The impact of a values-based supply chain (VBSC) on farm-level viability, sustainability and resilience: case study evidence

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dc.contributor.authorHooks, Teresa
dc.contributor.authorMacken-Walsh, Áine
dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Olive
dc.contributor.authorPower, Carol
dc.contributor.funderTeagascen
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-10T09:34:56Z
dc.date.available2017-03-10T09:34:56Z
dc.date.issued2017-02-14
dc.date.updated2017-03-09T13:23:58Z
dc.description.abstractThe ‘Agriculture of the Middle’ (AotM) development paradigm emphasises that in order to survive, family farms must transition from a supply chain approach to a values-based supply chain (VBSC) approach, involving amendments to both product type and actor dynamics within the chain. This paper presents a qualitative case study of a beef co-operative integrated to a VBSC. We use an analytical framework of viability, sustainability and resilience to analyse impacts at farm-level. Our analysis highlights a number of positive effects on farm-level viability, sustainability and resilience. These benefits stemmed largely from improvements to market orientation, price stability, and members’ capacities in responding to problems. However, the autonomy of the co-operative was challenged by VBSC chain members, which impacted negatively on the stability of the co-operative.en
dc.description.sponsorshipTeagasc (Walsh Fellowship)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.articleid267
dc.identifier.citationHooks, T., Macken-Walsh, Á., McCarthy, O. and Power, C. (2017) ‘'The impact of a values-based supply chain (VBSC) on farm-level viability, sustainability and resilience: case study evidence', Sustainability, 9(2), 267 (19pp). doi:10.3390/su9020267en
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su9020267
dc.identifier.endpage19en
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.issued2en
dc.identifier.journaltitleSustainabilityen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3764
dc.identifier.volume9en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPI AGen
dc.rights© 2017, the Authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectCo-operativeen
dc.subjectValues-based supply chainen
dc.subjectVBSCen
dc.subjectResilienceen
dc.subjectViabilityen
dc.subjectSustainabilityen
dc.subjectFamily farmen
dc.subjectBeefen
dc.titleThe impact of a values-based supply chain (VBSC) on farm-level viability, sustainability and resilience: case study evidenceen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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