Abstract

Ordering to overcome the shortcomings of the traditional food supply chain, we bring forward the concept of fractal food supply chain and analyze its characteristics, structure and functional model. Then basing on the fractal theory we propose the detailed design procedure of food supply chain and discuss the practical significance of fractal food supply chain further.

Keywords:

Food supply chain, fractal theory, functional model,

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