Mapping the Food Supply Chain for Disadvantaged Communities in the UK

Despite many efforts by the government and citizens of the United Kingdom to address food insecurity and poverty, available data on diet-related health, food quality, affordability and accessibility indicate the situation to be worsening. The effects of recent events such as the country’s final exit from the European Union, the COVID19 pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict have further accentuated this.

Emmanuel will discuss the role logistics and supply chain management could play in addressing this challenge by presenting a map of the food supply chain that serves disadvantaged consumers to identify the infrastructure, processes, key challenges and supply chain solutions.

Speaker Bio

Dr Emmanuel Sawyerr has expertise in supply chain resilience, procurement, supply chain excellence in developing countries, sustainable supply chain management and food supply chains. He obtained his PhD at the Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, London. He has lectured at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels on subjects such as Sustainable Global Growth, Sustainable Business, Operations and Digital Business, Project Management among others. Presently, Emmanuel works as a Research Fellow in the Centre for Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management at Cranfield University’s School of Management where he is providing supply chain expertise on the BBSRC-funded Food Systems Equality project.