Data and Digital as Enabler for Circular Agri-Food Systems
World Bank Group (WBG)
Time: Friday, 20. January 2023, 09:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Room: M4-M5
Language: English, German
Summary:
The objective of the event is to spark a conversation among experts and thought leaders from different disciplines to discuss and clarify issues around the convergence of data, digital and circular economies. The audience will obtain a holistic overview from the discourse, while also having an opportunity to share their understanding and questions to steer the discussion.
The event is motivated by the fact that data-driven and digital agriculture is a catalyst with wide-ranging potential to transform food systems and affect the lives of billions. Digital technologies dramatically change the interactions between the unparalleled number of actors across the food system, comprising farmers, upstream and downstream enterprises, consumers, and public sector institutions. Digital platforms can create and support novel business models needed for circular agriculture and food systems across geographies. Digitization can therefore enable circular agriculture and food systems by overcoming technical barriers and information asymmetries.
Key topics of the event are 1) general circularity in agriculture and food systems as part of the larger bio-based economy, 2) how data and digital technologies can enable circularity by creating new business models and enabling data-sharing and collaboration among actors in value-chains, and 3) the role of the public sector to maximize societal benefits of a digital-enabled circular economy, while also mitigating potential risks of digital technologies.
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