<scp>E‐</scp>commerce's fast‐tracking diffusion and adaptation in developing countries

Reardon, Thomas; Belton, Ben; Liverpool‐Tasie, Lenis Saweda O.; Lu, Liang; Nuthalapati, Chandra Sekhara Rao; Tasie, Oyinkan; Zilberman, David

doi:10.1002/aepp.13160

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“… The confluence of points 1–3 will drive adaptations in the behavior of actors in aquatic food value chains, and reconfiguration of the structure of these chains (e.g. such as through the accelerated diffusion of e-commerce [18] ). Effects will be spatially and temporally uneven.…”

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COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa’s aquatic food value chains

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The COVID-19 pandemic is a shock affecting all areas of the global food system. We tracked the impacts of COVID-19 and associated policy responses on the availability and price of aquatic foods and production inputs during 2020, using a high frequency longitudinal survey of 768 respondents in Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Myanmar, Nigeria. We found the following: (1) Aquatic food value chains were severely disrupted but most effects on the availability and accessibility of aquatic foods and production inputs were short-lived. (2) Impacts on demand for aquatic foods, production inputs, and labor have been longer lasting than impacts on their supply. (3) Retail prices of aquatic foods spiked briefly during March-May 2020 but trended down thereafter, whereas prices of production inputs rose. These trends suggest a deepening ‘squeeze’ on the financial viability of producers and other value chain actors. (4) Survey respondents adapted to the challenges of COVID-19 by reducing production costs, sourcing alternative inputs, diversifying business activities, leveraging social capital, borrowing, seeking alternative employment, and reducing food consumption. Many of these coping strategies are likely to undermine well-being and longer-term resilience, but we also find some evidence of proactive strategies with potential to strengthen business performance. Global production of aquatic food likely contracted significantly in 2020. The importance of aquatic food value chains in supporting livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Asia and Africa makes their revitalization essential in the context of COVID-19 recovery efforts. We outline immediate and longer-term policies and interventions to support this goal.

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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

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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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“…Gray (2020) looks at logistical issues created by COVID-19 to the food supply. Other studies have concentrated on specific industries, from more fragmented sectors such as fruits and vegetables (Richards and Rickard 2020), to relatively more concentrated meat sector (McEwan et al 2020), from early struggles of hog farms in China (Zhang et al 2020) to the recent innovations in e-commerce and other resilience innovations (Reardon et al 2021a;2021b). Our conceptual framework allows for a hedonic demand analysis on the potential market for such innovations.…”

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Demand Shocks and Supply Chain Resilience: An Agent Based Modelling Approach and Application to the Potato Supply Chain

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The food supply chain has experienced major disruptions from both demand and supply sides during the Covid-19 pandemic. While some consequences such as food waste are directly caused by the disruption due to supply chain inefficiency, others are indirectly caused by a change in consumer's preferences. As a result, evaluating food supply chain resilience is a difficult task. With an attempt to understand impacts of demand on the food supply chain, we developed an agent-based model based on the case of Idaho's potato supply chain. Results showed that not only the magnitude but also the timing of the demand shock will have different impacts on various stakeholders of the supply chain. Our contribution to the literature is two-fold. First, the model helps explain why food waste and shortages may occur with dramatic shifts in consumer demand. Second, this paper provides a new angle on evaluating the various mitigation strategies and policy responses to disruptions beyond Covid-19.

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E‐commerce's fast‐tracking diffusion and adaptation in developing countries

Cited by 43 publications

References 19 publications

COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa’s aquatic food value chains

COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa’s aquatic food value chains

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

Demand Shocks and Supply Chain Resilience: An Agent Based Modelling Approach and Application to the Potato Supply Chain

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