DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND FOOD SECURITY IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20735945Keywords:
digital technologies, food security, developed countries, precision agriculture, online food assistance, digital agriculture, food access, data governance, food systemsAbstract
This article examines the role of digital technologies in strengthening food security in developed countries.
Although high-income economies have advanced infrastructure, modern logistics, strong statistical systems and sophisticated
social-protection programs, food insecurity remains present because access to food depends not only on aggregate
supply but also on income, prices, nutrition, territorial inequality and institutional design. The study uses an IMRAD structure
and combines theoretical analysis with selected empirical data from the United States, the European Union, Canada
and OECD economies. It analyzes digital agriculture, online food-assistance systems, agri-food data spaces, precision
farming, digital price monitoring, e-commerce and supply-chain traceability. The evidence shows that digital technologies
can improve food availability, accessibility, utilization and stability by reducing information asymmetry, improving resource
efficiency, enabling faster public assistance and strengthening early-warning capacity. However, digital transformation
does not automatically eliminate food insecurity. The article concludes that digital food-security strategies in developed
countries should combine innovation with social protection, competition policy, cybersecurity, data governance and nutrition-
oriented public policy
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