Investigating the impact of short food supply chain on emigration: A study of Valencia community in Spain

Falguieres, Maelle; Kumar, Vikas; Lim, Ming K.; Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo; Kumari, Archana; Lim, Ming K; Rocha-Lona, Luis

Abstract

© 2015, IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Hosting by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Recent financial crisis had severe impact on many economies around the globe. In Spain, it has resulted in increasing job loss, increasing short food supply chain businesses and rise in emigration. This research investigates how direct trades between producers and consumers (short supply chain) affect decisions of those who have decided to emigrate abroad. This paper also questions whether short supply chains can be part of the solution to restrict emigration by creating employment opportunities in depressed economies such as autonomous community of Valencia in Spain. This research adopts quantitative approach and a survey strategy. The research concludes that short food supply chain (SFSC) businesses could be one of the potential solutions to address some of the issues raised by the globalization, such as the unemployment and environmental damage. In addition, data findings also show that launching an SFSC business could be a way to avoid issues associated with emigration.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: INCOM 2015
• Start Date: May 11, 2015
• End Date: May 13, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Aug 31, 2015
• Publication Date: May 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: May 19, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 10, 2016
• Journal: IFAC-PapersOnLine
• Print ISSN: 2405-8963
• Electronic ISSN: 2405-8963
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 48
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 2226-2232
• Book Title: IFAC-PapersOnLine
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.06.419
• Keywords: short food supply chain, emigration, Valencia, quantitative method, globalization
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/834521
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.06.419
• Related Public URLs: http://www.incom2015.org/publication.html
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : Information Control Problems in Manufacturing Conference
• Contract Date: Feb 10, 2016