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Innovations and technology disruptions in the food sector within the COVID-19 pandemic and post-lockdown era
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global lockdown that has abruptly shut down core businesses and caused a worldwide recession. The forecast for a smooth transition for the agri-food and drink industry is, at best, alarming. Given that COVID-19 shutdown multiple core services (such as aviat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9759022/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36567851 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2021.02.002 |
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author | Galanakis, Charis M. Rizou, Myrto Aldawoud, Turki M.S. Ucak, Ilknur Rowan, Neil J. |
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description | BACKGROUND: COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global lockdown that has abruptly shut down core businesses and caused a worldwide recession. The forecast for a smooth transition for the agri-food and drink industry is, at best, alarming. Given that COVID-19 shutdown multiple core services (such as aviation, food services, supply chains, and export and import markets), there is an enormous deficiency in critical information to inform priority decision making for companies where this uncertainly is likely to impact negatively upon recovery. SCOPE AND APPROACH: The current article investigates potential innovations within the era of the COVID-19 crisis after framing them within the four issues of the food sector (food safety, bioactive food compounds, food security, and sustainability) that are directly affected by the pandemic. The prospect of foreseen innovations to disrupt the food sector during lockdown periods and the post-COVID-19 era is also discussed. KEY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS: Internet and Communication Technologies, blockchain in the food supply chain and other Industry 4.0 applications, as well as approaches that redefine the way we consume food (e.g., lab-grown meat, plant-based alternatives of meat, and valorization of a vast range of bioresources), are the innovations with the highest potential in the new era. There is also an equally pressing need to exploit social marketing to understand attitudes, perceptions, and barriers that influence the behavior change of consumers and the agri-food industry. Subsequently, this change will contribute to adapting to new norms forged by the COVID-19 pandemic, where there is a significant gap in knowledge for decision making. |
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spelling | pubmed-97590222022-12-19 Innovations and technology disruptions in the food sector within the COVID-19 pandemic and post-lockdown era Galanakis, Charis M. Rizou, Myrto Aldawoud, Turki M.S. Ucak, Ilknur Rowan, Neil J. Trends Food Sci Technol Article BACKGROUND: COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global lockdown that has abruptly shut down core businesses and caused a worldwide recession. The forecast for a smooth transition for the agri-food and drink industry is, at best, alarming. Given that COVID-19 shutdown multiple core services (such as aviation, food services, supply chains, and export and import markets), there is an enormous deficiency in critical information to inform priority decision making for companies where this uncertainly is likely to impact negatively upon recovery. SCOPE AND APPROACH: The current article investigates potential innovations within the era of the COVID-19 crisis after framing them within the four issues of the food sector (food safety, bioactive food compounds, food security, and sustainability) that are directly affected by the pandemic. The prospect of foreseen innovations to disrupt the food sector during lockdown periods and the post-COVID-19 era is also discussed. KEY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS: Internet and Communication Technologies, blockchain in the food supply chain and other Industry 4.0 applications, as well as approaches that redefine the way we consume food (e.g., lab-grown meat, plant-based alternatives of meat, and valorization of a vast range of bioresources), are the innovations with the highest potential in the new era. There is also an equally pressing need to exploit social marketing to understand attitudes, perceptions, and barriers that influence the behavior change of consumers and the agri-food industry. Subsequently, this change will contribute to adapting to new norms forged by the COVID-19 pandemic, where there is a significant gap in knowledge for decision making. Elsevier Ltd. 2021-04 2021-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9759022/ /pubmed/36567851 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2021.02.002 Text en © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Article Galanakis, Charis M. Rizou, Myrto Aldawoud, Turki M.S. Ucak, Ilknur Rowan, Neil J. Innovations and technology disruptions in the food sector within the COVID-19 pandemic and post-lockdown era |
title | Innovations and technology disruptions in the food sector within the COVID-19 pandemic and post-lockdown era |
title_full | Innovations and technology disruptions in the food sector within the COVID-19 pandemic and post-lockdown era |
title_fullStr | Innovations and technology disruptions in the food sector within the COVID-19 pandemic and post-lockdown era |
title_full_unstemmed | Innovations and technology disruptions in the food sector within the COVID-19 pandemic and post-lockdown era |
title_short | Innovations and technology disruptions in the food sector within the COVID-19 pandemic and post-lockdown era |
title_sort | innovations and technology disruptions in the food sector within the covid-19 pandemic and post-lockdown era |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9759022/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36567851 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2021.02.002 |
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