Shristi KharolaMangey RamSachin Kumar Kumar ManglaNupur GoyalOm Prakash NautiyalDurgesh PantYigit KazancogluKharola, ShristiPant, DurgeshKumar Mangla, SachinNautiyal, O.P.Kazancoglu, YigitRam, MangeyGoyal, NupurMangla, Sachin Kumar2025-10-062022095965260959-65261879-178610.1016/j.jclepro.2022.1313552-s2.0-85127226222https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85127226222&doi=10.1016%2Fj.jclepro.2022.131355&partnerID=40&md5=2ab7f042dbe038cab57c13e5350a4cdbhttps://gcris.yasar.edu.tr/handle/123456789/8708https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131355Food waste management is a growing environmental and economic issue for a developing country like India. This exploratory paper aims to prioritize key practices as “criteria” for food supply chains that lead to food waste reduction to ensure green waste management. Twenty-five criteria from the existing literature and expert inputs were assessed to resolve food waste reduction issues in food supply chains especially in the agricultural sectors. The study identifies and ranks the intensities of each of the listed criteria. In the study the Best-Worst Method a multi-criteria decision-making approach is applied. According to the findings waste prevention at the earlier stages of food supply chains is given more priority compared to food waste minimization and treatment at the later stages. Hence the study concludes “skill and training” as the highest ranked criteria followed by “protection and infrastructure.” Further the study infers that understanding the individual intensities of criteria within a food supply chain can affect waste generation at each level having a significant impact on waste reduction. The data in this research was evaluated in the Indian context. © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Englishinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBest-worst Method, Food Supply Chain, Food Waste, Green And Circular Economy, Sustainability, Waste Minimization, Decision Making, Developing Countries, Food Supply, Supply Chains, Waste Treatment, Bad Methods, Best-bad Method, Circular Economy, Food Supply Chain, Food Waste, Green Economies, Green-waste, Management Problems, Waste Minimization, Waste Reduction, Sustainable DevelopmentDecision making, Developing countries, Food supply, Supply chains, Waste treatment, BAD methods, Best-bad method, Circular economy, Food supply chain, Food waste, Green economies, Green-waste, Management problems, Waste minimization, Waste reduction, Sustainable developmentWaste MinimizationGreen and Circular EconomyFood Supply ChainSustainabilityFood WasteBest-Worst MethodArticle