Globalization vs. Glocalization: Learn Lessons from Two Global Crises, Such as the Russia–Ukraine Conflict and the COVID-19 Pandemic, for the Agro-Food and Agro-Industrial Sector

Agriculture, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(2), P. 155 - 155

Published: Jan. 12, 2025

This article analyses the impacts of Russia–Ukraine conflict and COVID-19 pandemic on supply chain logistics related to management agro-food production based a comprehensive review scientific literature. The challenges lessons posed by market dependence in scenario globalization through monopolies oligopolies export are assessed, highlighting vulnerability uncertainty faced when an international occurs. examines format versus glocalization, analyzing their respective advantages disadvantages chains context two major crises such as armed between Ukraine Russia. Likewise, resilience agro-industrial systems that were negatively affected food insecurity price inflation parts Europe, Africa, other regions planet is analyzed. By identifying opportunities arising from these challenges, research offers insights into fostering more robust adaptable global geographic location regional development agribusinesses capable responding demand event crisis or conflict.

Language: Английский

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Current practices and key challenges associated with the adoption of resilient, circular, and sustainable food supply chain for smallholder farmers to mitigate food loss

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 9

Published: Jan. 22, 2025

Introduction In response to increasing global food insecurity, resilient, circular, and sustainable practices hold significant potential enhance supply chain performance reduce loss. This study examines the current key challenges faced by Peruvian smallholder farmers in managing a chain, proposing hybrid model that integrates ancestral agricultural knowledge with modern innovations. Methods Using qualitative approach, in-depth interviews were conducted 16 from various regions of Peru. Participants selected through purposive sampling, focusing on who apply organic techniques. Data analyzed using content analysis techniques supported ATLAS.ti 23 software identify patterns challenges. Results The findings reveal operate within short chains, without intermediaries, applying intuitive aligned circular economy principles, including Rethink, Redesign, Reduce, Replace, Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle, but excluding Recovery. While social economic dimensions are prioritized, insufficient ensure long-term sustainability. Key include technological limitations, restricted market access, low consumer awareness. Discussion A is proposed, combining resource-efficient technologies culturally rooted practices, fostering multi-stakeholder collaboration. approach addresses identified gaps contributes security, environmental sustainability, achievement Sustainable Development Goals 1 (No Poverty), 2 (Zero Hunger), 12 (Responsible Consumption Production).

Language: Английский

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Family farming in climate change: Strategies for resilient and sustainable food systems

Heliyon, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(7), P. e28599 - e28599

Published: March 22, 2024

Family farming plays a pivotal role in ensuring household food security and bolstering the resilience of systems against climate change. Traditional agricultural practices are evolving into context-specific, climate-resilient such as family farming, homestead gardening, urban agriculture. This study examines ways which can foster amidst vulnerabilities. A systematic literature review spanning past 22 years was undertaken to develop conceptual framework. From this review, 37 pertinent documents were identified, leading creation system The research posits that facilitates easy access nutrition by capitalizing on family-sourced land, labor, capital, securing technology markets. Each facet is intricately linked with sustainability principles. Local adaptation strategies employed climate-vulnerable households diminish their vulnerability augment adaptive, absorptive, transformative capacities, enabling them establish system. further reveals families employ myriad fortify systems. These include crop diversification, adjusting planting times, cultivating high-value crops fish, fruit trees, rearing poultry livestock, leveraging resources-including homesteads-to nutrition. endorses framework offers multiple metrics for assessing developing countries.

Language: Английский

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Toward a sustainable agricultural system in China: exploring the nexus between agricultural science and technology innovation, agricultural resilience and fiscal policies supporting agriculture

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8

Published: May 30, 2024

Introduction This study delves into the intricate dynamics between fiscal policies supporting agriculture and non-linear influence of agricultural science technology innovation on enhancing resilience. We conducted research across 31 provinces (including autonomous regions municipalities) in China from 2007 to 2021. Method By constructing evaluation index system resilience, entropy value method is used measure then standard deviation ellipse center gravity migration analysis, benchmark regression model, heterogeneity threshold model are analyze relationship innovation, Result (1) The analysis spatio-temporal evolution trend shows that overall development China’s resilience relatively stable, range expanding, geographical area with southeast as presents a stronger pulling effect; (2) has significant positive effect resilience; (3) Agricultural plays nonlinear role increasing when variable. (4) Heterogeneity highlights promotion through non-main producing areas economically underdeveloped regions. Discussion To address this, policymakers should leverage Southeast, boost capacity, tailor local needs, reinforce agriculture. These insights provide valuable direction for crafting effective measures enhance

Language: Английский

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Investigating the Interplay of ICT and Agricultural Inputs on Sustainable Agricultural Production: An ARDL Approach

Journal of Human Earth and Future, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 4(4), P. 375 - 390

Published: Dec. 1, 2023

Sustainable agriculture is an important target of the Development Goals (SDGs). Information and communication technologies (ICT) could be instrument to assist developing countries in achieving this goal. This study investigates short- long-term effects ICT-related factors (telephone, Internet, mobile phone use) alongside traditional inputs (agricultural land, labor, fertilizer) on sustainable agricultural production Bangladesh using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model from 2000 2020. In short term, telephone use labor involved have a positive impact production. Conversely, influence internet use, land negative run. long run, these relationships undergone substantial changes. The usage demonstrate decreasing trend, but impacts Internet usage, total display progressively favorable pattern Notably, fertilizers has been found offers valuable insights into evolving role ICT sustainability, emphasizing need for context-specific policy interventions that consider both benefits. Doi: 10.28991/HEF-2023-04-04-01 Full Text: PDF

Language: Английский

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Analysis of the Factors Influencing Grain Supply Chain Resilience in China Using Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(7), P. 3250 - 3250

Published: April 5, 2025

As worldwide emergencies occur with growing frequency, including extreme weather, geopolitical conflicts, and pandemics, there is a crucial need to improve grain supply chain resilience ensure food sustainability during such emergencies. This study investigates the cross-cutting effects of certain key factors potentially influencing resilience, namely infrastructure development, technological innovations, government aid. It develops structural equation model these based on Chinese data applies Bayesian estimation. The results show that aid most critical factor chain, direct impact 0.459, an indirect through innovations 0.33, development 0.026. found China’s generally exhibits upward trend, high level deficiencies in innovation. paper not only provides new research ideas methods for but it also offers policy references reducing risk improving systems.

Language: Английский

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Spatial Spillover Effects of Digital Infrastructure on Food System Resilience: An Analysis Incorporating Threshold Effects and Spatial Decay Boundaries

Foods, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(9), P. 1484 - 1484

Published: April 24, 2025

As an important carrier for the application of digital technologies, infrastructure plays a crucial role in promoting transformation grain system and ensuring food security current era. This study utilizes panel data from 31 provinces (municipalities) China, spanning years 2006 to 2022, constructs comprehensive evaluation index resilience, grounded its core components resistance, recovery, transformation. The resilience is measured using entropy method. A spatial Durbin model employed estimate impact on threshold used analyze nonlinear effects resilience. research findings are as follows: (1) Both direct spillover significantly positive, but considerable regional heterogeneity observed. Due differences economic development levels, investments, policy priorities, indirect total more pronounced southeast region, whereas significant northwest region. (2) regression results show that when market integration below value, estimated coefficient 0.2242, which at 1% significance level. When above 0.0790, also However, decreases, indicating will weaken degree increases. (3) analysis attenuation boundary shows within distance 225 km, coefficients positive statistically least 10% beyond become negative insignificant, effective effect after gradually diminishes. Based these findings, it recommended region further strengthen governance collaboration maximize effects, should prioritize improving introduce technologies through models such “enclave economy” bridge divide. reveals provides new perspective scientifically evaluating infrastructure.

Language: Английский

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Exploring the Drivers of Banana Postharvest Losses: A Case Study in Northeast India

World Food Policy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(1)

Published: May 1, 2025

ABSTRACT This study examines postharvest banana losses in the East Garo Hills and Goalpara districts of Meghalaya Assam, respectively, focusing on three timeframes: pre‐COVID, during COVID, post‐COVID. Employing a household survey multistage sampling approach, data were collected from 480 banana‐farming households to evaluate factors influencing these through an ordered probit model. The findings reveal that peaked COVID‐19 (23.74%) due disruptions such as lockdowns inadequate transportation, then declined post‐pandemic (8.55%). Key determinants include environmental factors, income, landholdings, access credit. significantly impacted smaller‐scale farmers with limited resources, leading greater losses, especially among those smaller landholdings lower income. Post‐pandemic, larger operational holdings storage facilities continued drive losses. sheds light logistical infrastructure challenges, emphasizing need for context‐specific support enhance management practices reduce future These highlight impact socioeconomic across different phases, contributing valuable insights policymakers. Robustness checks, including marginal effects model robust cluster standard errors beta regression, confirmed validity findings.

Language: Английский

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Assessing the Spatial Agricultural Land Use Transition in Thiès Region, Senegal, and Its Potential Driving Factors

Land, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 12(4), P. 779 - 779

Published: March 30, 2023

The agricultural land use transition (ALUT) assessment can be a prominent tool for comprehensively implementing suitable and development in Senegal. Based on remote sensing survey data, this investigation aimed to simultaneously assess the geographical dispersion of ALUT its probable mechanisms determine functions Thiès region. Through ArcGIS ENVI software, data 2000, 2010, 2020, transfer matrix method spatial index calculation were used characterize ALUT. Then, mixed linear regression model was constructed relationship between potential driving factors. main results show that about −588.66 km2. Regarding distribution, positive net experienced north-west department Tivaouane; conversely, negative noted southern Mbour department. per capita (0.37 ha/per) income (USD $167.18) unsatisfactory, only 59.49% respondents frequently fertilizers production. showed rainfall variability, research development, soil salinization, tenure significant at 1% (p < 0.01) with change, living security, ecological functions. Parallelly, transportation facilities investment also morphology while population growth 0.1) correlated change. These factors reflect farmer’s often induce abandonment degradation land. Consequentially, region revealed several insights, such as need strengthen reforms development. Therefore, is impacted by many fields require an inter-discipline practical balanced use. Such endeavors could start reconciling conservation.

Language: Английский

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The resilience of short food supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study of a direct purchasing network

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 7

Published: June 16, 2023

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges to global food supply chains. Since the beginning of researchers have studied various chain issues influenced by crisis, including impacts on consumer behavior, and logistical organizational changes Despite proliferation studies chains during pandemic, only a few focused short their resilience. Therefore, aim this study was explore resilience using direct purchasing (DP) network as case study. considered three research questions. (1) How functioning DP changed pandemic? (2) What role do elements (i.e., readiness shocks, responsiveness disruption, recovery from crisis) play in response crisis? (3) Which innovations would further process, thus resilience, after Methods This article presents organic Latvia. analysis economic data regarding dynamics product demand supplemented with an qualitative gathered through semi-structured in-depth interviews representatives groups participants: consumers, producers, organizers. Results discussion From producer experiences, flexible that could adapt quickly crisis. While number distribution points total purchases decreased statistically significant increase units sold compared pre-COVID-19 period observed. perspective elements, reactive strategies were highlighted. During introduced played key enhancing context wider system.

Language: Английский

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