Researches on agri-food supply chain coordination have been gaining public attention due to their critical relevance to food availability, security, and safety. Still, the research focus is considerably in its early stage of development. This study was aimed at reviewing a holistic understanding on agri-food supply chain, particularly on issues related to coordination. This review was conducted by analyzing selected articles from peer-reviewed journals and proceedings. The articles are classified based on three important categories for researches on agri-food supply chain coordination, i.e., interdependencies, coordination mechanism, and methodology. Based on an analysis on the current state of research, a future research on agri-food supply chain coordination should be encouraged. Besides, the spectrum of coordination mechanism taken to deal with different levels of interdependencies and quality requirements is presented. The spectrum is useful for any member in an agriculture supply chain who is willing to coordinate its actions with other members for improving supply chain performance. Then, the results of analysis suggest that a further research on the adoption of value co-creation in the coordination process is required to deliver benefits not only for participating actors but also for end consumers.

A local food system is an alternative food network that shortens and more effectively structures the supply chain system. An intermediary actor functioning as an aggregator is needed in the local food system. The food hub is one such intermediary actor with an essential role in strengthening the local food system and increasing the competence of small farmers to compete with large-scale food distribution. Many studies have been conducted on the effectiveness and efficiency of food hubs; however, changing the supply chain system to one that is based on a local food system is challenging. This study aims to build a conceptual model that describes the activities and coordination of the actors involved in a food hub to achieve a local food system. In this study, a soft system methodology and case study approach are used to answer the research question. The results show that two transformations are needed to achieve a local food system: changing the supply chain system to one that is shorter and more structured and increasing quality consistency. Recommendations are presented in the form of a series of human activity systems to achieve transformations. Human activities to achieve a shorter and structured supply chain involve building cooperation, operating operational activities to add value, product identification, promotion, and developing fair-trade contracts. Human activities required to achieve transformation of increasing quality consistency include identifying high-demand customer requirements, forecasting, scheduling planting, and harvesting, improving training, cooperating with research institutions, farmer assistance, and quality inspection.

The extensive research examines the current state of agricultural food supply chains, with focus on waste management in Bandung Regency, Indonesia. The study reveals that a significant proportion of food within the agricultural supply chain goes to waste and discusses the various challenges and complexities involved in managing food waste. The research presents a conceptual model based on the ADKAR change management paradigm to promote waste utilization, increase awareness and change people's behaviors. The model emphasizes the importance of creating awareness, fostering desire, providing knowledge, implementing changes, and reinforcing and monitoring the transformation process. It also addresses the challenges, barriers, and drivers that influence waste utilization in the agricultural supply chain, highlighting the need for economic incentives and a shift in public awareness to drive meaningful change. Ultimately, this study serves as a comprehensive exploration of food waste management in Bandung Regency, shedding light on the complexities of the issue and offering a systematic approach to transition towards more sustainable waste utilization practices.

This article synthesizes the evidence on food value chains (FVCs) and regional food hubs (RFHs) through a systematic literature review and suggests future research directions based on the gaps identified in the review. The number of publications on FVCs and RFHs is increasing, indicating that these topics are gaining interest among scholars from different countries and disciplines. Bibliometric analysis and preferred reporting items for systematic review and a meta-analysis (PRISMA) flow chart are used to identify the data from Scopus. The results show that FVCs are an innovative solution to improve the skills and capacity of smallholder farmers through collaborative networks that can match the functions of RFHs. RFHs connect local producers and customers by operating a business based on social entrepreneurship and ecological approaches to increase local economic viability and the sustainability of agriculture products. FVCs and RFHs are designed to respond to supply chain insecurity with value-based approaches in order to achieve sustainable nutrition for the local community. Further research on FVCs and RFHs emphasizes that the business model of regional development in developing countries can improve food security sustainability based on social entrepreneurship, and emphasizes the environmental aspect that it can use to support the sustainability of developing countries local food.

Agriculture has a strategic role in sustaining the economy of a region, especially in improving food security and production of agricultural products. Food Hubs plays the role of building a food system that is capable of aggregating, distributing and connecting farmers with consumers directly. This requires the role and management of effective distribution methods by integrating the roles of farmers and consumers in a distribution center. The Distribution Center (DC) is managed by a Regional-Owned Enterprise (BUMD) that assists farmers in producing, selling and distributing food. Distribution Centers are able to overcome the problem of stock scarcity, price disparity, and price fluctuations in goods - especially staples. The Food hubs are supported by the determination of the number of warehouses, warehouse locations, and warehousing standards for the management of food staple inventory warehouses. Besides determining the level of inventory of safe food staples (buffer stock) is based on the main parameters: lead time and demand requirements. Food Hubs Operations embody the role of farmers, traders, in supporting the activities of distribution centers managed by Regional owned enterprises. Food hubs interactions involve institutions that play a role in sustaining these activities.

Collaboration is a process in which participating members work together to improve overall performance. However, the participants often face conflicting interests that hamper the implementation of collaboration. This study aims at analysing the collaboration process between Coca-Cola and Carrefour. Graph model for conflict resolution (GMCR) and drama theory are employed as complementary methods in modelling and analysing strategic conflicts. Collaboration between Coca-Cola and Carrefour took place in two functions of marketing and supply chain. The former function could be illustrated in a set of episodes that showed how Coca-Cola and Carrefour agreed to run promotion programmes together. Episodes in the supply chain function show that Coca-Cola agrees to improve the level of service and Carrefour agrees to share customer information. This paper contributes to the current knowledge of collaboration by focusing on a specific sequence of episodes in which participating members interact to accommodate significant emotional events.