The impact of a values-based supply chain (VBSC) on farm-level viability, sustainability and resilience: case study evidence
dc.contributor.author | Hooks, Teresa | |
dc.contributor.author | Macken-Walsh, Áine | |
dc.contributor.author | McCarthy, Olive | |
dc.contributor.author | Power, Carol | |
dc.contributor.funder | Teagasc | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-10T09:34:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-10T09:34:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-02-14 | |
dc.date.updated | 2017-03-09T13:23:58Z | |
dc.description.abstract | The ‘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.sponsorship | Teagasc (Walsh Fellowship) | en |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.description.version | Published Version | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.articleid | 267 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Hooks, 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/su9020267 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/su9020267 | |
dc.identifier.endpage | 19 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2071-1050 | |
dc.identifier.issued | 2 | en |
dc.identifier.journaltitle | Sustainability | en |
dc.identifier.startpage | 1 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/3764 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 9 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | MDPI AG | en |
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.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Co-operative | en |
dc.subject | Values-based supply chain | en |
dc.subject | VBSC | en |
dc.subject | Resilience | en |
dc.subject | Viability | en |
dc.subject | Sustainability | en |
dc.subject | Family farm | en |
dc.subject | Beef | en |
dc.title | The impact of a values-based supply chain (VBSC) on farm-level viability, sustainability and resilience: case study evidence | en |
dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |