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Digitizing Food Supply Chains: A Path to Ensuring Food Security

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posted on 2025-03-26, 12:37 authored by Sandeep Jagtap, Hana TrollmanHana Trollman, Elliot WoolleyElliot Woolley

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

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College of Business Management

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Published in

International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

Publisher

Emerald

Copyright date

2025

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Embargo until publication

Editors

Trollman H

Language

en

Deposited by

Dr Hana Trollman

Deposit date

2025-03-25

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