Supply Chain Design in the Agricultural Sector to Reduce Poverty

Type Conference Paper - The Fourth International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications, SKIMA 2010
Title Supply Chain Design in the Agricultural Sector to Reduce Poverty
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Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2010
URL http://km.camt.cmu.ac.th/p1/2 Research Progress Academic Requirements/2010 Bhutan/Supply Chain​Design in the Agricultural Sector to Reduce Poverty.pdf
Abstract
Most of the poor people in the world are farmers whose livelihoods are based mainly upon agriculture; therefore, agriculture can provide an effective means for reducing poverty and accelerating economic growth. As poverty is the main cause of hunger, an increase in self-reliance with regard to food in the households of farmers in remote areas with scarce resources is as important as increasing income. In order to resolve the problems associated with this situation; however; access needs to be gained to the entire value chain system for goods. As revealed from a previous survey, an alternative to agricultural practices called ‘the New Theory Agricultural’ process, can help farmers to gain a sufficient income, and become more self-sufficient in food. This paper aims to present a qualitative research method used for analyzing supply chains and identifying effective supply chain redesign strategies. By applying this process, the main goal is to propose a supply chain management strategy for agriculture that can solve the problems arising from external uncertainties and constraints. The process consists of three stages: self reliance - sufficient food for consumption within the household, a small-scale farm’s ability to generate sufficient income from a surplus supply and minimizing the total costs of the supply chain.

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