Development of Sustainable Agri-Food Systems Based on Artificial Intelligence, Food Policy and Market Integration

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change and unpredictable pandemics pose a threat to the sustainable development of agriculture in smart cities. The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has heavily hit the global agriculture and food system on which human survival and prosperity depend. With the rapid development of urbanization and globalization around the world, it is particularly important to focus on the governance of urban food systems and explore how and why different actors interact for policy implementation architecture. Since food contamination can occur throughout the food production chain (production, processing, distribution, cooking) from the fishing ground or farm to the dining table, food systems in cities are particularly vulnerable to major public health incidents. Strengthening the resilience of food systems in cities becomes more urgent and necessary in the COVID-19 pandemic era. It is necessary to rebuild the agriculture and food system and advance the transformation of the agriculture and food system to enhance its production efficiency, resilience, and inclusiveness. How will computer vision and artificial intelligence ensure the safety of agricultural products, and what roles will they play in sustainable agriculture and food production to feed the future? How have agricultural and food technologies evolved and developed to achieve smarter and more sustainable farming for our food systems in cities? How do relevant actors in the urban food system act to rebuild the resilience of the urban food system?

This Special Issue welcomes innovative research on artificial intelligence, global policies, trade, and market integration for sustainable food systems. In particular, this issue welcomes contributions in, but not limited to, the following relevant areas:

• Smart agriculture;
• Market integration in the global food system;
• International trade in agri-food;
• Policy analysis and practice in the urban food system;
• Sustainable food supply;
• Resilience of food system;
• Artificial intelligence;
• Computer vision;
• Remote sensing.

Prof. Dr. Wen-Hao Su
Dr. Huidan Xue
Guest Editors

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• Sustainable agriculture
• Agricultural economics
• Food policy
• Food safety
• Big data
• Data mining
• Data analytics
• Modeling
• Machine learning