Virtual agri-food supply chains: A holistic digital twin for sustainable food ecosystem design, control and transparency

Sustainable Production and Consumption, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 46, С. 161 - 179

Опубликована: Фев. 2, 2024

The transition of Agri-Food Supply Chains (AFSC) toward sustainable patterns able to secure safe, quality, and affordable food whilst preserving natural anthropogenic ecosystems is a key challenge this century. Increasing production distribution operations' transparency impact visibility uncovers hidden complexities the ecosystem's externalities. To attempt, paper introduces novel Chain digital twin (AFSC-DT) virtualize agricultural, processing, warehousing, operations holistically from-field-to-consumer estimate economic, logistic, environmental, safety, nutritional indicators associated with any order, assumed as functional unit. AFSC-DT behaves control tower, providing multi-dimensional dashboard labels enhance practitioners' consumers' knowledge FSC entities operations. practitioner's drives top-down operational tactical feedback controls through real-time monitoring a-posteriori performance analysis, consumers, their informed choices, perform strategic bottom-up pressure on industry redesign. A what-if simulation analysis conducted over four virtual scenarios within regional horticultural AFSC proves how aids decision-making across echelons, stimulating virtuous cycle favoring progressive more patterns.

Язык: Английский

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Overview of Food Preservation and Traceability Technology in the Smart Cold Chain System

Foods, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 12(15), С. 2881 - 2881

Опубликована: Июль 29, 2023

According to estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO), about a third all food produced for human consumption in world is lost or wasted-approximately 1.3 billion tons. Among this, amount during storage stage 15-20% vegetables 10-15% fruits. It 5-10% fruits distribution stage, resulting large resource waste economic losses. At same time, global population affected hunger has reached 828 million, exceeding one-tenth total population. The improvement cold chain system will effectively reduce loss transportation stages. Firstly, this paper summarizes concept development status traditional preservation technology; environmental parameter sensor components related fruit vegetable spoilage intelligent system; data transmission processing technology system, including wireless network communication (WI-FI) cellular mobile communication; short-range technology, low-power, wide-area (LPWAN). smart regulated optimized through Internet Things, blockchain, digital twin achieve sustainable agriculture. deep integration artificial intelligence provides new ideas solutions problem world. However, lack general standards high cost are obstacles system. Governments researchers at levels should strive highly integrate systems with establish relevant regulations actively promote toward intelligence, standardization, technology.

Язык: Английский

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Digital twins for logistics and supply chain systems: Literature review, conceptual framework, research potential, and practical challenges

Computers & Industrial Engineering, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 187, С. 109768 - 109768

Опубликована: Ноя. 29, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Nano and Technological Frontiers as a Sustainable Platform for Postharvest Preservation of Berry Fruits

Foods, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 12(17), С. 3159 - 3159

Опубликована: Авг. 23, 2023

Berries are highly perishable and susceptible to spoilage, resulting in significant food economic losses. The use of chemicals traditional postharvest protection techniques can harm both human health the environment. Consequently, there is an increasing interest creating environmentally friendly solutions for protection. This article discusses various approaches, including “green” chemical compounds such as ozone peracetic acid, biocontrol agents, physical treatments, modern technologies nanostructures molecular tools. potential these alternatives evaluated terms their effect on microbial growth, nutritional value, physicochemical sensorial properties berries. Moreover, development nanotechnology, biology, artificial intelligence offers a wide range opportunities develop formulations using nanostructures, improving functionality coatings by enhancing antimicrobial providing bioactive compounds. Some challenges remain implementation into industry scale-up regulatory policies. However, sustainable methods help reduce negative impacts treatments improve availability safe quality

Язык: Английский

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Unleashing the Potential of Digitalization in the Agri-Food Chain for Integrated Food Systems

Annual Review of Food Science and Technology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 15(1), С. 307 - 328

Опубликована: Ноя. 6, 2023

Digitalization transforms many industries, especially manufacturing, with new concepts such as Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things. However, information technology also has potential to integrate connect various steps in supply chain. For food industry, situation is ambivalent: It a high level automatization, but digitalization so far not used today. In this review, we discuss current trends that have transform industry into an integrated system. We show how digital transformation can activities within agri-food chain support idea systems. Based on future-use case, derive tackle future challenges present research agenda.

Язык: Английский

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Recent Progress in Modified Atmosphere Packaging and Biopolymeric Films and Coatings for Fresh Strawberry Shelf‐Life Extension

Packaging Technology and Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 37(7), С. 619 - 640

Опубликована: Апрель 23, 2024

ABSTRACT Strawberry ( Fragaria × ananassa ) is a valuable crop cultivated worldwide. This fruit mainly consumed fresh and an important source of vitamin C, fat‐soluble vitamins carotenoids. However, strawberries (FS) have limited shelf life. Conventionally, the life FS has been extended using refrigeration coupled with modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) technology in traditional petroleum‐based polymeric films. Nonetheless, other technologies such as biopolymeric films edible coatings can also be used to preserve advantage presenting similar shelf‐life extension lower environmental impact. review article focused on analysis main factors limiting FS' life, well critical discussion about use different alternatives increasing The revised literature revealed that are susceptible microbial deterioration, weight loss sensory quality decay. Traditional MAP extend 15 days, depending gas composition storage temperature. Meanwhile, active emerging FS. In general, most studies produced objective reducing growth, decay during storage. Biopolymeric applied increase these fruits extent MAP. combination could explored alternative

Язык: Английский

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Consumer behavior at sale point and consumption according to strawberry quality: how to use those data to evaluate food waste?

Current Research in Food Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 101001 - 101001

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

Fresh fruits and vegetables present some of the highest food loss rates, due to their high perishability. The ability model waste is key understanding levers for its reduction evaluating which parameters are most impactful. occurs at consumer level. Therefore, behavior must be understood accurately waste. In study, a quantitative survey was performed among 509 French consumers understand when purchasing, storing, eating strawberries. results were used create several purchasing groups, with different purchase intentions consumption behaviors, combined state-of-the-art deterioration evaluate Seven scenarios tested by varying initial strawberries supermarket. A first expected result significant impact storage management habits (temperature duration) on resulting waste: all trays that went from 0 1% supermarket more than 95% kept in ambient conditions. Moreover, predicted between 9.4 57.5% depending supermarket, highlighting upstream supply chain before retailers Finally, showed non-linear relationship consumption, thus, By considering this diversity proposes accurate link compared existing literature.

Язык: Английский

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Generalized toolbox for a priori equilibrium modified atmosphere packaging design. Part I: Model development

Food Packaging and Shelf Life, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 101434 - 101434

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Cold chain optimisation models: A systematic literature review

Computers & Industrial Engineering, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 110972 - 110972

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Polymer-coated cardboards as strawberry packaging alternatives: The importance of considering close-to-real testing conditions in a food requirement-driven approach

Food Research International, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 208, С. 116023 - 116023

Опубликована: Март 4, 2025

Currently, packaging solutions are often chosen using a trial-and-error approach, by testing different materials that may be suitable for the product, based on performance values measured under standard environmental conditions and flat materials, sometimes differing from in real conditions, e.g. fluctuating temperature, after converting. This can lead to sub-optimal regarding food protection, with unnecessary costs impact. The purpose of this study was show efficiency requirement-driven approach select appropriate packaging, illustrated strawberries packed coated cardboard importance considering converting steps. Therefore, optimal O2, CO2 water vapor transmission rates were calculated strawberries. These specifications allowed tray material structures among polyvinyl alcohol-coated cardboards commercial cellulosic lid, properties measurement (50 % relative humidity (RH) 23 °C). Then, characterized close (higher RH temperatures), (creasing, folding sealing). Simulations internal gas composition strawberries' loss over time when these performed. Results showed no more modified atmosphere at 5 °C 100 or Furthermore, increased losses predicted high RH. highlights uppermost storage steps design.

Язык: Английский

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