Digitizing Food Supply Chains: A Path to Ensuring Food Security

<p dir="ltr">The COVID-19 pandemic and the conflict between Russia-Ukraine have created and shown the<br>vulnerabilities in global food supply chains (FSCs), showcasing their importance in securing food security<br>(Jagtap et al., 2022). Even before these crises, food insecurity has remained a critical global concern, with<br>over 820 million people facing chronic food insecurity, and 135 million suffering from food insecurity at a<br>crisis level (FSIN, 2020). These numbers increased during the pandemic, and the conflict between Russia-<br>Ukraine has further exposed the vulnerability of FSCs, with enormous numbers of livestock vanishing and<br>large areas of agricultural land rendered unsuitable. [Opening paragraph]</p>