Food Supply Chain and Food Security

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Topic B: The Food Supply Chain and Food Security Food Supply Chain Management Food Security In a nutshell From Farm to Fork Food Traceability  To describe food supply chain (FSC), food supply chain management (FSCM) and Food Security (FS)  Compare and contrast traditional and modern, local and global food supply chain Lesson Objectives  To understand the drivers in modern Food Supply Chain Management  To perform traceability studies  Analyse food security and ethical issues affecting supply chain and food safety  Food – edible material  Supply – provide, furnish thing needed Definition  Chain – series of links, sequence, connected series  System – complex whole, organised body of things  Management – administration, control What is Food Supply Chain?  A food supply chain or food system refers to the processes that describe how food from a farm ends up on our tables. The processes include production, processing, distribution, consumption and disposal Video 1  Describe how a food product end up in a supermarket? What is Supply Chain Management? “Supply Chain Management is a set of approaches utilized to efficiently integrate suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses, and stores, so that merchandise is produced and distributed at the right quantities, to the right locations, and at the right time, in order to minimise system wide costs while satisfying service level requirements”. Video 2 What is Food Security?  The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations defines food security as a condition when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life (FAO, 1996)  Is there any concerns? Video 3 Consumer Retailer Traditional vs. Modern Food
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