An overview of approaches and methodologies for supporting smallholders: ICT tools, blockchain, business models, sustainability indicators, simulation models
Résumé
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted all the weaknesses of manufacturing systems and supply chains. In this
challenging context, smallholders have faced several crises mainly related to the difficulty of finding manpower for harvesting
activities and the impossibility of distributing food, due to the forced closure of many distribution channels. The main consequences
were lost sales and wasted food. With the aim of increasing the responsiveness of smallholders in the face of COVID-like crises,
this paper provides an overview of methodologies and approaches currently available in the literature in terms of: ICT tools,
blockchain-based solutions, business models, sustainability-oriented frameworks, simulation models. The analysis of the literature
provides two main outputs: (1) a list of challenges to be faced in the coming years to improve the working conditions of
smallholders, (2) the definition of future research developments, which mainly concern the design of an ICT platform, which
integrates multiple technological aspects.
Domaines
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