledge is needed to support packaging developers to holistically improve the sustainability of packaging. Within this study we aim to provide insights in the various tradeoffs designers face with the aim …

Supply chain quality management may reduce product defects and ensure quality (Song et al., 2017). Quality management practices in food supply chains can be useful in assuring consumers that the quality claimed is true (Theuvsen et al., 2007). The findings of this study may be useful to actors in a short …

Purpose Food waste is one of the most challenging issues humanity is currently facing. Therefore, there has been a growing interest in the prevention of food waste because of world hunger, environmental impacts, resource scarcity and economic costs. The purpose of the study is to investigate the factors …

In the BBI-JU project LIBBIO, institutions across Europe researched the development of the ideal Andean Lupin variant. Successful breeding programmes resulted in the variant COTOPAXI, which received European Breeder’s Rights within five years. Learn more about how this was achieved in this video.

In het BBI-JU-project LIBBIO hebben instellingen in heel Europa onderzoek gedaan naar de ontwikkeling van de ideale variant van de Andes-lupin. Succesvolle kweekprogramma's resulteerden in de variant COTOPAXI, die binnen vijf jaar Europees kwekersrecht kreeg. Lees meer over hoe dit is bereikt in deze …

Plant Breeders Rights were granted to Vandinter Semo BV on 29th December 2020 for the Andean Lupin variety COTOPAXI. COTOPAXI is result of cooperation between Vandinter Semo, Hanze University of Applied Sciences and the H2020 BBI-JU European research project LIBBIO. Andean Lupin (Lupinus mutabilis) has …

When a company decided to enter the foreign market, the company has different options for entry mode. Generally, there are four most common foreign market entry modes, these are exporting, contractual agreement, strategic alliances, and foreign direct investment. This paper focuses on the import/export …

Agri-food is een grote en sterk groeiende categorie goederenvervoer in Nederland en zorgt naar verwachting voor relatief veel CO2-uitstoot in goederenvervoer. Ruim 30% van al het tonnage vervoerde goederen in Nederlands is agri-food gerelateerd. De beladingsgraad in gewicht van agri-food grootvervoer …