Agri-Food System and Artificial Intelligence: Reconsidering Imperishability

Abstract

This research work aims to investigate the function of artificial intelligence (AI) in the agri-food industry, considering their effects on the sustainable development of the environment and society, as well as to understand the role of stakeholders in its supply chain. For more than a decade, scholars, technology experts, and practitioners have paid rapid attention to artificial intelligence (AI) technology innovations and their roles in operational processes management and its challenges for new business models, in a sustainable and socially responsible perspective. Therefore, these stakeholders of agri-food organizations can now assume a proactive or marginal role in the value creation for businesses based on their individual environmental awareness. Although the issues associated with the adoption of new technologies still appear “open” in some industries, such as the agri-food system, rethinking and redesigning the whole business model is required for sustainable development. Methodologically, an in-depth survey and review of the scholar’s literature of relevant information about this subject matter were carried out following two major phases: firstly, was the extraction of related articles from scientific databases (Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar) while the second phase involved analyzing the selected articles. The findings denoted major issues about Artificial intelligence towards a “space economy” to achieve sustainable and responsible business models.