Reconfiguration of Agrifood Supply Chain Management in Latin America during COVID-19: A Brief Literature Review

Rafael Granillo-Macías (), Héctor Rivera-Gómez, Isidro Jesús González-Hernández and Francisca Santana-Robles
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Rafael Granillo-Macías: Higher Education School Ciudad Sahagun, Autonomous University of Hidalgo, Sahagun-Otumba Road, Industrial Zone, Ciudad Sahagun 43998, Hidalgo, Mexico
Héctor Rivera-Gómez: Academic Area of Engineering, Autonomous University of Hidalgo, Pachuca-Tulancingo Road 4.5, City of Knowledge, Mineral de la Reforma 42184, Hidalgo, Mexico
Isidro Jesús González-Hernández: Higher Education School Ciudad Sahagun, Autonomous University of Hidalgo, Sahagun-Otumba Road, Industrial Zone, Ciudad Sahagun 43998, Hidalgo, Mexico
Francisca Santana-Robles: Higher Education School Ciudad Sahagun, Autonomous University of Hidalgo, Sahagun-Otumba Road, Industrial Zone, Ciudad Sahagun 43998, Hidalgo, Mexico

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 9, 1-22

Abstract: This study aims to analyze the changes in the agrifood supply chain (AFSC) configurations in Latin America (LATAM) imposed by the markets as an effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper analyzes the results of mobility trends, production rates, logistics performance, and the strategies developed by managers and decision makers of the organizations of the agro-industrial sector for supply chain configurations during the early stages of the pandemic in a food-exporting region that contributes 14% of the world’s production of agricultural and fishery products. Through a literature review of reports and scientific articles on the behavior of the pandemic published by international organizations, research centers, and researchers around the AFSC in LATAM, the impacts on logistical disruptions, configuration strategies, and disruptive technologies applied in Latin American agrifood supply chains during the lockdown are identified. As a result of this reconfiguration of the AFSC, the development of short supply chains and the digitalization of supply based on electronic commerce were the most used strategies during COVID-19 in LATAM. The results of this study show that Mexico, Chile, and Brazil maintained a prominent position as leaders in the different logistics indicators for the AFSC by developing strategies that include short supply chains and the digitalization of supplies based on electronic commerce. Finally, this study also highlights the imminent need to address new research and theories on the reconfiguration of the AFSC, which allows expanding analytical capabilities in organizations to face future risks and challenges that will enable the reconfiguration of the supply chain in the face of catastrophic scenarios such as COVID-19.

Keywords: short supply chain; agro logistics; pandemic crisis; emerging markets; technology strategy; LATAM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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