Need for a balance between short food supply chains and integrated food processing sectors: COVID-19 takeaways from India

India is an agrarian country with a long history of traditional food processing practices and Short food supply chains (SFSC). However, last few decades saw a huge investment and steady increase in large scale integrated food processing units to combat globalization, food security and India’s export...

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Published inJournal of food science and technology Vol. 58; no. 10; pp. 3667 - 3675
Main Authors Thulasiraman, Venkatesh, Nandagopal, M. S. Giri, Kothakota, Anjineyulu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi Springer India 01.10.2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Chemistry/Food Science
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Developing countries
Energy consumption
Food
Food chains
Food processing
Food Science
Food security
Food supply
Globalization
Greenhouse gases
Large scale integration
LDCs
Nutrition
Outbreaks
Pandemics
Review
Review Article
Supply chains
Traditional foods
India
COVID-19
Energy demand
Short food supply chains
Processed foods
Food supply
Traditional food sectors
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Summary:India is an agrarian country with a long history of traditional food processing practices and Short food supply chains (SFSC). However, last few decades saw a huge investment and steady increase in large scale integrated food processing units to combat globalization, food security and India’s export demands. Recent outbreak of COVID-19 has manifested the drawbacks in the existing production and supply chain system with a wide range of issues and enforces the need for a more balanced approach. This scenario can be commonly observed in many other agrarian developing nations. This article discusses various issues concerning the existing integrated food processing sectors such as high energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and food insecurity during disasters and pandemic outbreaks. Moreover, we emphasise a more sustainable approach with a better balance and understanding between SFSC and integrated food processing. A potential solution in this scenario would be, rejuvenating SFSC and traditional food processing approaches along with integrated food processing units. An approach of this kind, opens up new possibilities for a next generation process-supply system.
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ISSN:0022-1155
0975-8402
DOI:10.1007/s13197-020-04942-0