food industries as one of the most important industries in the country are an urgent need to supply raw materials at the macro and micro levels. so one of the main sections requiring serious study is supply chain management and suppliers issues in food industries. the purpose of this study is to identify the criteria to evaluate and rank the suppliers by using fuzzy topsis technique in pabas pr...

The extraction and processing of starch from agricultural commodities is one of the most important agro-industries world wide. By the early 1990s, global production of starch probably exceeded 38 million metric tons (mmt) per year for a market value of at least $11 billion. In Asia, starch production was about 16 mmt and demand for starch by food and non-food industries was growing by 5-10 perc...

The Corporate Social Responsibility has become an essential factor involved in the process of customers choosing products or services. It focuses on the common place notion of “think global, act local”. While Corporate Social Responsibility research has been conducted in many industries, the food sector has been largely ignored. Especially, the agri-food sector has a strong impact on the econom...

This paper analyses the contribution of food processing industries in Spanish regional development. The agrofood industry is one of the most important industrial sectors in Spain and, in recent years, it has been an important component in the development of rural áreas. Factors affecting the location of food industries and changes taking place after accession to the European Community (EC) are ...

The production and subsequent processing, packaging and distribution of food cannot be considered in isolation from the rest of the country's economy. The Input-Output Tables for the United Kingdom (Central Statistical Office, 1968) illustrate the complex interdependencies of all its industries and may indeed be used to quantify the importance of other industrial inputs in determining the outpu...

Microalgae contain a variety of bioactive lipids with potential applications in aquaculture feed, biofuel, food and pharmaceutical industries. While microalgae-derived polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) and their roles in promoting human health have been extensively studied, other lipid types from this resource, such as phytosterols, have been poorly explored. Phytosterols have been used as addi...