Systematic Literature Review of Barriers and Enablers to Implementing Food Informatics Technologies: Unlocking Agri-Food Chain Innovation

Access to food products is becoming more and more complex due to population growth, climate change, political and economic instability, disruptions in the global value chain, as well as changes in consumption dynamics and food insecurity. Therefore, agri-food chains face increasingly greater challen...

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Main Authors: William Alejandro Orjuela-Garzon, Angélica Sandoval-Aldana, Jonh Jairo Mendez-Arteaga
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-10-01
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description Access to food products is becoming more and more complex due to population growth, climate change, political and economic instability, disruptions in the global value chain, as well as changes in consumption dynamics and food insecurity. Therefore, agri-food chains face increasingly greater challenges in responding to these dynamics, where the digitalization of agri-food systems has become an innovative alternative. However, efforts to adopt and use the technologies of the fourth industrial revolution (precision agriculture, smart agriculture, the Industrial Internet of Things, and the Internet of Food, among others) are still a challenge to improve efficiency in the links of production (cultivation), processing (food production), and final consumption, from the perspective of the implementation of Food Informatics technologies that improve traceability, authenticity, consumer confidence, and reduce fraud. This systematic literature review proposes the identification of barriers and enablers for the implementation of Food Informatics technologies in the links of the agri-food chain. The PRISMA methodology was implemented for the identification, screening, eligibility, and inclusion of articles from the Scopus and Clarivate databases. A total of 206 records were included in the in-depth analysis, through which a total of 34 barriers to the adoption of Food Informatics technologies (13 for the production link, 12 for the processing link, and 9 for the marketing link) and a total of 27 enablers (8 for the production link, 11 for the processing link, and 8 for the marketing link) were identified. Among the barriers analogous to the three links analyzed are privacy and information security and high investment and maintenance costs, while the analogous enablers are mainly government support.
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spelling doaj-art-e470d38ec1234aecbba6ba0a858fae362025-08-20T02:49:49ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582024-10-011321334910.3390/foods13213349Systematic Literature Review of Barriers and Enablers to Implementing Food Informatics Technologies: Unlocking Agri-Food Chain InnovationWilliam Alejandro Orjuela-Garzon0Angélica Sandoval-Aldana1Jonh Jairo Mendez-Arteaga2Grupo de Investigación Bioecono, Inntegra SAS, Ibagué 730001, ColombiaGrupo de Investigación Bioecono, Facultad de Ingeniería Agronómica, Universidad del Tolima, Ibagué 730001, ColombiaGrupo de Investigación en Productos Naturales (GIPRONUT), Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del Tolima, Ibagué 730001, ColombiaAccess to food products is becoming more and more complex due to population growth, climate change, political and economic instability, disruptions in the global value chain, as well as changes in consumption dynamics and food insecurity. Therefore, agri-food chains face increasingly greater challenges in responding to these dynamics, where the digitalization of agri-food systems has become an innovative alternative. However, efforts to adopt and use the technologies of the fourth industrial revolution (precision agriculture, smart agriculture, the Industrial Internet of Things, and the Internet of Food, among others) are still a challenge to improve efficiency in the links of production (cultivation), processing (food production), and final consumption, from the perspective of the implementation of Food Informatics technologies that improve traceability, authenticity, consumer confidence, and reduce fraud. This systematic literature review proposes the identification of barriers and enablers for the implementation of Food Informatics technologies in the links of the agri-food chain. The PRISMA methodology was implemented for the identification, screening, eligibility, and inclusion of articles from the Scopus and Clarivate databases. A total of 206 records were included in the in-depth analysis, through which a total of 34 barriers to the adoption of Food Informatics technologies (13 for the production link, 12 for the processing link, and 9 for the marketing link) and a total of 27 enablers (8 for the production link, 11 for the processing link, and 8 for the marketing link) were identified. Among the barriers analogous to the three links analyzed are privacy and information security and high investment and maintenance costs, while the analogous enablers are mainly government support.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/13/21/3349adoptionagri-chainfacilitatorsfood computinginhibitorsInternet of food
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Systematic Literature Review of Barriers and Enablers to Implementing Food Informatics Technologies: Unlocking Agri-Food Chain Innovation
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adoption
agri-chain
facilitators
food computing
inhibitors
Internet of food
title Systematic Literature Review of Barriers and Enablers to Implementing Food Informatics Technologies: Unlocking Agri-Food Chain Innovation
title_full Systematic Literature Review of Barriers and Enablers to Implementing Food Informatics Technologies: Unlocking Agri-Food Chain Innovation
title_fullStr Systematic Literature Review of Barriers and Enablers to Implementing Food Informatics Technologies: Unlocking Agri-Food Chain Innovation
title_full_unstemmed Systematic Literature Review of Barriers and Enablers to Implementing Food Informatics Technologies: Unlocking Agri-Food Chain Innovation
title_short Systematic Literature Review of Barriers and Enablers to Implementing Food Informatics Technologies: Unlocking Agri-Food Chain Innovation
title_sort systematic literature review of barriers and enablers to implementing food informatics technologies unlocking agri food chain innovation
topic adoption
agri-chain
facilitators
food computing
inhibitors
Internet of food
url https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/13/21/3349
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