Digital Divide and Digital Inequality in Global Food Systems
The article explores the impact of the digital divide and digital inequality on the transformation processes in the world’s food sector through the lens of a new paradigm developed in preparation of the September 2021 UN Food Systems Summit. The purpose of the study is to identify the main causes of...
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description | The article explores the impact of the digital divide and digital inequality on the transformation processes in the world’s food sector through the lens of a new paradigm developed in preparation of the September 2021 UN Food Systems Summit. The purpose of the study is to identify the main causes of the deepening digital inequality in the food sector and ways to overcome it. The authors’ methodology of interdisciplinary comprehensive analysis of socio-economic processes makes it possible to identify the most disruptive points that inhibit food provision to the global population in the context of digitalization. It is argued that the digital inequality in various food systems is based on the multi-speed nature of digitalization processes in individual countries and among groups of economic entities, and this creates new competitive landscape and, consequently, a new ratio of market advantages and risks. It is concluded that the digital inequality in the global food systems has implication beyond the market profoundly affecting social outcomes. It exacerbates the food security problem in terms of economic affordability of food due to a decrease or loss of income of the rural population, who lose their jobs in the digitalization context, and also generates new risks of functioning in digital ecosystems. This situation makes it difficult to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), namely SDG-2 and related goals. However, the impact of government regulation of the food sector on overcoming digital inequality remains ambiguous. |
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spelling | doaj.art-c1bf479439cb46719affd3c37d5368162023-08-02T09:26:23ZengPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)Vestnik RUDN. International Relations2313-06602313-06792022-07-0122237238410.22363/2313-0660-2022-22-2-372-38420850Digital Divide and Digital Inequality in Global Food SystemsLilia S. Revenko0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1519-1183Nikolay S. Revenko1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0359-5201MGIMO UniversityFinancial University under the Government of the Russian FederationThe article explores the impact of the digital divide and digital inequality on the transformation processes in the world’s food sector through the lens of a new paradigm developed in preparation of the September 2021 UN Food Systems Summit. The purpose of the study is to identify the main causes of the deepening digital inequality in the food sector and ways to overcome it. The authors’ methodology of interdisciplinary comprehensive analysis of socio-economic processes makes it possible to identify the most disruptive points that inhibit food provision to the global population in the context of digitalization. It is argued that the digital inequality in various food systems is based on the multi-speed nature of digitalization processes in individual countries and among groups of economic entities, and this creates new competitive landscape and, consequently, a new ratio of market advantages and risks. It is concluded that the digital inequality in the global food systems has implication beyond the market profoundly affecting social outcomes. It exacerbates the food security problem in terms of economic affordability of food due to a decrease or loss of income of the rural population, who lose their jobs in the digitalization context, and also generates new risks of functioning in digital ecosystems. This situation makes it difficult to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), namely SDG-2 and related goals. However, the impact of government regulation of the food sector on overcoming digital inequality remains ambiguous.https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/viewFile/31413/20882food systemsfood securitydigital dividedigital inequality |
spellingShingle | Lilia S. Revenko Nikolay S. Revenko Digital Divide and Digital Inequality in Global Food Systems Vestnik RUDN. International Relations food systems food security digital divide digital inequality |
title | Digital Divide and Digital Inequality in Global Food Systems |
title_full | Digital Divide and Digital Inequality in Global Food Systems |
title_fullStr | Digital Divide and Digital Inequality in Global Food Systems |
title_full_unstemmed | Digital Divide and Digital Inequality in Global Food Systems |
title_short | Digital Divide and Digital Inequality in Global Food Systems |
title_sort | digital divide and digital inequality in global food systems |
topic | food systems food security digital divide digital inequality |
url | https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/viewFile/31413/20882 |
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