This article asks how the application of digital technologies is changing the organization of the agri-food system in the context of the third food regime. The academic debate on digitalization and food largely focuses on the input and farm level. Yet, based on the analysis of 280 digital services and products, we show that digital technologies are now being used along the entire food commodity chain. We argue that digital technologies in the third food regime serve on the one hand as a continuation of established information and communication technologies, thus deepening certain features of the existing food regime such as the retail sector’s control over global commodity chains. On the other hand, digital technologies also introduce new forms of control and value extraction based on the use of data and pave the way for large tech companies to take over market shares in the agri-food sector. Finally, we find that multinational agri-food companies are starting to take on the business models of leading digital tech companies, for instance by developing digital platforms throughout the agri-food system. We argue that this shows that the broader economic restructuring of neoliberal capitalism towards digital capitalism is also making its way into the agri-food system. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s10460-020-10161-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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数字化和第三食品制度

本文探讨数字技术的应用如何在第三食品制度的背景下改变农业食品系统的组织。关于数字化和食品的学术争论主要集中在投入和农场层面。然而，基于对 280 种数字服务和产品的分析，我们表明数字技术现在正被用于整个食品商品链。我们认为，第三食品制度中的数字技术一方面是现有信息和通信技术的延续，从而加深了现有食品制度的某些特征，例如零售部门对全球商品链的控制。另一方面，数字技术还引入了基于数据使用的新形式的控制和价值提取，并为大型科技公司接管农业食品行业的市场份额铺平了道路。最后，我们发现跨国农业食品公司开始采用领先数字技术公司的商业模式，例如通过在整个农业食品系统中开发数字平台。我们认为，这表明新自由主义资本主义向数字资本主义的更广泛经济重组也正在进入农业食品系统。电子补充材料 本文的在线版本 (10.1007/s10460-020-10161-2) 包含补充材料，可供授权用户使用。我们发现跨国农业食品公司开始采用领先的数字技术公司的商业模式，例如通过在整个农业食品系统中开发数字平台。我们认为，这表明新自由主义资本主义向数字资本主义的更广泛经济重组也正在进入农业食品系统。电子补充材料 本文的在线版本 (10.1007/s10460-020-10161-2) 包含补充材料，可供授权用户使用。我们发现跨国农业食品公司开始采用领先的数字技术公司的商业模式，例如通过在整个农业食品系统中开发数字平台。我们认为，这表明新自由主义资本主义向数字资本主义的更广泛经济重组也正在进入农业食品系统。电子补充材料 本文的在线版本 (10.1007/s10460-020-10161-2) 包含补充材料，可供授权用户使用。