FEATURES OF FVC - Nexus between Water-Energy-Food Fragmentation of Value Chain Low level of entrepreneurship (farmers = businessmen, need of education) Low social value Horizontally Vertically Other actors (i.e. banks, research institutions, innovators …) WHICH SOLUTIONS? INTEGRATED APPROACH: Economic dimension Environmental dimension Social dimension INNOVATION: Technological Organizational Social SUSTAINABLE FOOD VALUE CHAIN
Why we should go towards a Sustainable FVC? It is FAIR (farmers livelihood, natural resources, food security) It is CONVENIENT (economical convenience, customers like it) Rules to be respected It is encouraged by SMART FOOD VALUE CHAIN LEADERS, due to economic convenience, because bigger companies give greater attention to SDGs (from Purpose to action) How to deal with that? Enhance collaboration and communication among farms and firms Change mind-set Provide education and extension services Introduce Innovation brokers Implement Supply chain contracts Adopt Innovation in Business model
How best practices involving SMART FOOD VALUE CHAIN can improve and help deal with: Innovation Migration Happiness Partnership Local growth