Consumer-centred viable agri-food supply chain ecosystem and potential digital enhancements: an exploratory study

Kasuni Vidanagamachchi; Athula Ginige

Consumer-centred viable agri-food supply chain ecosystem and potential digital enhancements: an exploratory study

Kasuni Vidanagamachchi
, Athula Ginige

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper › peer-review

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic caused disruptions, especially in sourcing fresh agri-produce, leading to many agri-food supply chain (ASC) adaptations to ensure sufficient food for people. We studied these adaptations in Sri Lanka, which faced a prolonged disruption due to COVID-19 followed by an economic crisis, to understand how to ensure food availability during a long-term disruption. The various adaptation methods have helped the people source sufficient food during these two back-to-back disruptions that lasted for over two years. The study unveils regional disparity in disruption impact, with urban areas enduring the most severe consequences. The analysis reveals previously unconnected forms of physical and digital channels transforming into a symbiotic existence to ensure consumer demand for agri-food. This was enabled by digital information flow, empowering ASC stakeholders to adapt dynamically to suit disruptive conditions. From the insights gained, we propose a digitally enabled framework for creating viable ASCs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 34th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2023), 5-8 December 2023, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Publisher	Association for Information Systems
Pages	1-11
Number of pages	11
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	Australasian Conference on Information Systems - Duration: 1 Jan 2024 → …

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Conference	Australasian Conference on Information Systems
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Vidanagamachchi, K & Ginige, A 2023, Consumer-centred viable agri-food supply chain ecosystem and potential digital enhancements: an exploratory study. in Proceedings of the 34th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2023), 5-8 December 2023, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Association for Information Systems, pp. 1-11, Australasian Conference on Information Systems, 1/01/24.

Consumer-centred viable agri-food supply chain ecosystem and potential digital enhancements: an exploratory study. / Vidanagamachchi, Kasuni; Ginige, Athula.
Proceedings of the 34th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2023), 5-8 December 2023, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Association for Information Systems, 2023. p. 1-11.

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