Etymologically, word ‘loss’ means to be deprived, temporarily or permanently, of use of faculty or an advantage. Therefore, when businesses and entrepreneurs suffer large amount of losses, they can be attributed to a non-effective and non-efficient way of handling assets. Consequently, high levels of bad management can be the cause for food losses (FL) across the agri-food supply chain. Food waste (FW) depends on consumers’ behavior in organizing food basket. FWL negatively affects the environment and global economy. The purpose of this paper is to propose a holistic 4Es (Ethical_Equity_Ecological_Economic) approach aimed at better managing and treating FLW along the agri-food chain’s firms from upstream to downstream stages by addressing entrepreneurs and consumers’ approach. Design: The work focuses on the definition and designing of three possible tools: (a) the implementation of a FL_Break-even point model; (b) the HACCP procedures including a scheme for FL critical points; and (c) a Consumer’s Tax FW declaration Model. Beginning with these tools, the work tries to define a holistic model by involving all the actors performing as a part of a strictly interlinked system.
Food Loss and Waste: the new buzzwords. Exploring an evocative holistic 4Es model for firms and consumers
Fiore M.
Methodology
2021-01-01
Abstract
Etymologically, word ‘loss’ means to be deprived, temporarily or permanently, of use of faculty or an advantage. Therefore, when businesses and entrepreneurs suffer large amount of losses, they can be attributed to a non-effective and non-efficient way of handling assets. Consequently, high levels of bad management can be the cause for food losses (FL) across the agri-food supply chain. Food waste (FW) depends on consumers’ behavior in organizing food basket. FWL negatively affects the environment and global economy. The purpose of this paper is to propose a holistic 4Es (Ethical_Equity_Ecological_Economic) approach aimed at better managing and treating FLW along the agri-food chain’s firms from upstream to downstream stages by addressing entrepreneurs and consumers’ approach. Design: The work focuses on the definition and designing of three possible tools: (a) the implementation of a FL_Break-even point model; (b) the HACCP procedures including a scheme for FL critical points; and (c) a Consumer’s Tax FW declaration Model. Beginning with these tools, the work tries to define a holistic model by involving all the actors performing as a part of a strictly interlinked system.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
