Bocean Claudiu George
Department of Management, Marketing and Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, 13 AI Cuza Street, 200585 Craiova, Romania.
Foods. 2024 Apr 22;13(8):1281. doi: 10.3390/foods13081281.
In today's landscape, digital technologies hold immense potential in tackling challenges associated with food sustainability. This study aims to contextualize a broader investigation of food sustainability and digitalization within the agricultural sector. Its objective is to explore the influence of digital technologies on sustainable food production and consumption, particularly examining relationships among digital technologies, municipal waste, agricultural output, nitrogen emissions, methane emissions from agriculture, and Goal 12 Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG12). Through the use of Structural Equation Modeling, the empirical investigation scrutinizes the relationships between digital technology use and critical variables linked to food sustainability in a longitudinal analysis. The results highlight the significant impact of extensive digital technology use on municipal waste, sustainable production, and consumption, indirectly influencing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Empirical research findings reveal a negative influence of digital technologies on responsible consumption and production (path coefficient -0.349, values < 0.001), suggesting an impact of digital technologies on diminishing sustainability in consumption and production. The relationship between digital technologies and municipal solid waste is also negative (path coefficient -0.360, values < 0.001), suggesting that the use of digital technologies can contribute to reducing the amount of municipal solid waste. Digitalization has the potential to improve the sustainability of supply chains by reducing resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions associated with production and distribution operations.
在当今形势下，数字技术在应对与粮食可持续性相关的挑战方面具有巨大潜力。本研究旨在将对农业部门粮食可持续性和数字化的更广泛调查置于具体情境中。其目的是探讨数字技术对可持续粮食生产和消费的影响，特别是研究数字技术、城市垃圾、农业产出、氮排放、农业甲烷排放以及目标12“负责任的消费和生产”（可持续发展目标12）之间的关系。通过使用结构方程模型，实证研究在纵向分析中审视了数字技术使用与与粮食可持续性相关的关键变量之间的关系。结果突出了广泛使用数字技术对城市垃圾、可持续生产和消费的重大影响，间接影响了温室气体（GHG）排放。实证研究结果显示数字技术对负责任的消费和生产有负面影响（路径系数为 -0.349，p值<0.001），这表明数字技术对消费和生产中可持续性的降低有影响。数字技术与城市固体废物之间的关系也是负面的（路径系数为 -0.360，p值<0.001），这表明数字技术的使用有助于减少城市固体废物的数量。数字化有潜力通过减少与生产和分销运营相关的资源消耗和温室气体排放来提高供应链的可持续性。
