Circular food chain - from consumption to production
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| Coordinator | INDUSTRIELLT UTVECKLINGSCENTRUM SYD AKTIEBOLAG |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 999 080 |
| Project duration | December 2018 - February 2020 |
| Status | Completed |
| Venture | Circular and biobased economy |
| Call | Policy and behavioral issues for a biobased circular economy |
Important results from the project
The purpose was to increase knowledge among all actors in the food chain on how circular economics can reduce food waste. The goals were to get a holistic picture of the system and its complexity, and a picture of new potential collaborations for innovation. The result is increased knowledge among all actors in the system about how circularity can be achieved through increased collaboration and new business models. Development of IT-based ordering systems with data from the entire value chain and methods for calculating and informing about the food´s indirect climate impact is needed.
Expected long term effects
** Denna text är maskinöversatt ** Through our "Innovation Guild" and the final seminar, the project gathered around 150 people from the entire value chain. The players gained an understanding of the complexity of everyone in the chain working in their own tubes with lack of information to each other. This gave the effect that the actors demanded increased cooperation between them with the help of better IT systems and new platforms for new business models. The actors felt that an organization that could work with all actors in the value chain was needed.
Approach and implementation
The plan was to analyze food waste in the value chain from the consumer´s perspective, in parallel with the perspective of primary producer, food industry, wholesaler, trade and waste organizations. The analyzes provided different outcomes and formed the basis for the themes of the project´s systemic meetings. At these meetings, collaboration opportunities were discussed and how gaps could be bridged, thus we could quickly reach a large part of the ecosystem around food and got their analysis of how food waste can be reduced, which we could conclude in a proposal for initiatives.