“Pivoting” by food industry firms to cope with COVID‐19 in developing regions: E‐commerce and “copivoting” delivery intermediaries

Reardon, Thomas; Heiman, Amir; Lu, Liang; Nuthalapati, Chandra Sekhara Rao; Vos, Rob; Zilberman, David

doi:10.1111/agec.12631

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“…The learning process thus, affects risk through adoption, the implementation of the new technology and potential setbacks, and implications on diversification of production practices. Future studies could also link technology adoption decisions to supply chain flexibility and resilience (Du et al 2016;, transition from traditional retail to e-commerce (Reardon et al 2021a(Reardon et al , 2021b.…”

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Technology Adoption and Learning-by-Doing: The Case of Bt Cotton Adoption in China

Guang

Qiao

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Although the benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops have been well documented, how do farmers manage the risk of new technology in the early stages of technology adoption has received less attention. We compare the total factor productivity (TFP) of cotton to other major crops (wheat, rice, and corn) in China between 1990 and 2015, showing that the TFP growth of cotton production is significantly different from all other crops. In particular, the TFP of cotton production increased rapidly in the early 1990s then declined slightly around 2000 and rose again. This pattern coincides with the adoption of Bt cotton process in China. To further investigate the decline of TFP in the early stages of Bt cotton adoption, using aggregate provincial-level data, we implement a TFP decomposition and show that the productivity of GM technology is higher, whereas the technical efficiency of GM technology is lower than that of traditional technologies. Especially, Bt cotton exhibited lower technical efficiency because farmers did not reduce the use of pesticide when they first started to adopt Bt cotton. In addition, we illustrate the occurrence of a learning process as GM technology diffuses throughout China: after farmers gain knowledge of Bt cotton, pesticide use declines and technical efficiency improves.

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Technology Adoption and Learning-by-Doing: The Case of Bt Cotton Adoption in China

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Qiao

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“…In response to the digital compensation of rural e-commerce development, existing studies show that e-commerce improves farmers' price search ability and reduces transaction costs [20,21]. Through digital empowerment, e-commerce can increase profitability and turnover and help farmers increase their income [22][23][24]. Fintech can use digital information such as sales data and payment records left by farmers on e-commerce platforms to transform into credit scores and create prediction models and risk control strategies through big data technology to effectively reduce information asymmetry and transaction costs in credit transactions, thereby improving the level of credit supply and the efficiency of financial services.…”

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Rural E-commerce development and farmers’ digital credit behavior: Evidence from China family panel studies

2021

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This paper examines the impact of rural e-commerce development on rural households’ digital credit behavior at the micro-level by using a multivariate Probit model and propensity score matching method with rural residents in the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) database. Specifically, we examine the complementary or substitution relationship between digital credit and traditional bank credit and the impact of participation in e-commerce on the scale of digital credit of rural households. The empirical results show that there is a substitution relationship between digital credit and traditional bank credit. Participation in e-commerce has a positive impact on the scale of digital credit and the full scale of credit obtained by farmers, with an increase of $0.922 million and $37.49 million in the scale of digital credit and real credit received by farmers who participate in e-commerce, respectively, compared with those who do not participate in e-commerce. Further tests revealed that the difference in capital endowment was an essential reason for the disparity in the size of digital credit received among e-commerce farmers.

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“…Furthermore, while food companies "pivoted" to e-commerce to reach consumers and e-procurement to reach processors and farmers, "delivery intermediaries" "copivoted" with food firms to help them deliver and procure phone apps and/or internet websites. This was crucial to the ability of the many food enterprises to pivot, including farmers' markets, processors and other food providers which would not normally interact daily with the consumer before the pandemic [20].…”

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SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic and Food Safety Oversight: Implications in Canada and Coping Strategies

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2021

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The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has created enormous societal disruptions in the Western world, including Canada, with serious implications for food safety. Since the start of the pandemic, many scholars have investigated the issue of food safety through different lenses. In this review, two research thrusts were identified, the epidemiology of the virus and food safety oversight. Both were challenged by the pandemic in Canada and elsewhere. In this paper, we first present how Canada experienced the pandemic. We then present how epidemiology and food safety oversight were affected by the virus and how the spread exposed gaps in Canada’s food safety system. We explain how Canada was not adequately prepared to face the food safety challenges posed by SARS-CoV-2. The review ends with an explanation on how risk perceptions will be altered by the pandemic in Canada and how food safety systems will adjust to better anticipate systemic risks in the future.

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“Pivoting” by food industry firms to cope with COVID‐19 in developing regions: E‐commerce and “copivoting” delivery intermediaries

Cited by 78 publications

References 20 publications

Technology Adoption and Learning-by-Doing: The Case of Bt Cotton Adoption in China

Technology Adoption and Learning-by-Doing: The Case of Bt Cotton Adoption in China

Rural E-commerce development and farmers’ digital credit behavior: Evidence from China family panel studies

SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic and Food Safety Oversight: Implications in Canada and Coping Strategies

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