Traceability of Fruits and Vegetables Supply Chain towards Efficient Management: A Case Study from Sri Lanka

Y. Samarasinghe, B. S. Kumara, A. Kulatunga
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The necessity for food traceability has been increased over the years with the expansion of food supply chains globally over these years due to stringent of food safety regulations. Enhancing the access to quality food safely is one of the essential requirements of food supply chain traceability. Conversely, significant percentages of postharvest losses available especially in developing countries due to poor supply chain and logistics practices thereby threatening food security. Unless there is a possibility to trace the Supply chain, it is difficult to take remedial actions. When it comes to Sri Lanka, currently it is harder to have the traceability in most of the foods supply chains commonly on most of the elementary supply chains such as fruits and vegetables. This has led to postharvest losses since it is harder to identify when and where damages occur, who are accountable, harvested and transient times, supply demand mismatch too. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the feasibility of tracing of fruit and vegetable supply chain in Sri Lanka and contribute theoretically to facilitate authorities and decision makers for future traceability improvement. Availability of secondary information on fruits and vegetables traceability was examined referring to government agencies. Basic structure of supply chain was identified based on secondary data and a case study was conducted based on supply chains linked to Thambuththegama and Keppetipola Dedicated Economic Centers to gather primary data. To quantify the feasibility of tracing, a feasibility index was developed. Developed index was used to assess the feasibility towards improved traceability of selected chains where it can be applied for other food and non-food supply chains as well. The feasibility index can be used for other fruits and vegetables supply chains too to assess the feasibility prior to implementation of a traceability system. Furthermore, it can be used for non-food supply chains with some modifications. Analysis revealed that poor feasibility of wholesalers compared to farmers and retailers. Product identification technologies, awareness and willingness for traceability improvement were ranged low to fair for all the entity categories. Hence, enhancement of record-keeping and information sharing, adopting product identification and quality measurement technologies, and strengthening of legislation were identified as key improvements for enhanced fruits and vegetable traceability and efficient postharvest management of studied supply chains
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水果和蔬菜供应链的可追溯性迈向高效管理:斯里兰卡的案例研究
多年来,由于食品安全法规的严格,食品可追溯性的必要性随着全球食品供应链的扩大而增加。提高对优质食品的安全获取是食品供应链可追溯性的基本要求之一。相反,特别是在发展中国家,由于供应链和物流实践不佳,收获后损失可能占很大比例,从而威胁到粮食安全。除非有可能追踪供应链,否则很难采取补救措施。就斯里兰卡而言,目前在大多数食品供应链中都很难实现可追溯性,尤其是在水果和蔬菜等大多数初级供应链中。这导致了收获后的损失,因为很难确定损害发生的时间和地点,谁负责,收获和短暂时间,供需不匹配。因此,本文旨在研究斯里兰卡果蔬供应链追溯的可行性,并在理论上为当局和决策者未来的可追溯性改进做出贡献。参考政府机构审查了水果和蔬菜可追溯性的二级信息的可用性。基于二手数据确定了供应链的基本结构,并基于与Thambuththegama和Keppetipola专用经济中心相关的供应链进行了案例研究,以收集第一手数据。为了量化跟踪的可行性,开发了可行性指标。开发的指数被用来评估改善选定链的可追溯性的可行性,它也可以应用于其他食品和非食品供应链。可行性指数也可以用于其他水果和蔬菜供应链,在实施可追溯系统之前评估可行性。此外,经过一些修改,它可以用于非食品供应链。分析显示,与农民和零售商相比,批发商的可行性较差。产品识别技术、对可追溯性改进的认识和意愿对所有实体类别来说都是低到公平的。因此,加强记录保存和信息共享、采用产品识别和质量测量技术以及加强立法被认为是提高果蔬可追溯性和高效采后供应链管理的关键改进措施
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