‘Strategic sustainable development: The role of intermediaries in managing the sustainability compliance of a multi‐tier crop agri‐food supply chain. A developing economy perspective’
Khan, M., Behrendt, K., Papadas, D. and Arnold, L. (2024) ‘Strategic sustainable development: The role of intermediaries in managing the sustainability compliance of a multi‐tier crop agri‐food supply chain. A developing economy perspective’. Sustainable Development. ISSN 0968-0802
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Abstract
This qualitative case study investigation highlights deeply entrenched sustainability challenges within a multi-tier supply chain of a developing country's crop agri-food sector. Focusing on the rice supply chain, the study reveals how Agri Processing Company Limited (APCL), operating as a first-tier intermediary, effectively launched and managed different levels of intermediaries through ‘multi-actor’ and ‘multi-level’ management approaches to extend sustainability upstream in the rice supply chain, especially in the lower-tiers previously considered ‘commodities with no value’. Social networking and progressive farmers played the inclusive roles of change agents in bringing all the stakeholders of a traditional and fragmented supply chain into a coordinated platform. The bottom-up strategic management approach of APCL gained the trust of local stakeholders and buying firms, resulting in a sustainable business strategy. Increased collaboration at different levels of farming communities led to a transformed methodology for sustainable development through intermediaries. The transformed business structure and mediated governance of ‘multi actors’ supply chains revamped socio-ecological outcomes for the lower-tiers and improved local living conditions through economic fairness and equal opportunities. This transformation contributed to significant advances in Pakistan's rice industry towards sustainable development.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Agri Processing Company Limited, intermediaries, lower‐tier suppliers, progressive farmers, social networking, sustainable development. |
| Divisions: | Food, Land and Agribusiness Management |
| Depositing User: | Miss Anna Cope |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2024 14:38 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2024 14:38 |
| URI: | https://hau.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/18120 |
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