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LAPSE:2023.34890
New Sustainable Banana Value Chain: Waste Valuation toward a Circular Bioeconomy
Samatcha Krungkaew, Benedikt Hülsemann, Kanokwan Kingphadung, Busarakorn Mahayothee, Hans Oechsner, Joachim Müller
April 28, 2023
According to the needs of sustainability, a new sustainable banana chip value chain, which is a combination of the traditional banana chip value chain and the banana waste value chain, was designed. Scenarios were created assuming that an anaerobic digester would be implemented to produce biogas—which can act as a substitute for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) used in banana processing—from banana wastes. The values of banana residues throughout the value chain were determined depending on farm gate tree price, transportation cost, and the final value of LPG substitution. The value chain was optimized using two objective functions: total chain profit maximization and factory profit maximization. The tree price at the farm gate was determined and assumed to be between USD 0.067 and USD 0.093 per tree, and the transportation cost of tree transportation was assumed to be between USD 0.31 and USD 0.39 per km. Different tree prices and transportation costs affected the profits of all stakeholders throughout the chain. The scenarios that maximized total chain profits showed superior environmental performance compared to the scenarios that maximized factory profits. The proposed sustainable value chain will lead to an increase in farmers’ profits of 15.5−17.0%, while the profits gained by collectors and factory will increase between 3.5 and 8.9% when compared to business as usual.
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agricultural residue, anaerobic digestion, circular economy, closed loop supply chain, mathematical model
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Krungkaew S, Hülsemann B, Kingphadung K, Mahayothee B, Oechsner H, Müller J. New Sustainable Banana Value Chain: Waste Valuation toward a Circular Bioeconomy. (2023). LAPSE:2023.34890
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Krungkaew S: Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Technology, Silpakorn University, Nakhon Pathom 73000, Thailand
Hülsemann B: State Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Bioenergy, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
Kingphadung K: Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Technology, Silpakorn University, Nakhon Pathom 73000, Thailand
Mahayothee B: Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Technology, Silpakorn University, Nakhon Pathom 73000, Thailand
Oechsner H: State Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Bioenergy, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany [ORCID]
Müller J: Tropics and Subtropics Group, Institute of Agricultural Engineering, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany [ORCID]
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Energies
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16
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8
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3453
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2023
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2023-04-14
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1996-1073
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