Towards Sustainable Supply Chain Management in Agricultural Sector

In recent years several contributions have been provided concerning sustainable supply chain management (SSCM), ranging from theoretical analysis of the topic to practical applications across several industrial sectors. The scope of SSCM has been extended towards various industries and supply chain, not only domestic supply chain but also global supply chain. Transnational companies play important roles in global supply chain: they create business opportunities and entrepreneurial activities along the supply chain but they also arise several issues. Environmental damage, food safety concern, social and sustainability issues have and still a major topic for both domestic and global supply chain management. Many of these issues are driven by external factor such as standards and regulations, as well as customer and market demand. Even if SSCM has been a rather discussed topic in the last few years, few contributions are available for sustainable supply chain management in the agricultural sector. This paper is aimed at providing an extensive literature review on the practice of supply chain management and sustainability in agriculture sectors, in order to identify the extent of the discipline in this field and to highlight area that need further research.