Water Footprint Management Policies for Agrifood Supply Chains: A Critical Taxonomy and a System Dynamics Modelling Approach

• DOI: 10.3303/cet1543020
• Publication Date: 2015-05-01
• Authors: Eirini Aivazidou; Naoum Tsolakis; Dimitrios Vlachos; Eleftherios Iakovou
• Keywords: Scarcity

Copyright © 2015, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l. During the last decade, as overexploitation and scarcity of global natural water resources have led to a plethora negative environmental, social economic impacts, preservation freshwater has emerged major challenge for governmental authorities, businesses consumers. To that effect, concept footprint (WF) been introduced at national, corporate product level. Since national WFs are obtained mainly from agricultural production food manufacturing or processing operations, WF assessment management considered be utmost importance agrifood industry. In this context, several companies map their supply chain networks part responsibility programmes. manuscript, we first review scientific literature real-world sustainability reports then provide critical taxonomy policies mitigate each echelon an (AFSC). Following that, firsteffort System Dynamics (SD) model effectively captures dynamics along entire chains products is developed. The simulation results reveal need responsible across AFSCs in order reduce total further create green image. with proposed SD modelling approach anticipated value-added managerial insights respect policy-making interventions towards sustainable development sector.