Market power and food loss at the producer-retailer interface of fruit and vegetable supply chains in Germany.

ABSTRACT: Food loss and waste are associated with an unnecessary consumption of natural resources and avoidable greenhouse gas emissions. The United Nations have thus set the reduction of food loss and waste on the political agenda by means of the Sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3. The German Federal Government committed itself to this goal by implementing the National Strategy for Food Waste Reduction in 2019. However, this policy approach relies heavily on voluntary action by involved actors and neglects the possible role of power imbalances along the food supply chain. While current research on food loss and waste in industrialised countries predominantly focuses on the consumer level, this study puts emphasis on the under-researched early stages of the food supply chain from the field to

SUBMITTER: Herzberg R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8760580 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature