Planetary Boundaries Perspective on the Sustainability: Resilience Relationship in the Kenyan Tea Supply Chain
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 ac...
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ftkentuniv:oai:kar.kent.ac.uk:90006 2023-05-15T17:51:24+02:00 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 2021-05-18 application/pdf application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document https://kar.kent.ac.uk/90006/ https://kar.kent.ac.uk/90006/3/Mwangi2021_Article_APlanetaryBoundariesPerspectiv.pdf https://kar.kent.ac.uk/90006/1/Revised%20paper_FINAL%20%281%29.docx https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04096-y en eng Springer https://kar.kent.ac.uk/90006/3/Mwangi2021_Article_APlanetaryBoundariesPerspectiv.pdf https://kar.kent.ac.uk/90006/1/Revised%20paper_FINAL%20%281%29.docx Mwangi, George Mutugu, Despoudi, Stella, Espindola, Oscar Rodriguez, Spanaki, Konstantina, Papadopoulos, Thanos (2021) Planetary Boundaries Perspective on the Sustainability: Resilience Relationship in the Kenyan Tea Supply Chain. Annals of Operations Research, . ISSN 0254-5330. E-ISSN 1572-9338. (doi:10.1007/s10479-021-04096-y <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04096-y>) (KAR id:90006 </90006>) cc_by Article PeerReviewed 2021 ftkentuniv https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04096-y 2023-03-12T19:19:40Z 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 University of Kent: KAR - Kent Academic Repository Annals of Operations Research |
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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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Planetary Boundaries Perspective on the Sustainability: Resilience Relationship in the Kenyan Tea Supply Chain |
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Planetary Boundaries Perspective on the Sustainability: Resilience Relationship in the Kenyan Tea Supply Chain |
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Planetary Boundaries Perspective on the Sustainability: Resilience Relationship in the Kenyan Tea Supply Chain |
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Planetary Boundaries Perspective on the Sustainability: Resilience Relationship in the Kenyan Tea Supply Chain |
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Planetary Boundaries Perspective on the Sustainability: Resilience Relationship in the Kenyan Tea Supply Chain |
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https://kar.kent.ac.uk/90006/ https://kar.kent.ac.uk/90006/3/Mwangi2021_Article_APlanetaryBoundariesPerspectiv.pdf https://kar.kent.ac.uk/90006/1/Revised%20paper_FINAL%20%281%29.docx https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04096-y |
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