Transparency for Sustainability in the Food Chain. Challenges and Research Needs EFFo: ST Critical Reviews #2

Front Cover......Page 1
Transparency for Sustainability in the Food Chain......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Contributors......Page 8
Acknowledgment......Page 10
Executive Summary......Page 12
Chain Integrity: Challenge 3......Page 13
Communication: Challenge 7......Page 14
Coordination and Cooperation Initiatives: Challenge 9......Page 15
1 Introduction......Page 16
2 Problem Scenario and Vision......Page 20
3 Stakeholders for Transparency......Page 24
3.1 The Role of Government and Public Policies......Page 26
3.2 Consumers and Society......Page 29
3.3 Agriculture as Stakeholder in the Chain......Page 30
3.4 The Food Processing Industry......Page 32
3.5 The Role of Retail......Page 33
4 Challenges and Experiences......Page 36
4.1.1 Scope and State of the Art......Page 37
4.1.2 Goal 1: Addressing Transparency Issues Related to Emerging Food Safety Risks......Page 41
4.1.2.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 42
4.1.3.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 43
4.1.4.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 44
4.1.5.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 45
4.2.1 Scope and State of the Art......Page 46
4.2.2.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 48
4.2.3.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 50
4.2.4.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 52
4.2.5.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 53
4.3.1 Scope and State of the Art......Page 54
4.3.2 Goal 1: Valid Indicators for Estimating the Integrity Performance Within an Operational and Sound Traceability Refere.........Page 58
4.3.2.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 59
4.3.3 Goal 2: Cost-Effective Systems for Data Collection and Sharing that Take Advantage of Existing Data Collected Through.........Page 60
4.3.4 Goal 3: Robust Concepts for Guaranteeing the Integrity Performance of Different Food Chains......Page 61
4.3.4.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 62
4.4.1 Scope and State of the Art......Page 63
4.4.2 Goal 1: A More Sustainable Food Chain that Utilizes Transparency in Signaling its Sustainability Criteria from Busine.........Page 66
4.4.3 Goal 2: Providing Signals of the Environmental, Social, and Ethical Aspects of Food that Are Understood by Consumers .........Page 67
4.4.3.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 68
4.4.4 Goal 3: Establishing Consumer Trust (the Role of the Media) and Managing the Transition to Greater Transparency......Page 69
4.4.5 Goal 4: The Development and Utilization of Technologies to Facilitate the Flows of Information and Transmission of Si.........Page 70
4.4.5.1 Major Research Challenge......Page 71
4.5.1 Scope and State of the Art......Page 72
4.5.2 Goal 1: Making different Subdomain Level Data Encodings Interoperate......Page 74
4.5.3 Goal 2: Feasible Identification of Holdings, Production Sites and Units and Sound Definition of Traceability Referenc.........Page 76
4.5.4 Goal 3: Supporting Balancing of Demands for Confidentiality Versus Demands of Open Information......Page 77
4.5.4.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 78
4.5.5 Goal 4: Sector-Wide Economic and Technical Feasibility of a Baseline Information Infrastructure......Page 79
4.5.5.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 80
5.1.1 Scope and State of the Art......Page 82
5.1.2 Goal 1: Developing Optimal Transparency Systems......Page 83
5.1.2.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 84
5.1.3.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 86
5.1.4.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 87
5.1.5 Goal 4: Identifying Best Practice Transparency Systems as Reference Systems for Future Scenarios......Page 88
5.1.5.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 89
6.1.1 Scope and State of the Art......Page 90
6.1.2.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 91
6.1.3.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 92
6.1.4.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 93
6.2.1 Scope and State of the Art......Page 94
6.2.2.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 95
6.2.3.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 96
6.3.1 Scope and State of the Art......Page 97
6.3.2 Goal 1: Identifying Suitable Organizational Infrastructures for Coordination Support Toward Increasing Transparency i.........Page 98
6.3.3.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 99
6.3.4.1 Major Research Challenges......Page 100
7 Concluding Remarks......Page 102
Reference List (Reports to the European Commission)......Page 104
Glossary of Selected Transparency Indicators......Page 106