Agri-food supply chain coordination:
The state of the art and recent developments
Yuanita Handayati
School of Business and Management, Institut Teknologi Bandung,
Bandung 40132 Indonesia, E-mail: yuanita@sbm-itb.ac.id
Phone: +62 22 2531923 Fax: +62 22 2504269
Togar M. Simatupang
School of Business and Management, Institut Teknologi Bandung,
Bandung 40132 Indonesia, E-mail: togar@sbm-itb.ac.id
Tomy Perdana
Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Padjajaran
Bandung 40132 Indonesia, E-mail: tomy1973@yahoo.com
Abstract
Research on agri-food supply chain coordination has attracted the attention of many people today because of its
relevance on food availability, security, and safety. A literature review on the main contributions in the field of agrifood supply chain coordination, especially which related to fruits and vegetables are presented. This literature
review is conducted by analysing the content of the selected 14 articles which are published in English, peerreviewed journals or conference proceedings. The articles reviewed are classified based on three categories that are
considered important in agri-food supply chain coordination, namely dependencies, coordination mechanism, and
methodology. Based on the analysis of the current state of research, the future research on agri-food supply chain
coordination should be encouraged. The analysis results also suggest that further research about the adoption of
value co-creation in agricultural coordination process is needed to provide benefits not only for the industry but also
for the final consumers.
Keywords: supply chain, coordination, agriculture, fruits and vegetables, literature review