Sustainability at the Chain Level: Proposing c-RISE
Organizers: Francesco Braga, University of Guelph and Fritz Häni, Swiss College of Agriculture

The objective of this session is to discuss the practical extension of RISE to the entire supply chain, while providing an opportunity for an open discussion on the concept of sustainability for an entire chain and how to best measure it. Also in this case, the initial short presentations -supported by documents posted on the conference site- are designed to support the open discussion with the audience in the second half of the session.

A key objective of this format is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between academia and industry, and to capture and document the key aspects of this exchange in a contribution to the IFAMR, the official journal of IAMA.

Structure of the session:

1. Bridging sustainability at the farm level and for the entire supply chain with c-RISE.
   (Paper 1)
   (Paper 2)
   Prof. Francesco Braga, University of Guelph
2. An empirical study of dairy supply chain in Switzerland.
   Mr. Jens Hamprecht, Un. of St. Gallen
3. Presenting an applied research agenda: future developments of RISE and c-RISE.
   Prof Fritz Häni Swiss College of Agriculture, and Prof. Francesco Braga, Un. of Guelph.
   
4. Open discussion.
   Moderator: Prof. Francesco Braga, University of Guelph