Special Issue: Agriculture under the 4th industrial revolution. (Special Issue: Agriculture under the 4th industrial revolution.)

ABSTRACT

This special issue consists of nine original articles, in addition to four articles that were published before this original collection was released. Topics covered include, among others the impact of COVID-19 and associated policy responses on global food security;consumption of healthy and unhealthy foods by the African poor;food system transformation in Asia;the effect of climate change on the evidence needed for agricultural development;digital transformation for a sustainable agriculture in the USA;the role of digitally-enabled financial instruments in an inclusive agricultural transformation;and the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to address information inefficiencies in food supply chains.