Food supply chains and COVID‐19: A way forward

Globalization has changed the means of managing business operations, strengthening global economies. The role technology for efficient management operations and supply chains will continue to support economic growth development. Successful businesses should align their with corporate strategy increased chain agility flexibility. Despite such advancements, world economies have witnessed a dramatic fall due COVID-19. Irrespective type industry, COVID-19 affected almost all types management, agri-food sector is not immune this slowdown. Papers by Cappelli Cini (2020); Hobbs Jarzębowski, Bourlakis, Bezat-Jarzębowska Farias Gomes (2020) suggest that it necessary improve food security, develop shortened chains, analyze consumer behavior toward essential items more carefully. pandemic calls policy implications on safety, technological innovations, social dimensions high level responsiveness resilience in (Mor, Singh, Aktas, Accorssi, & Luthra, 2020; Stanley, 2020). Responsive agile agri-supply practices can ensure security an uninterrupted commodities resolve labor issues (Larue, UNIDO, Zurayk, Figure 1 represents plan short chains. Finally, uncovering critical success factors, innovative practices, methodologies, models help industry recover from disruptions caused pandemic. It opportunity worldwide learn challenges posed deliver intelligence facilitate targeted actions. authors declare no competing interest publication. No funding was received carry out research study. Rahul S. Mor, Studying literature, Drafting manuscript, Proofreading accepting final edited manuscript; Sachin Kamble, Supervising framework content, manuscript. corresponding author (Rahul Mor) thankful National Institute Food Technology Entrepreneurship Management, Sonepat – 131028, India, providing infrastructural conduct