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Cloud Computing Technology: Reducing Carbon Footprint In Beef Supply Chain, Akshit Singh, Nishikant Mishra, Syed Imran Ali, Nagesh Shukla, Ravi Shankar Apr 2015

Cloud Computing Technology: Reducing Carbon Footprint In Beef Supply Chain, Akshit Singh, Nishikant Mishra, Syed Imran Ali, Nagesh Shukla, Ravi Shankar

Nagesh Shukla

Global warming is an alarming issue for the whole humanity. The manufacturing and food supply chains are contributing significantly to the large-scale carbon emissions. Beef supply chain is one of the segments of food industry having considerable carbon footprint throughout its supply chain. The major emissions are occurring at beef farms in the form of methane and nitrous oxide gases. The other carbon hotspots in beef supply chain are abattoir, processor, logistics and retailer. There is a huge amount of pressure from government authorities to all the business firms to cut down carbon emissions. The different stakeholders of beef supply …