Funding has been approved for the VALUMICS project which addresses the topic H2020-SFS-33-2016: Understanding food value chain and network dynamics.
The consortium is an integrated team of scientists from all fields of food and agriculture science with industry partners and key stakeholders to work on solutions, which will improve the understanding of the European, and global food value chains, and system network dynamics.
The VALUMICS interdisciplinary research activities focused on policy and governance analysis, material and information flows, life cycle assessments, economic analysis, modelling approaches to optimize logistics, and process optimisation to mitigate risk and enhance resilience. Furthermore, simulation modelling of FVC agents´ decisions was developed with the aim to enable evaluation of the impact of future policy interventions on fairness in terms of fair value distribution and employment in the food value chains. Finally, foresight scenarios and transition pathways to a more sustainable food system were explored, and policy implications addressed. Particular attention is devoted to the analysis of the contribution of food systems in promoting fairness and fair value distribution in food value chains, employment opportunities and fostering economic growth within the EU, while exploring pathways towards transforming food systems and ensure more sustainable production and consumption which supports the emphasis in the current scientific and high-level policy literature and the EU Green Deal and Farm-to-Fork strategies
More info: www.valumics.eu
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/727243
Scientific publications in peer reviewed journals from ASCS
Olafsdottir, A.H., Gudbrandsdóttir, I.Y., Sverdrup, H.U., Bogason, S. G., Olafsdottir, G., Stefansson, G. (2018) System Analysis and System Dynamics Applied in Complex Research Projects – The Case of VALUMICS. Int. J. Food System Dynamics 9 (5), 2018, 409-418 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18461/ijfsd.v9i5.953
Saviolidis NM, Olafsdottir G, Nicolau M, Samoggia A, Huber E, Brimont L, Gorton M, von Berlepsch D, Sigurdardottir H, Del Prete M, Fedato C, Aubert P-M, Bogason SG. Stakeholder Perceptions of Policy Tools in Support of Sustainable Food Consumption in Europe: Policy Implications. Sustainability. 2020; 12(17):7161. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12177161
Gudbrandsdottir, I.Y.; Olafsdottir, G.; Oddsson, G.V.; Stefansson, H.; Bogason, S.G. Operationalization of Interorganizational Fairness in Food Systems: From a Social Construct to Quantitative Indicators. Agriculture 2021, 11, 36. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11010036
Gudbrandsdottir, I.Y.; Saviolidis, N.M.; Olafsdottir, G.; Oddsson, G.V.; Stefansson, H.; Bogason, S.G. Transition Pathways for the Farmed Salmon Value Chain: Industry Perspectives and Sustainability Implications. Sustainability 2021, 13, 12106. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132112106
Seán McGarraghy, Gudrun Olafsdottir, Rossen Kazakov, Élise Huber, William Loveluck, Ingunn Y. Gudbrandsdottir, Lukáš Čechura, Gianandrea Esposito, Antonella Samoggia, Pierre-Marie Aubert, David Barling, Ivan Đurić, Tinoush J. Jaghdani, Maitri Thakur, Nína M. Saviolidis and Sigurdur G. Bogason (2021) Conceptual system dynamics and agent-based modelling simulation of fairness in food value chains: research agenda and case studies. Agriculture 2022, 12(2), 280; DOI: 10.3390/agriculture12020280
Wenhao Chen, Sepideh Jafarzadeh, Maitri Thakur, Guðrún Ólafsdóttir, Shraddha Mehta, Sigurdur Bogason, Nicholas M. Holden (2021) Environmental impacts of animal-based food supply chains with market characteristics, Science of The Total Environment, 783, 147077 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147077
Reports and articles in trade journals
Gudbrandsdottir, I.Y. Olafsdottir, G. Bogason, S.G. (2019). Modelling food supply networks. Aquaculture Europe, Vol. 44(1), pp. 32-36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5569277 Available at: https://valumics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/AE-vol44-1-VALUMICS.pdf
Olafsdottir, G., S. Mehta, R. Richardsen, D. Cook, I.Y. Gudbrandsdottir, M. Thakur, A. Lane, S.G. Bogason (2019). Governance of the farmed salmon Value Chain from Norway to the EU. Aquaculture Europe Vol.44 (2), 5-19.doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5494436 Available at: https://valumics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Valumics-AES-vol44-2-sept2019.pdf
Wenhao Chen, Sepideh Jafarzadeh, Maitri Thakur, Guðrún Ólafsdóttir, Shraddha Mehta, Nicholas M. Holden (2021) Evaluating the environmental and social impacts of selected food supply chains of the VALUMICS project Aquaculture Europe Vol. 46(1) DOI https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5569334
Articles in conference proceedings
Gudbrandsdóttir, I.Y., Olafsdottir, A.H., Sverdrup, H.U., Bogason, S. G., Olafsdottir, G., Stefansson, G. (2018) Modeling of Integrated Supply-, Value- and Decision Chains within Food Systems. Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2018, p. 341-348, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18461/pfsd.2018.1827
Olafsdottir, A.H., Gudbrandsdóttir, I.Y., Sverdrup, H.U., Bogason, S. G., Olafsdottir, G., Stefansson, G. (2018) Applying System Analysis and System Dynamics Modelling In Complex Research Projects – The Case Of VALUMICS Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2018, p. 374-381 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18461/pfsd.2018.1830
Olafsdottir, G., Cook, D., Mehta, S., Gudbrandsdottir, I.Y., Thakur, M and Bogason, S.G. (2019) Governance and Perceived Power in the Salmon Value Chain. Extended abstract for oral presentation at Aquaculture Europe 2019, 7-10 Oct, Berlin, Germany, pp.1040-1041.
Gudbrandsdottir I. Y., Cook D., Olafsdottir G., Oddsson G., Bogason S., Stefansson H., McGarraghy S. (2019) Modelling fairness in FVCs: developing quantitative indicators. Presented at the EU Conference on Modelling for Policy Support 2019 in Brussel on November 26-27. Available in Book of Abstracts p.101-103, https://ec.europa.eu/knowledge4policy/event/eu-conference-modelling-policy-support-experiences-challenges-way-ahead-0_en
Olafsdottir, G., McGarraghy, S, Kasakov, R., Gubrandsdottir, I.Y., Aubert, P.M., Cechura, L., Samoggia, A., Esposito, G., Loveluck, W., Huber, E., Thakur, M., Mehta, S., Barling, D., Gresham, J., Duric, I., Jamali Jaghdani, T., Bogason, S.G. (2020) Assessment of fairness and market power in food value chains through simulation modelling. Organised session at EAAE 2020 On-line Webinar Nov 4th 2020 https://www.wecr.wur.nl/EAAEUploads/Presentations/Presentation1Webinar4.pdf
Jaghdani, T.J., Chechura, L., Ólafsdóttir, G. & Thakur, M. (2020, September). Market power in Norwegian Salmon Industry. In The 60th Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V. (Society for Economic and Social Sciences of Agriculture) (GEWISOLA), Halle, Germany DOI: 10.22004305590/ag.econ https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/305590
Maitri Thakur, Wenhao Chen, Shraddha Mehta, Nicholas M., Holden, Gudrun Olafsdottir (2019) Impact hotspot analysis of Norwegian farmed salmon value chain. Extended abstract for oral presentation at Aquaculture Europe 2019, 7-10 Oct, Berlin, Germany, pp.1495-1496.
McGarraghy, S., Kazakov, R., Gudbrandsdottir, I., Olafsdottir, G. (2019). Modelling agent behaviour in food systems. 30th European Conference on Operational Research EURO XXX, UCD, Dublin, Ireland, 22 Jun 2019