Digitalization and the third food regime

Abstract

This article asks how the application of digital technologies is changing the organization of the agri-food system in the context of the third food regime. The academic debate on digitalization and food largely focuses on the input and farm level. Yet, based on the analysis of 280 digital services and products, we show that digital technologies are now being used along the entire food commodity chain. We argue that digital technologies in the third food regime serve on the one hand as a continuation of established information and communication technologies, thus deepening certain features of the existing food regime such as the retail sector’s control over global commodity chains. On the other hand, digital technologies also introduce new forms of control and value extraction based on the use of data and pave the way for large tech companies to take over market shares in the agri-food sector. Finally, we find that multinational agri-food companies are starting to take on the business models of leading digital tech companies, for instance by developing digital platforms throughout the agri-food system. We argue that this shows that the broader economic restructuring of neoliberal capitalism towards digital capitalism is also making its way into the agri-food system.

The Signs of Digitalization on Food Safety Issues: A Literature Review Focusing on Traceability

“…Based on the current systematic literature review, the following Industry 4.0 solutions contribute the most to traceability. Alladi et al 2019;Creydt and Fischer 2019;Kayikci et al 2020;Khan et al 2020;Prause et al 2020 IoT (Internet of Things) Bougdira et al 2020;Khan et al 2020;Prause et al 2020;Yadav et al 2020 CPS (Cyber-Physical Systems) Bougdira et al 2020;Lee, Azamfar, and Singh 2019;Oztemel and Gursev 2020;Smetana et al 2020 Source: own edition…”

“…Cloud (3) technology provides access to the corporate data center. Data can be stored and shared by using clouds (Prause et al, 2020;Yadav et al, 2020).…”

“…Based on this and the previously introduced literature background, it is visible that not only individual parts of solutions exist in connection with traceability. They might cooperate and be combined, such as IoT and blockchain technologies (Kayikci et al, 2020;Khan et al, 2020;Lee et al, 2019;Oztemel & Gursev, 2020;Prause et al, 2020;Smetana et al, 2020). The author aimed to describe these I4.0 technologies and highlight the importance of customized solutions concerning food safety.…”

“…This part of the doctoral research aims to explore these possibilities and to find the connection between the applicable toolkit and the set of rules that include expectations. Based on the literature review the result of the research is, that the combined application of the three most prominent Industry 4.0 solutions found, CPS (Cyber Physical Systems), IoT (Internet of Things), and blockchain technology (Alladi, Chamola, Parizi, & Choo, 2019;Bougdira, Akharraz, & Ahaitouf, 2020;Creydt & Fischer, 2019;Kayikci, Subramanian, Dora, & Bhatia, 2020;Khan, Byun, & Park, 2020;Lee, Azamfar, & Singh, 2019;Lin, Wang, Pei, & Wang, 2019;Oztemel & Gursev, 2020;Prause, Hackfort, & Lindgren, 2020;Smetana, Aganovic, & Heinz, 2020;Y. Wang, Han, & Beynon-Davies, 2019;Yadav, Luthra, & Garg, 2020) can lead to the most effective implementation of traceability.…”

Методичний Підхід До Вибору Варіантів Забезпечення Конкурентоспроможності Підприємств У Системі Розвитку Агрокластерів

“…Про це йдеться в працях D. Wardhan., R. Ihle і W. Hejman [13] [25], L. Prause, S. Hackfort, M. Lindgren [26], О. Шубравської, К. Прокопенко [27], І. Monastyrnaya, E. Gwenola, Y. Le Bris, В. Yannou, G. Petit [28], О. Будник [29], Т. Затонацької, О. Рожко, Н. Ткаченко [30], K. C. Saban Kumar, P. Arun Kumar Timalsina [31].…”