Agriculture 4.0 Applications in Supply Chain Management for Food Safety– A Structured Literature Review

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to is to examine how Industry 4.0 applications can be used in agricultural context in order to create more efficient food safety operations in supply chain management, leading towards the Agriculture 4.0 era. The Industry 4.0 trend is transforming the production capabilities of all industries as companies try to keep pace with the era of globalization and aiming to obtain a competitive advantage on the market as they benefit from technological advancements and this also applies to the agricultural sector. As the world's population is increasing, the importance of the food safety is more important than ever. As a result technological development is a necessity especially in light of the length and complexity of the global supply chains. This paper provides a structured literature review of related papers, examining the various applications and opportunities created by the Industry 4.0 in the agricultural sector, and aims to show how the use of technology in agricultural supply chains has evolved.