Transition towards sustainability in agriculture and food systems: Role of information and communication technologies

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    El Bilali, Hamid (author), Allahyari, Mohammad Sadegh (author), and University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Austria Islamic Azad University, Iran University of Gastronomic Sciences, Italy China Agricultural University
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    unknown
    URL:
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214317318301367
    Published:
    China: Elsevier
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11217
    Journal Title:
    Information Processing in Agriculture
    Journal Title Details:
    5(4) : 456-464
    Subject Term:
    consumption, distribution, sustainability, technology, digital, informatics, information and communication technology (ICT), food processing, food supply, agriculture digitization, and transitions
    Notes:
    9 pages, via online journal, Food sustainability transitions refer to transformation processes necessary to move towards sustainable food systems. Digitization is one of the most important ongoing transformation processes in global agriculture and food chains. The review paper explores the contribution of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to transition towards sustainability along the food chain (production, processing, distribution, consumption). A particular attention is devoted to precision agriculture as a food production model that integrates many ICTs. ICTs can contribute to agro-food sustainability transition by increasing resource productivity, reducing inefficiencies, decreasing management costs, and improving food chain coordination. The paper also explores some drawbacks of ICTs as well as the factors limiting their uptake in agriculture.

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