What's Cooking : : Digital Transformation of the Agrifood System.

• Superior document: Agriculture and Food Series
• Author: Schroeder, Kateryna.
• TeilnehmendeR: Lampietti, Julian.; Elabed, Ghada.
• Place / Publishing House: Washington, D. C. : : World Bank Publications,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Agriculture and Food Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (251 pages)

Table of Contents

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- A Framework to Guide the Public Policy Response Aimed at Maximizing the Efficiency, Equity, and Environmental Sustainability of the Digital Transformation -- Digital Technologies Offer Huge Opportunities -- The Risks of a Digital Divide Remain Significant -- Data Governance and Competition are Major Concerns -- Realizing the Potential of Digital Technologies to Transform the Food System Will Require Carefully Crafted Public Policies and Investments -- Plan of the Report -- Part One Setting the Stag -- Chapter One The Agrifood System's Digital Promise -- Key Messages and Introduction -- Unhealthy Economy -- Unhealthy People -- Unhealthy Planet -- How can Digital Technologies Help Achieve a Healthy Economy, Healthy People, and a Healthy Planet? -- Scope and Structure of the Report -- References -- Chapter Two Pathways for Digital Technologies to Change the Agrifood System -- Key Messages and Introduction -- Pathways for Improved Efficiency -- Pathways for Improved Equity -- Pathways for Improved Environmental Sustainability -- Public Policy Entry Points for Accelerating Digital Transformation of the Agrifood System -- References -- Part Two The Agrifood System's Digital Transformatio -- Chapter Three Transforming Agrifood Value Chains -- Key Messages -- On-Farm Digital Transformation -- OFF-Farm Digital Transformation -- Challenges for Adoption of Digital Technologies -- Have Digital Technologies Boosted Equity and Environmental Sustainability in Agricultural Value Chains? -- Environmental Sustainability -- References -- Chapter Four Transforming Rural Finance Markets -- Key Messages -- Barriers to Financial Inclusion -- Pathways for Improved Efficiency, Equity, and Environmental Sustainability -- References.

Chapter Five Transforming Agricultural Policies -- Key Messages -- Role of Transaction Costs in Agricultural Policies -- Digital Opportunities for Reducing Transaction Costs in Agricultural Policies -- Key Barriers, Risks, and Implementation Considerations -- References -- Part Three Securing Gains from the Digital Transformation of the Agrifood System -- Chapter Six Data's Possibilities and Risks -- Key Messages -- Data's Promise for Digital Transformation of the Agrifood System -- Data-Related Challenges to Achieving the Promise of Digital Technologies -- References -- Chapter Seven Policies to Maximize the Gains Made through Digital Technologies -- Key Messages -- Policy Framework for Fostering Digital Transformation of the Agrifood System -- Policies for Enabling Digital Transformation to Maximize Efficiency Gains -- Policies Targeted at Maximizing Equity Outcomes of Digital Transformation -- Policies Targeted at Maximizing Environmental Sustainability Outcomes of Digital Transformation -- References -- Part Four Appendixe -- Appendix A The Digital Agriculture Profiling Tool -- Appendix B The Agriculture Digitalization Index -- Appendix C Mobile Coverage in Rural Areas -- Appendix D Agriculture Digitalization Index Methodology -- Appendix E Maximizing the Finance for Development Approach to Assess the Public Sector Role in Facilitating Broader Development and Adoption of Digital Technologies -- Glossary -- Boxes -- Box 1.1 The Digital Revolution Is Different from Other Technological Revolutions because of the Characteristics of Digital Information and Digital Goods -- Box 2.1 Impacts of Digital Agriculture on Input Industries -- Box 2.2 Impacts of Digital Transformation on Agricultural Jobs -- Box 2.3 Properties of Digital Information and Digital Goods Have Implications for Their Supply in Rural Areas.

Box 3.1 Case Studies of Tractor Hire and Drone Hire in India, Nigeria, and China -- Box 3.2 Role of Distributed Ledger Technologies and Smart Contracts for Improved Traceability along the Agrifood Value Chains -- Box 3.3 Digital Technologies for Sustainable Intensification in Uruguay -- Box 4.1 Data Used to Generate Digital Credit Scores -- Box 4.2 Publicly Available Remote-Sensing Data -- Box 4.3 Remote Sensing to Predict Yield -- Box 5.1 Lessons from Digitizing Agriculture Payments: From Colombia, Estonia, and Nigeria -- Box 5.2 Good Practices for the Establishment of Farm Registries for Administration of Agriculture Support: Experiences from EU Member States -- Box 6.1 Open Data Definition -- Box 7.1 Measuring Good Regulatory Practices for Access to Digital Technologies in Rural Areas -- Figures -- Figure ES.1 Digital Technologies Allow Information to Flow MoreEasily across the Food System -- Figure ES.2 The Structure of the Report -- Figure 1.1 Digital Agriculture and Past Revolutions -- Figure 2.1 Pathways for Digital Agriculture to Improve Efficiency, Equity, and Environmental Sustainability -- Figure 2.2 Stages of the Agricultural Production Process and Information Needs -- Figure 2.3 Transaction Costs and Risks in Agricultural Value Chains -- Figure B2.2.1 Automation Potential across Different Sectors of the Economy -- Figure 2.4 Enablers of Digital Innovation Ecosystems in the Agrifood System -- Figure 4.1 Rural Credit -- Figure 5.1 Policy-related Transaction Costs for the Provision of Budgetary Payments -- Figure 5.2 Digital Technologies Can Reduce Transaction Costs along the Policy Cycle -- Figure B5.2.1 Umbrella Farm Register in Austria -- Figure 5.3 Digital Technologies Currently Used in the Policy Cycle.

Figure 7.1 Policy Framework for Fostering the Efficient, Equitable, and Environmentally Sustainable Digital Transformation of the Agrifood System -- Figure 7.2 The Data Infrastructure for Agriculture -- Figure A.1 Food System Hubs -- Figure A.2 Example of EEE and PPP Framework Application -- Maps -- Map 2.1 Gender Gaps in Mobile Internet Use Are Wide in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 2019 -- Map 4.1 Commercial Bank Branches per 100,000 People Worldwide -- Map A.1 Digital Agriculture Availability Subindex -- Map C.1 South Asia -- Map C.2 Sub-Saharan Africa -- Map C.3 Europe and Central Asia -- Map C.4 Latin America and the Caribbean -- Map C.5 Middle East and North Africa -- Map C.6 East Asia and Pacific -- Photo -- Photo B3.3.1 Tagged Cow in Uruguay -- Tables -- Table 1.1 The Global Food System Is Large and Complex, with Many Actors -- Table 3.1 Summary of the Impact of Digital Technologies on Farmgate Prices -- Table 3.2 Factors in the Adoption of Digital Technologies -- Table A.1 Efficiency Indicator Examples -- Table A.2 Equity Indicator Examples -- Table A.3 Environmental Indicator Examples -- Table B.1 Agriculture Digitalization Index -- Table D.1 Summary of Agricultural Digitalization Index -- Table E.1 Potential Entry Points for Public Sector Actions.