TY - JOUR
T1 - Digital transformation in the agri-food industry
T2 - recent applications and the role of the COVID-19 pandemic
AU - Hassoun, Abdo
AU - Marvin, Hans J.P.
AU - Bouzembrak, Yamine
AU - Barba, Francisco J.
AU - Castagnini, Juan Manuel
AU - Pallarés, Noelia
AU - Rabail, Roshina
AU - Aadil, Rana Muhammad
AU - Bangar, Sneh Punia
AU - Bhat, Rajeev
AU - Cropotova, Janna
AU - Maqsood, Sajid
AU - Regenstein, Joe M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2023 Hassoun, Marvin, Bouzembrak, Barba, Castagnini, Pallarés, Rabail, Aadil, Bangar, Bhat, Cropotova, Maqsood and Regenstein.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Providing food has become more complex because of climate change and other environmental and societal stressors, such as political instability, the growth in the world population, and outbreaks of new diseases, especially the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to these challenges, the agri-food industry has increased its efforts to shift to using more digital tools and other advanced technologies. The transition toward digital has been part of the fourth industrial revolution (called Industry 4.0) innovations that have and are reshaping most industries. This literature review discusses the potential of implementing digital technologies in the agri-food industry, focusing heavily on the role of the COVID-19 pandemic in fostering the adoption of greater digitalization of food supply chains. Examples of the use of these digital innovations for various food applications, and the barriers and challenges will be highlighted. The trend toward digital solutions has gained momentum since the advent of Industry 4.0 and implementations of these solutions have been accelerated by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Important digital technology enablers that have high potential for mitigating the negative effects of both the current global health pandemic and the environmental crisis on food systems include artificial intelligence, big data, the Internet of Things, blockchain, smart sensors, robotics, digital twins, and virtual and augmented reality. However, much remains to be done to fully harness the power of Industry 4.0 technologies and achieve widespread implementation of digitalization in the agriculture and food industries.
AB - Providing food has become more complex because of climate change and other environmental and societal stressors, such as political instability, the growth in the world population, and outbreaks of new diseases, especially the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to these challenges, the agri-food industry has increased its efforts to shift to using more digital tools and other advanced technologies. The transition toward digital has been part of the fourth industrial revolution (called Industry 4.0) innovations that have and are reshaping most industries. This literature review discusses the potential of implementing digital technologies in the agri-food industry, focusing heavily on the role of the COVID-19 pandemic in fostering the adoption of greater digitalization of food supply chains. Examples of the use of these digital innovations for various food applications, and the barriers and challenges will be highlighted. The trend toward digital solutions has gained momentum since the advent of Industry 4.0 and implementations of these solutions have been accelerated by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Important digital technology enablers that have high potential for mitigating the negative effects of both the current global health pandemic and the environmental crisis on food systems include artificial intelligence, big data, the Internet of Things, blockchain, smart sensors, robotics, digital twins, and virtual and augmented reality. However, much remains to be done to fully harness the power of Industry 4.0 technologies and achieve widespread implementation of digitalization in the agriculture and food industries.
KW - Industry 4.0
KW - artificial intelligence
KW - automation
KW - digitalization
KW - precision agriculture
KW - robots
KW - smart factory
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U2 - 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1217813
DO - 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1217813
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85166423093
SN - 2571-581X
VL - 7
JO - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
JF - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
M1 - 1217813
ER -