Advances in supply chain analysys in agri-food systems

This book reflects the research programs carried at the Wageningen University and The University of São Paulo in cooperation with organization scientists from other important knowledge centers. Our research objectives are the same. To focus on the relevant questions and challenges that are faced by the globan food-fiber-energy chains and networks.
The University of Wageningen and The University of São Paulo organize traditional conferences on Chain and Networks in The Netherlands and in Brazil. This book reflects the research initiatives of both Universities and introduces the relevant topics that are part of the contemporaneous debate in food-fiber and energy chains and networks. The book is organized in six parts, reflectig recent topics that are part of our research programs.
The first part discusses trust and culture, and presents two papers focused on the role of trust to explain the observed cooperation arrangements in food production and marketing systems. The contributions are authored by Danny Claro, Peter Zuurbier and Decio Zylbersztajn. Part 2 discusses collaboration and vertical coordinatin in food chains and in research and contains contributions from Jos Bijman and Peter Zuurbier. Part 3 introduces the topic of food quality and safety, very relevant in modern global food systems with contributions from Wijnard van Plaggenhoef, Jack Trienekens, Onno Omta, M. Meuwissen,
Miranda Mouritz, Maria de Graaf, Ruud Huirne, Eduardo Spers and Decio Zylbersztajn. The topics of sustainability and governance are presented in part 4 with contributions from Pinheiro Machado, Harry Bremmers, Samuel Gioordano, Mike Cook and Molly Burress. Part 5 is dedicated to new approaches in chain theory and method based on contributions of Paul van Beek and Marcos Fava Neves, and finally part 6 presents papers on innovation and entrepreneurship with contributions from Frances Fortuin, Onno Omta, Sylvia Macchione Saes, Fabio Mizumoto, Gert Jan Hofstede and Jan Omvlee.