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Food supply chains: Business resilience, innovation, and adaptation
| Content Provider | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) |
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| Author | Reardon, Thomas Vos, Rob |
| Organization | IFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division |
| Description | Private sector enterprises all along food supply chains must play a central role in food system resilience and transformation; the pandemic revealed some of the sector’s weaknesses and strengths that can help to build greater resilience and reach other Sustainable Development Goals. KEY MESSAGES - The pandemic disrupted food supply chains through government-imposed lockdowns and restrictions, affecting labor supply, input provisioning, logistics, and distribution channels, and shifting consumer demand for food. - Impacts differed by the degree of integration and modernization of food supply chains. - “Transitioning” supply chains were the most vulnerable - these chains are long but still poorly integrated, face infrastructure limitations, and are dominated by SMEs that depend heavily on hired labor. - Traditional supply chains also suffered, but less so being generally short and relying on family labor. - Modern, integrated supply chains were better positioned to adapt and innovate. Businesses that were able to “pivot” or innovate rapidly fared well, using either their own capacity or intermediaries to expand e-platforms for supply and delivery. - Ongoing trends, most notably the growth of supermarket-style retail, e-commerce, and food delivery, were accelerated by the pandemic. - Recent innovations such as e-commerce offer opportunities for SMEs in food supply chains. |
| Related Links | https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/ee43ff60-7fae-4558-ad68-903e8560d6c6 |
| File Format | |
| DOI | 10.2499/9780896293991_06 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| Publisher Place | Washington, DC |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Subject Keyword | Innovation Supply Chains Sustainable Development Goals Shock Supply Balance Policies Covid-19 Enterprises Nutrition Small and Medium Enterprises Information and Communication Technologies Quarantine Diet Pandemics Resilience Food Systems |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
| Subject | Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science |
