A planetary boundaries perspective on the sustainability: resilience relationship in the Kenyan tea supply chain
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine whether agricultural supply chains (ASC) can be simultaneously sustainable and resilient to ecological disruptions, using the Planetary Boundaries theory. The nine different Planetary Boundaries i.e. climatic change, biodiversity loss, biogeochemical,...
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crspringernat:10.1007/s10479-021-04096-y 2023-05-15T17:51:27+02:00 A planetary boundaries perspective on the sustainability: resilience relationship in the Kenyan tea supply chain Mwangi, George Mutugu Despoudi, Stella Espindola, Oscar Rodriguez Spanaki, Konstantina Papadopoulos, Thanos 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04096-y https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10479-021-04096-y.pdf https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10479-021-04096-y/fulltext.html en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Annals of Operations Research ISSN 0254-5330 1572-9338 Management Science and Operations Research General Decision Sciences journal-article 2021 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04096-y 2022-01-04T09:46:07Z Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine whether agricultural supply chains (ASC) can be simultaneously sustainable and resilient to ecological disruptions, using the Planetary Boundaries theory. The nine different Planetary Boundaries i.e. climatic change, biodiversity loss, biogeochemical, ocean acidification, land use, freshwater availability, stratosphere ozone depletion, atmospheric aerosols and chemical pollution are examined in relation to ASC sustainability and resilience. Kenya’s tea upstream supply chain sustainability and resilience from the ecological point of view is questioned. This study adopts a multi-case study analysis approach of nine producer organisations from Kenya’s tea supply chain. The data from the in-depth semi-structured interviews and a focus group discussion are analysed using thematic analysis. The Kenyan tea supply chain producers are not aware of all the nine planetary boundaries, although these impact on their resilience practices. They are engaged in pursuing both sustainability and resilience practices. They implement mainly environmental practices in relation to sustainability, while only a few of them are implementing resilience practices. The sustainability and resilience concepts were found to be interrelated, but resilience does not improve at the same pace as sustainability. It is suggested that the relationship between sustainability and resilience is non-linear. Limitations and future research avenues are also provided. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification Springer Nature (via Crossref) Annals of Operations Research |
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Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine whether agricultural supply chains (ASC) can be simultaneously sustainable and resilient to ecological disruptions, using the Planetary Boundaries theory. The nine different Planetary Boundaries i.e. climatic change, biodiversity loss, biogeochemical, ocean acidification, land use, freshwater availability, stratosphere ozone depletion, atmospheric aerosols and chemical pollution are examined in relation to ASC sustainability and resilience. Kenya’s tea upstream supply chain sustainability and resilience from the ecological point of view is questioned. This study adopts a multi-case study analysis approach of nine producer organisations from Kenya’s tea supply chain. The data from the in-depth semi-structured interviews and a focus group discussion are analysed using thematic analysis. The Kenyan tea supply chain producers are not aware of all the nine planetary boundaries, although these impact on their resilience practices. They are engaged in pursuing both sustainability and resilience practices. They implement mainly environmental practices in relation to sustainability, while only a few of them are implementing resilience practices. The sustainability and resilience concepts were found to be interrelated, but resilience does not improve at the same pace as sustainability. It is suggested that the relationship between sustainability and resilience is non-linear. Limitations and future research avenues are also provided. |
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A planetary boundaries perspective on the sustainability: resilience relationship in the Kenyan tea supply chain |
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A planetary boundaries perspective on the sustainability: resilience relationship in the Kenyan tea supply chain |
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A planetary boundaries perspective on the sustainability: resilience relationship in the Kenyan tea supply chain |
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