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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lilia S. Revenko, Nikolay S. Revenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2022-07-01
Series:Vestnik RUDN. International Relations
Subjects:
Online Access:https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/viewFile/31413/20882
_version_ 1797756865624408064
author Lilia S. Revenko
Nikolay S. Revenko
author_facet Lilia S. Revenko
Nikolay S. Revenko
author_sort Lilia S. Revenko
collection DOAJ
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.
first_indexed 2024-03-12T18:07:43Z
format Article
id doaj.art-c1bf479439cb46719affd3c37d536816
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2313-0660
2313-0679
language English
last_indexed 2024-03-12T18:07:43Z
publishDate 2022-07-01
publisher Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
record_format Article
series Vestnik RUDN. International Relations
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
work_keys_str_mv AT liliasrevenko digitaldivideanddigitalinequalityinglobalfoodsystems
AT nikolaysrevenko digitaldivideanddigitalinequalityinglobalfoodsystems