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Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: The Role of Integrated Sustainability and Value Assessment Across the Supply-Chain

Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: The Role of Integrated Sustainability and Value Assessment Across the Supply-Chain

John E. Morrissey, Niall P. Dunphy
Copyright: © 2015 |Volume: 6 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 18
ISSN: 1947-8402|EISSN: 1947-8410|EISBN13: 9781466679115|DOI: 10.4018/IJSESD.2015070104
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Morrissey, John E., and Niall P. Dunphy. "Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: The Role of Integrated Sustainability and Value Assessment Across the Supply-Chain." IJSESD vol.6, no.3 2015: pp.41-58. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSESD.2015070104

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Morrissey, J. E. & Dunphy, N. P. (2015). Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: The Role of Integrated Sustainability and Value Assessment Across the Supply-Chain. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (IJSESD), 6(3), 41-58. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSESD.2015070104

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Morrissey, John E., and Niall P. Dunphy. "Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: The Role of Integrated Sustainability and Value Assessment Across the Supply-Chain," International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (IJSESD) 6, no.3: 41-58. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSESD.2015070104

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Abstract

The transition of food-production and consumption systems to a sustainable, low carbon future presents a dauntingly complex issue, involving technical, political, social and theoretical aspects. Such a transition necessitates an exploration of new ways of production and consumption, new technologies and innovations and new regulatory and institutional infrastructures to co-ordinate the change. Appropriate sustainability assessment has the following advantages: the conceptualisation of complex system functioning; the identification of the need for multi-dimensional, strategic approaches; the development of appropriate policy responses; and the targeting and framing of action (assessment) for sustainability. The paper presents a number of key findings and directions for further research in the context of agri-food systems sustainability.

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