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Agri-food Supply Chain for Mitigation of Volatilities in the Role of Intermediary: A Case Study of a Mushroom Trading Company in Taiwan
The agri-food industry in Taiwan is facing many challenges, e.g. low level of food self-sufficiency due to small scale lands and ageing farmers, natural disasters accelerated by climate change. A case study of...
