Investigating Co-Innovation strategies to prevent food loss in the fruits and vegetables sector

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.142984
• Publication Date: 2024-06-25T07:08:45Z
• Authors: Marco Nasso; Emanuele Blasi; Flavio Pezzoli; Clara Cicatiello
• Keywords: Food sector

The transition towards sustainable food systems implies the exploration of drivers and challenges for adoption innovative solutions by operators on value chains. development approaches is critical to improve collaboration different stakeholders sustainability topics. Q-methodology combines qualitative quantitative analysis navigate subjective stakeholder perspectives, aiming find shared strategies enhance collaborative complex This study employs investigate stakeholders' viewpoints reducing losses in Italian fruit vegetable sector, focusing upstream phases supply chain. aim explore perspectives producers, experts, institutional representatives innovations prevention management practices. integration technological innovation described as a key factor, but process hampered structural chain burdens. results enforced technologies operators, reporting that can efficiency, quality management, during production distribution operations. Innovative mitigate risk are driven resource-efficiency network should imply positive environmental social performances. application allows deeper understanding emerging loss reduction strategies. findings reported significance collaboration, integration, practices across research contributes effective, stakeholder-supported informs policymakers sector about losses.