دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی چالش های ایجاد زنجیره تامین خرده فروشی زراعتی - الزویر 2018

Abstract

There is growing pressure on businesses and governments to pay more attention to the environmental and resource consequences of the ever-increasing production, distribution and consumption of agro-based products. Major issues in the sustainable development agenda include how to ensure the involvement of producers, particularly small farmers and in these demanding sourcing networks as also the institutional initiatives that help them to meet the stringent food safety and quality regulations. Corporates, especially in retailing could play a critical role in creating sustainable agri-food chains.

Praveen Dwivedi: Agri-Retail supply chain: Challenging the clichés

As a late entrant to the agriculture industry, I have looked at it from the perspective of how things can be changed, and I would like to challenge many of the clichés about this industry. When we look at the agri-retail supply chain, we get caught up with the word “supply”. In this supply chain, we must focus on the consumer rather than the producer. We tend to forget the consumer and his demands. If it was a freewheeling economy, the produce would be priced at the price at which it is supposed to be sold. The demand and supply of the equation, which determines the economic reality of any business, shows that there is relevance of why a particular commodity is being sold at a particular price at a particular point in time. If the produce is non seasonal and there is a demand for it, then it will obviously fetch the price demanded because the demand is much greater than the supply. This happens across all commodities, including foreign exchange. However, to echo a former agriculture minister, we want to play the global game in a very restrictive manner. The government’s concern about prices is exhibited in knee jerk reactions. That is why global practices, global market development, has not advanced in the agriculture industry.