• Optimising contract design in modern food supply chains: The case of paprika sector in central Malawi 

  Repar, Lana A.; Onakuse, Stephen; Bogue, Joe; Afonso, Ana (Kassel University Press, 2017-04-21)

  Contract farming remains one of the most efficient tools for integrating small-scale farmers into modern food markets. However, the literature lacks evidence on best practices in designing contracts for food supply chains ...
• The role of meat in strategies to achieve a sustainable diet lower in greenhouse gas emissions: A review 

  Hyland, John J.; Henchion, Maeve; McCarthy, Mary; McCarthy, Sinéad N. (Elsevier, 2017-04-21)

  Food consumption is responsible for a considerable proportion of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE). Hence, individual food choices have the potential to substantially influence both public health and the environment. Meat ...
• Influences on the food choices and physical activity behaviours of overweight and obese pregnant women: A qualitative stud 

  O'Brien, Orna A.; Lindsay, Karen L.; McCarthy, Mary; McGloin, Aileen F.; Kennelly, Maria; Scully, Helena A.; McAuliffe, Fionnuala M. (Elsevier, 2017-02-07)

  Objective: to qualitatively explore influences identified by overweight/obese pregnant women on food choices and physical activity (PA) behaviours; to determine the impact of pregnancy on these factors; and to inform ...
• The impact of biofuels on food security. From global to local, using case studies from Mozambique and Tanzania 

  Thornhill, Stephen (University College Cork, 2016)

  This thesis finds that biofuel operations can, under the right conditions, help improve food security in rural areas of low-income countries where poverty and hunger is most rife. It also finds little evidence that biofuels ...
• The impact of a values-based supply chain (VBSC) on farm-level viability, sustainability and resilience: case study evidence 

  Hooks, Teresa; Macken-Walsh, Áine; McCarthy, Olive; Power, Carol (MDPI AG, 2017-02-14)

  The ‘Agriculture of the Middle’ (AotM) development paradigm emphasises that in order tosurvive, family farms must transition from a supply chain approach to a values-based supply chain (VBSC) approach, involving amendments ...

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