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2021/22 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

FOEV5104M Sustainable Food Supply Chains and Trade

15 creditsClass Size: 50

Module manager: Eleonora Morganti
Email: m.e.morganti@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2021/22

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

This module will investigate sustainability challenges that result from sourcing strategies and supply chain activities. It will integrate approaches and perspectives from business management, transport and logistics, law and trade, social and environmental sustainability to critically evaluate the tensions and tradeoffs between the different food supply chain stages and stakeholders. The module will consider solutions to sustainability challenges, with a focus on linking food production and consumption in order to achieve sustainability outcomes.

Objectives

This module aims to:
-take a whole supply chain approach and examine sustainability challenges relevant across the food supply chain
-critically investigate the tensions and tradeoffs between the different food supply chain stages and stakeholders
-focus on distributing food from production to consumption in order to achieve sustainability outcomes e.g. how sourcing decisions made by processors, manufacturers and retailers impact on other parts of the supply chain and potential solutions

Learning outcomes
By the end of the module students will be able to (Module Learning Outcomes):
MLO1: Apply supply chain concepts, frameworks and analytical tools to enhance sustainability in the food system
MLO2: Analyse and critically evaluate the environmental, social and economic impacts of sourcing food through different kinds of food supply chains and their underlying causes
MLO3: Develop interventions that address the sustainability challenges food supply chains face


Syllabus

Indicative content of this module will include topics such as:
1. Where does food come from? Patterns of food supply and different kinds of supply chain (long, short, global local)
2. Sustainability challenges across the Food Supply Chain (FSC): environmental (e.g. embedded carbon) and social impacts (e.g. labour issues)
3. First mile, global food hubs, networks and logistics
4. Last mile, urban transport and planning issues
5. Supply chain management and supply chain analysis: frameworks and approaches from different disciplines, including the role of different actors/ stakeholders in the chain
6. Sustainable supply chain management and tools
7. Traceability, food safety, food waste across the FSC
8. Governance of the supply chain through law and regulation and through certification and standards
9. Resilient, vulnerable FSCs, shocks and risk

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Independent Learning51.005.00
Fieldwork17.007.00
Lecture52.0010.00
Practical22.004.00
Seminar52.0010.00
Private study hours114.00
Total Contact hours36.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)150.00

Private study

Reading and critically reviewing relevant material such as academic journals, books, grey literature (policy, technical and business reports, working papers, government documents, white papers etc.)
Group working and peer learning

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
Essay2,000 words critical essay70.00
Oral Presentation20 minutes group presentation followed by 10mins Q&A, on the solution proposed to the challenge give in the ‘problem based learning’ case study30.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)100.00

The resit arrangements will be decided by the assessment board

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 08/09/2021 15:28:31

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