Adoption of ICTs in Agri-Food Logistics: Potential and Limitations for Supply Chain Sustainability
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ITAP, INRAE, Institut Agro, 34060 Montpellier, France
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GECO, CIRAD, 34398 Montpellier, France
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IATE, University of Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, 34060 Montpellier, France
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Academic Editors: Anet Režek Jambrak and Ilija Djekic
Sustainability 2021, 13(12), 6702; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126702
Received: 12 May 2021 / Revised: 3 June 2021 / Accepted: 6 June 2021 / Published: 12 June 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Food Supply Chain Continuum)
A major challenge of Sustainable Development Goal 12 “Responsible Consumption and Production” is to reduce food losses along production and supply chains. This is particularly critical for fresh food products, due to their perishable and fragile nature, which makes the coordination of the actors all the more crucial to avoid wastes and losses. The rise of new technologies, referred to as “Industry 4.0” powered by the internet of things, big data analytics and artificial intelligence, could bring new solutions to meet these needs. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) allow for frequent exchanges of huge amounts of information between actors in the agrofood chains to coordinate their activities. The aim of the chapter is to provide a state-of-the-art analysis on ICTs used in agrofood supply chains, with a special focus on the case of fresh fruits and vegetables, to analyze the potential and weaknesses which exist in different forms of supply chains for ICTs becoming a “resource” (precious, rare, non-imitable, and nonsubstitutable) prospect and to suggest promising ICTs in this context.
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Vernier, C.; Loeillet, D.; Thomopoulos, R.; Macombe, C. Adoption of ICTs in Agri-Food Logistics: Potential and Limitations for Supply Chain Sustainability. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6702. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126702
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Vernier C, Loeillet D, Thomopoulos R, Macombe C. Adoption of ICTs in Agri-Food Logistics: Potential and Limitations for Supply Chain Sustainability. Sustainability. 2021; 13(12):6702. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126702
Chicago/Turabian StyleVernier, Cédric, Denis Loeillet, Rallou Thomopoulos, and Catherine Macombe. 2021. "Adoption of ICTs in Agri-Food Logistics: Potential and Limitations for Supply Chain Sustainability" Sustainability 13, no. 12: 6702. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126702
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