From surplus-to-waste: A study of systemic overproduction, surplus and food waste in horticultural supply chains
|
Accepted Version
(PDF 652kB)
72345901. Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 2.5. |
Description
Until recently, food waste prevention intervention has largely offered ‘end of pipe solutions’ that focus on causes of food waste at specific points in supply chains and on dealing with the physical waste material itself. Recent research has taken a different approach by emphasizing the systemic nature of the food waste problem and the need for its in-depth exploration. This paper offers a systems-based understanding of food waste, which allows for an account of the interconnected processes that underpin waste creation along the whole supply chain. Through a qualitative inquiry on practices and processes of surplus and waste creation in the Australian horticulture industry, the research findings precisely delineate ‘surplus-to-waste lock-ins’. That is, the institutional, cultural, and material factors that enable the creation of food waste through the related categories of over-production and surplus formation. The article's identification and analysis of surplus-to-waste lock-ins is grounded in a socio-technical transitions perspective and extends transition studies to agrifood systems and horticultural food waste. This research positions systemic food waste theoretically as a symptom of ‘system-lock-in’, which may thwart efforts to prevent food waste, and thus bridges micro and macro levels of analysis. These findings translate into three key recommendations for industry, policy and research: that approaches addressing systemic processes of waste creation are essential to unlocking food waste prevention, that food waste prevention should target the identified system processes contributing to food chain lock-ins, and that transparent monitoring and disclosure of food surplus is a prerequisite for systemic food waste prevention across the whole supply chain.
Impact and interest:
Citation counts are sourced monthly from Scopus and Web of Science® citation databases.
These databases contain citations from different subsets of available publications and different time periods and thus the citation count from each is usually different. Some works are not in either database and no count is displayed. Scopus includes citations from articles published in 1996 onwards, and Web of Science® generally from 1980 onwards.
Citations counts from the Google Scholar™ indexing service can be viewed at the linked Google Scholar™ search.
Full-text downloads:
Full-text downloads displays the total number of times this work’s files (e.g., a PDF) have been downloaded from QUT ePrints as well as the number of downloads in the previous 365 days. The count includes downloads for all files if a work has more than one.
ID Code: | 206187 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Item Type: | Contribution to Journal (Journal Article) | ||||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||||
ORCID iD: |
|
||||||
Additional Information: | Funding Information: This research was supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship and funding made available via the Australian Government Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre (Grant FA016 ). The authors wish to express their gratitude to the anonymous reviewers for their very insightful comments and suggestions that have helped to improve the paper. 2020 SAGE HDR Student Publication Prize Winner (Faculty of Business) | ||||||
Measurements or Duration: | 11 pages | ||||||
Keywords: | Food surplus, Food systems, Horticultural supply chains, Overproduction, Socio-technical transitions, Systemic food waste | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123952 | ||||||
ISSN: | 0959-6526 | ||||||
Pure ID: | 72345901 | ||||||
Divisions: | Current > Research Centres > Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy Current > Research Centres > Centre for a Waste Free World Current > Research Centres > Centre for Justice Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Business & Law Current > Schools > School of Management Current > Schools > School of Law Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Science Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice |
||||||
Funding Information: | This research was supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship and funding made available via the Australian Government Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre (Grant FA016 ). The authors wish to express their gratitude to the anonymous reviewers for their very insightful comments and suggestions that have helped to improve the paper. | ||||||
Copyright Owner: | 2020 Elsevier Ltd | ||||||
Copyright Statement: | This work is covered by copyright. Unless the document is being made available under a Creative Commons Licence, you must assume that re-use is limited to personal use and that permission from the copyright owner must be obtained for all other uses. If the document is available under a Creative Commons License (or other specified license) then refer to the Licence for details of permitted re-use. It is a condition of access that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. If you believe that this work infringes copyright please provide details by email to qut.copyright@qut.edu.au | ||||||
Deposited On: | 11 Nov 2020 23:59 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 27 Jul 2024 21:30 |
Export: EndNote | Dublin Core | BibTeX
Repository Staff Only: item control page