Cutting food waste through cooperation along the food supply chain

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1429-1445

  Göbel, Christine ^a   Langen, Nina ^b   Blumenthal, Antonia ^a   Teitscheid, Petra ^a,c   Ritter, Guido ^a  

^a MÜNSTER UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Avoiding food waste across the food chain; Qualitative expert interviews; Understanding food waste

Indexed keywords

FOOD CHAIN; FOOD SUPPLY; NATURAL RESOURCE; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84923233570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7021429     Document Type: Article

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