On August 6, 2020, the World Bank published an article entitled “Beyond the Pandemic: Harnessing the Digital Revolution to Set Food Systems on a Better Course” addressing the issues on pervasive information asymmetry and transaction costs in vast food systems and the need for transformation to a more comprehensive, resilient and sustainable model.。

The three recommendations for digital acceleration of agricultural transformation are as follows:

The first D: De-concentrate markets and supply chains

The second D: Decentralize traceability

The third D: Disseminate open data

The full article is available at:

World Bank, Beyond the Pandemic: Harnessing the Digital Revolution to Set Food Systems on a Better Course, By: Julian Lampietti, Ghada El Abed, and Kateryna Schroeder, August 6, 2020.

Contributor: IIYAMA Miyuki (Research Strategy Office)