Food Poverty and Food Waste management
Governmental and Business Grass Roots Strategies in food Waste Supply Chain
Management
The 2nd Responsible Management Education Research Conference: Inclusive Business
Dr. Guénola Nonet and Dr. Ryan Atkins
Nova Southeastern University, United States of America
The American University of Cairo – Cairo, Egypt. September 7-8 2015
Food Poverty and Food Waste management
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United Nations First Sustainable Development Goal:
Eradication of Extreme Poverty (UNDP, 2015) French National Assembly
New Legislation: Supermarkets are not allowed
to waste food anymore (Chrisafis, 2015)
Records of wasted food in developed countries – Particularly in North America (USA)
Food Insecurity: 2013 Survey USA Department of Agriculture: Around 6.8 million households with low food security
(Coleman-Jensen, Gregory, Singh, 2014, p.5)
Dramatic Issues Linked to Malnutrition
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“Food Insecurity is a prevalent risk to the growth, health, cognitive, and behavioral potential of America’s poor and near-
poor children. […] invisible epidemic of a serious condition” (Cook & Frank, 2008, p.11)
In 2013: 14.3% of American households were
food insecure5.6% with very low
food security
Figure 1 Trends in the prevalence of food insecurity and very low food security in U.S. households, 1995-2013 (source: Coleman-Jensen et Al., 2014, p.12).Prevalence rates for 1996 and 1997 were adjusted for the estimated effects of differences in data collection screening protocols used in those years.
The Challenges of Supply Chain Efficiency and Food Waste
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4 billion metric tons food generated worldwide annually30-40% (1.2-2 billion tons) of food is wasted(Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 2013)
3 principal emerging groups across the world:
• Fully developed, post-industrial societies (EU, North A.)
• Late-Stage developing Nations, industrializing rapidly (e.g:
China, Brazil)
• Newly Developing Countries (African Continent)
Fruits & Vegetables Rejected for their physical appearance by retailers:
e.g: up to 30% of the UK’s vegetable crop is never harvested as a result. Globally
retailers generate 1.6 million ton of food waste /year in this way (IMECHE, 2013)
The Challenges of Supply Chain Efficiency and Food Waste
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“Americans throw out more food than plastic, paper, metal and glass” (Ferdman, 2014, online)
60 million of food waste was generated in the US in 2010From 25-40% of US food grown will never be consumed
Food Poverty and Food Waste management
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Few or no empirical study in Management & Supply Chain Management
Research questions:How could food supply chain innovate to decrease food poverty?
• What is the situation in developed countries (with a focus on
Europe and USA countries) on food waste management?
• What are the current innovations created along the food supply
chain to decrease food waste management and contribute to
lower food poverty?
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Literature Review: Food waste, Food Poverty and food Supply Chain Management
Short Case Stories written from:
News ArticlesLiterature Review
Interviews
Research about current innovations/ initiatives in Europe and USA to decrease food poverty and by improving food supply chain
management
Food Poverty and Food Waste management
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The Real junk Food Project, Manchester
The Solidarity Fridge, Spain
New legislation for supermarkets to work
with NGOs, France
The Food Waste Reduction Alliance
(FWRA), USA
Food Poverty and Food Waste management
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Food Supply Chain Management in late stage developing nations and newly developing countries:
Food waste management at earlier stages of supply chain management (production, transportation and storage)
Other types of innovations to decrease food waste & food poverty
Impact of government’s legislation on food supply chain management
Food Poverty and Food Waste management
Food Poverty and Food Waste management
Governmental and Business Grass Roots Strategies in food Waste Supply Chain
Management
The 2nd Responsible Management Education Research Conference: Inclusive Business
Dr. Guénola Nonet and Dr. Ryan Atkins
Nova Southeastern University, United States of America
The American University of Cairo – Cairo, Egypt. September 7-8 2015
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