The role of logistics management in food supply chains

摘要: Food supply chains are essential for human survival. However, the path from ‘farm to fork’ is a challenge to society due to the distance between markets and producers, traditional production processes, acquisition costs, household income, and so on. Globalisation intends to reduce these issues through the specialisation of production areas, use of machinery and chemical compounds, low-labour cost, and efficient logistics network. But this means more transportation, gas emissions, and high dependence on foreign countries. The objective of this chapter is to discuss the impact of logistics management in food supply chains using two case studies: Soybean and Beef production. To do so, we collected the volume of production in 2019 from the Food and Agriculture Organisation from the United Nations, and the volume of exports by origin state, port, and country destination from the Brazilian Ministry of Economy …