Sustainability Performance Analysis for Food Supply Chain Processing Sector

Authors
MUHAMMAD AZHAR ASHFAQ 1
Zaheer Ahmad 2
1 University of Engineering and Technology
2 University of Engineering & Technology
10.22034/FSCT.21.155.68
Abstract


Increasing food demands, environmental aspects, and massive increase in population have an impact on the sustainability of a supply chain, especially in the food processing sector. In food supply chain there are many parameters from production to consumption like resources, packaging and waste management, etc. that need to be considered for sustainability. The aim of this study is to determine the parameters affecting the sustainability of food supply chain and to measure the sustainability performance of the parameters along the supply chain. It involves the development of sustainability assessment model based on United Nations sustainable development goals to assess the sustainability practices and performance in industries. It helps in improvement in all levels in the food industry. This can certainly help local food processing industry of Pakistan to optimize their production processes, shrink wastes and increase the productivity. The developed sustainability assessment model comprises of three categories namely production, processing and consumption. To facilitate the above-mentioned categories, the assessment model consists of thirteen factors on which sustainability in industries is assessed. These are: (i) Resource Utilization (ii) Safety of Products (iii) Technology and innovation (IV) Waste Management (v) Reliability (vi) Customer Satisfaction (vii) Packaging and traceability (viii) Food safety and food security (ix) Food affordability and availability (x) Leadership and communication (xi) Educate and training (xii) Health and Safety (xiii) Socio-cultural well-being. The sustainable food supply chain performance evaluation for the food processing sector in Pakistan indicates that it has an overall performance of 65.5. The gap identified is that many industries are weak in terms of certain factors leadership and communication, educate and training, food affordability and availability, resource utilization and waste management.

Keywords: Sustainable Food Production, Sustainable Food Supply Chains, Sustainability Assessment, Sustainability Maturity level, Analytical Hierarchy Process , Over all Sector Performance.
Keywords
Sustainable Food Production
Sustainable Food Supply Chains
Sustainability Assessment
Sustainability Maturity level
Analytical hierarchy process
Over all Sector Performance

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