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. 2022 Jun 29;10:e13674. doi: 10.7717/peerj.13674

Table 1. Enabling factors of IoT-driven sustainable food security (modified after (Kaur, 2021)).

Parameter Reference Role in sustainable food security
Yield prediction based big data Engen et al. (2021), Fan et al. (2015) and Kamath et al. (2021) Assist in the procurement process and the distribution of food resources across different regions.
Delphi survey Allen et al. (2019), Markou et al. (2020) and Vogel et al. (2019) It can aid in the procurement and distribution of goods in a decentralized and distributed manner.
Traceability based Blockchain Lin et al. (2017), Xiong et al. (2020) and Yadav et al. (2021) Avoid food losses, shrinkages, and fraud in FSS
Mobile application for crop details Ahmed & Reddy (2021), Meeradevi & Salpekar (2019) and Yang & Xu (2021) Crop yield, diseases prediction, horticulture research and policy designing
Robotics technology Asseng & Asche (2019) and Asseng et al. (2020) Food production and quality without farmers
Sensors and image processing Eerens et al. (2014), Lew et al. (2020) and Rasti et al. (2021) Ensure better quality control, and higher yield
Sharing information-based channels Singla, Nishu & Deepika (2020) and Wolfert et al. (2017) Better supply chain coordination is aided by information sharing. It also helps supply chain partners build trust.
Refrigeration IoT interface Talavera et al. (2017) The temperature can be adjusted depending on the type and quantity of stock in the refrigerator.
Food AI package before date Mavani et al. (2021) Decreasing food waste and ensuring food safety
Policy improvement using technology Jeevanandam et al. (2022) and Masiero (2015) FSS monitoring and quality control
e-farm marketing Masiero (2015) Avoid losses, maintain food and exclude the intermediate retailers
Consumption pattern simulations Christensen et al. (2018) and Yang et al. (2020) Assist policy-makers in designing a FS system that is appropriate for population consumption behavior. Modeling the pattern of power consumption using a single sensor
Encoded digital data Golan, Jernegan & Linkov (2020) Tracking the goods movement throughout the supply chain.
Cloud computing optimization (Google Collaboratory, Azur, IBM, AWS) Castelvecchi (2017), Christensen et al. (2018), Langmead & Nellore (2018), Satyanarayanan (2019) and Vanderroost et al. (2017) Saving time, reducing food losses, and keeping high quality