Food supply chains should actively cultivate urbanized agriculture to help reach increased efficiency and sustainability standards at this time of rapid population expansion. Generically, there are five tips to improve supply chain efficiency with management solutions: increase your supply chain's visibility, automate where it counts, engage your IT department, assess your training programs, and implement a good project plan. As shown in the vertical supply chain diagram, the entire process of getting the goods delivered to consumers starts with input (seeds, fertilizer, finance, knowledge), production (farming), aggregation (farmer organizations, small traders, transporters), processing (milling, packaging, drying), trading (spot markets, wholesalers, cooperatives), retailing (traditional markets, supermarkets, restaurants), and the end-user.
