Nicolas Rigo

Management of Water Pollutants Based on Multi-Criteria Analysis and Fuzzy Logics

This work has been developed in the frame of the MANPORIVERS research project funded by the European Commission. The goal is to identify effective and sustainable policies for the management of surface and ground water pollutants, taking account of their relationships with food production and human health. A methodology based on the combination of fuzzy logics and multicriteria analysis is proposed as a decision aid tool for the development of such policies. An example of application in the Huai river basin is given.

Short Supply Chains as a Viable Alternative for the Distribution of Food in Urban Areas? Investigation of the Performance of Several Distribution Schemes

In recent years, alternative forms of consumption in conventional food systems have emerged across the world. Specifically, the concept of short food supply chains advocates consumption of local products and distribution with maximum one (or ideally none) intermediary between the producer and the consumer. The objective of these consumption patterns is to reduce the externalities caused by conventional consumption modes, bring closer consumers and producers, and allow small-scale farmers to diversify their production, capturing greater value added, and ensuring more stable incomes. A large variety of typology of short supply chains can be distinguished, ranging from direct sales and distribution by producers to Internet sales through e-commerce operators.

Logistics Collaboration Solutions To Improve Short Food Supply Chain Solution Performance

In recent years, new forms of consumption alternative to conventional food systems have emerged across the world. These consumption patterns advocate consumption of local products, quality and the distribution with maximum one intermediary between the producer and the consumer or ideally nil. The objective of these consumption patterns, which is distributed through short food supply chain, is to reduce the externalities caused by conventional consumption modes. Many authors have shown, through analysis of case studies that the consumption of local products is not reducing automatically the negative externalities. The short food supply chain still faces many challenges in order to constitute a real alternative to the globalized food model. Among these challenges, the logistics is currently the main bottleneck for the development of this sector. The logistics become even more complex when it occurs in urban areas. The objective of this paper is to understand the specificities and the constraints of the short food supply chain in order to design suitable logistic solutions to improve short food supply chain performance.