Agri-food supply chain management : breakthroughs in research and practice / Information Resources Management Association, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Information Resources Management Association.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural industries.

Food industry and trade.

Business logistics.

Physical Description:

PDFs (527 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Hershey, Pennsylvania : Information Science Reference, 2017.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"This book is a compendium of emerging perspectives on the development of an effective agricultural value chain and the optimization of supply chain management within the agriculture and food sectors, highlighting theoretical frameworks, real-world applications, and future outlooks"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Global warming as a socioscientific controversy / Craig O. Stewart, Claire Rhodes

Water resources management: case study / Sabyasachi Nayak

Green School Frameworks / Anisa Baldwin Metzger

Developing a framework for next generation integrated agro food-advisory systems in developing countries / Alcardo Alex Barakabitze [and 3 others]

Regional development disparities in Romanian agriculture and rural development: a multi-criteria approach / Gabriel Popescu, Simona Bara

Transcritical carbon dioxide refrigeration as an alternative to subcritical plants: an experimental study / Adriana Greco, Ciro Aprea, Angelo Maiorino

Retrofitting of R404a commercial refrigeration systems with R410a and R407f HFCs refrigerants / Mauro Gamberi [and 3 others]

Basin-scale, real-time salinity management using telemetered sensor networks and model-based salt assimilative capacity forecasts / Nigel W.T. Quinn, Roberta Tassey, Jun Wang

Organic agriculture as a tool to make economy green / Mykhailo Guz, Ivan Ivolga

Nanotechnology applications for sustainable crop production / Gaurav Mishra [and 3 others]

Analyzing farmers' learning process in sustainable development: the case of organic paddy farmers in North Sumatra, Indonesia / Diana Chalil

Cultivating global entrepreneurs in the food supply chain / Ye-Sho Chen, Ismail Hakki Polat

The evolution of effective leadership practices in Botswana Horticulture Council / Cheneso Bolden Montsho, Dama Mosweunyane

Organic farming: growth and issues / Aditya Vikram Agrawal [and 5 others]

Can toxicity for different species be correlated?: the concept and emerging applications of interspecies quantitative structure-toxicity relationship (i-QSTR) modeling / Supratik Kar [and 3 others]

Management of drought and floods in the Dobrogea Region / Lucica Rosu, Lavinia Istratie Macarov

An agent based hydro informatics approach for the engagement of farmers in irrigation water management in Saudi Arabia / Tagelsir Mohamed Gasmelseid

Towards sustainable agri-food systems: the role of integrated sustainability and value assessment across the supply-chain / John E. Morrissey, Niall P. Dunphy

Trends in the evolution of Romania's agricultural resources in the context of sustainable development / Cornel Lazar, Mirela Lazar

Current and future trends of refrigerants development / M. V. Duarte [and 3 others].

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781522516309

OCLC:

960848495