Special Issue "Information and Digital Technologies and Sustainable Food Supply Chain Management"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Food".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Suhaiza Zailani
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Guest Editor
Department of Operations Management and Information System, Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50203, Malaysia
Interests: supply chain; supply chain management; logistics
Dr. Mohammad Iranmanesh
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Guest Editor
Faculty of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia
Interests: technology management; big data analytics; supply chain management; sustainability; structural equation modeling
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Dr. Abderahman Rejeb
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School of Regional Sciences and Business Administration, Széchenyi István University, H-9026 Győr, Hungary
Interests: supply chain; supply chain management; logistics

Special Issue Information

Dear colleagues,

Consumers are increasingly concerned about where their food comes from and pay great attention to whether it is produced responsibly, from farm to fork. Accordingly, the sustainability of food supply chains has gained attention and recognition from scholars, practitioners, and the public as it significantly impacts the environment through greenhouse gas emissions and solid wastes. Food supply chains are complex as they include different level actors, from those who produce and aggregate to those that add value to the product (processing) and those who sell into the next level (wholesale and retail). Therefore, there remains a substantial challenge ahead for the food industry to become more sustainable. The supply chain must be smart and adopt information and digital techniques and technologies (IDTTs) to overcome sustainability challenges over time. The present call for paper aims to enhance the understanding of the opportunities that IDTTs, such as Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, enterprise resource planning, Internet of Things, cloud computing, 3D printing, virtual reality, and remote sensing to address the challenges of the sustainable food supply chain, offer for sustainable food supply chain management. Furthermore, this Special Issue may serve as a forum for sharing theoretical and empirical insights into the drivers and barriers of adopting digital technologies in food supply chain management.

The editorial team cordially encourage various contributions, such as review studies, conceptual models, and empirical studies, which may address any of the following research contexts:

  • Digital technologies and sustainable food supply chain;
  • Role of digital and information technologies in accelerating sustainable performance;
  • Drivers and barriers of adopting digital technologies in various areas of food supply chain;
  • Digital technologies and waste reduction;
  • Digital technologies and sustainable operations;
  • Role of digital technologies in the closed-loop food supply chain.

Prof. Dr. Suhaiza Zailani
Dr. Mohammad Iranmanesh
Dr. Abderahman Rejeb
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • sustainable food
  • digital technologies
  • informational technologies
  • supply chain
  • environmental impacts

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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