Annals of the Academy of Romanian Scientists

Series on Agriculture, Silviculture and Veterinary Medicine

Volume 15, Number 1/2026

ISSN 2344-2085

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FOOD SECURITY AND AGRO-INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM

GOVERNANCE IN BIOHARMONY

WITH THE STAGES OF THE CONTEMPORARY

AND PROSPECTIVE GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Romulus GRUIA¹, Liviu GACEU²

Abstract. This paper provides an integrated analysis of the relationship between food

security and the governance of the agro-industrial system within the dynamic context of

contemporary and prospective industrial revolutions (from Industry 3.0 to 6.0). Based on

the premise that agro-food systems are complex adaptive systems, the research proposes

an original conceptual model – Development of Agri-Food in Convergence of

Bioaharmonism (DACbio). This model correlates technological evolution (including

Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things) with ecosystem dynamics, nutritional

quality, and multi-level governance mechanisms. Beyond quantitative production, the

study highlights the emergent outcomes of interactions between technological efficiency,

ecosystem integrity, food information density, and governance quality. In this framework,

the paper introduces and operationalizes innovative indicators, such as the Agro-Rural

Bioharmonism Index and the Food Information Density Index, as tools for evaluating

agro-food system performance. Based on this analysis, the study proposes public policies

and implementation strategies focused on agro-food digitalization, the development of

regenerative agriculture, and the strengthening of participatory governance. The major

contribution of this work lies in formulating a bioharmonist paradigm that enables the

transition from linear agro-industrial models to resilient and sustainable circular systems

in an non-liniar world, capable of ensuring food security amidst global uncertainty.

Keywords: Agri-food system, Agro-industrial governance, Bioharmonism, Food security,

Industrial Revolution

DOI

10.56082/annalsarsciagr.2026.1.96

1. Introduction

The direct relationship between the civilizational perspective and

industrialization, beyond economic development, represents a reconfiguration of

the human-nature relationship and a restructuring of social and production

systems.

¹Prof.PhD. Eng. University of Transilvania from Brașov, Romania, Full Member of the Academy

of Romanian Scientists, Associate member of Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences

"Gheorghe Ionescu-Sisesti", Researcher CE-MONT & CSCBAS – National Institute of Economics

Research, Romanian Academy, (e-mail: ecotec@unitbv.ro)

²Prof. PhD. Hab. Eng. University of Transilvania from Brașov, Romania, Coresponding Member

of the Academy of Romanian Scientists, Researcher CE-MONT & CSCBAS – National Institute

of Economics Research, Romanan Academy, (e-mail: gaceul@unitbv.ro).

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It is also an expansion of the collective capacity to transform energy and

matter into goods and services, as well as an increase in the complexity of societal

organization systems.

From this perspective, food security highlights structural vulnerabilities,

being affected by contemporary crises that induce the fragmentation of global

supply chains, dependence on intensive chemical inputs, systemic food waste, loss

of agricultural biodiversity, but also digital corporate concentration.

Global industrialization is also continuously transforming agri-food

systems, a fundamental aspect in the evolution of food because it represents one

of the most important elements with civilizational effects. THE INDUSTRIAL

REVOLUTION represents the changes that mark the transition from a traditional

production system to an advanced one, namely a period of rapid, profound and

radical technological transformations, which fundamentally modify the economy,

social structure, way of life and culture of humanity.

In relation to food, an industrial development is carried out, which at a

civilizational level represents the process by which society amplifies its

production and organizational capacity, leading to one of the most profound

consequences, namely the transformation of food from a local, biological product

into a global, industrial and systemic product, specific to the activities of the rural

space. In these areas, the primary activity is a predominantly agricultural economy

or one based on natural resources, mixed activities, dominant natural/agricultural

landscapes and a close-knit community. These are elements that entitle us to

analyze the agro-rural space holistically, directly linked to food security and

community sanogenesis, defined in the box below:

The agro-rural space is the specialized area dominated by the primary

sector (agro-zoo-forestry) and complementary to mixed activities

(agrotourism, small industry, energy).

The main purpose of this research is to analyze and develop an integrated

framework for analysis and action regarding food security and the governance of

the agro-industrial system in order to realize a "bioharmonious" development

MODEL capable of ensuring the balance between agri-food production,

nutritional quality, ecosystem sustainability and societal stability, following the

path of simultaneous optimization of systemic resilience, technological efficiency

and informational-nutritional quality of food

Working hypothesis - the transition from the classical "industrial-

aggressive" paradigm, which operates on the logic: quantitative maximization →

cost externalization → ecosystem degradation, to the "industry-food in co-

evolution" relationship between the technological system and the biological

system on the logic: agriculture as a subsystem of industry → food as a product

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of global technological systems → civilization outsourcing food production to

balanced industrial infrastructures.

The specific objectives include four groups, namely: The framework

objective is to analyze and model the relationship between food security and the

governance of the agro-industrial system in the dynamic context of the

contemporary and prospective stages of the industrial revolution, by integrating

the principles of bioharmonism, as a paradigm of balance between natural,

economic and societal systems.

(1) Defining food security in an expanded perspective based on the

paradigm

shift to adapt to the requirements of today's society (conceptual

objective);

(2) Methodological analyses: characteristics, comparisons, risk assessment

by finding solutions to optimize the development of the agri-food system

in relation to global industrial evolution (analytical objective);

(3) Developing an integrated conceptual framework through an agri-food

development model with specific indicators, respectively developing a

strategy for applying the model in relation to global industrial evolution

(strategic objective);

(4) Examples of public policies related to the theme as a tool with

applicability in Romania (applicative and governance objectives).

• Literature review

The topic of the paper requires an interdisciplinary bibliography that

combines concepts regarding food security, economic governance, industry

4.0/5.0 (industrial revolutions) [18, 24], but also the development of the

bioeconomy through systemic bioharmony.

Regarding food security, the issue is highly debated, including at the level

of international organizations [25]. Detailed analyses are made regarding the

implications for global food governance [19], agrarian issues [20] and

pathological aspects related to nutrition [23]. In parallel, approaches regarding the

evolution of industrial revolutions in relation to the agro-industrial system are of

interest. Works with a general vision [22], or those referring to technological

adaptations [1] are relevant.

The specific analysis of the paper brings to the forefront bioeconomy,

sustainability and bioharmony (the latter as a corollary of bioconvergence,

synergy and ecology, emergence and resilience), all of this through benchmark

references [4, 6, 21], including as sustainable development of businesses in the

field of food production [2].

Last but not least, we mention the approaches of interest regarding the

perspective of modern politics [3] and innovation in agribusiness and the future

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transformations expected for the agri-food system at the international level [5, 7,

12, 26].

In the Romanian context, a multidisciplinary perspective on agro-rural

management is offered, introducing concepts such as eco-farming and

bioeconomic zootechnics, adapted to the local specifics and to the current

requirements of food and gastronomic sustainability, through a series of own

works that de facto approach the idea of food security and how to adapt to the

contemporary requirements of the food act. We refer to the aspects integrated

through its specific steps: agriculture [8, 9,10,11] and its evolution in fragile areas

[13], plus zootechnics [15], then the food industry [14] and the gastro-industry

[16,17].

2. Materials and methods

This research is of an exploratory-descriptive type, with elements of

qualitative and quantitative analysis. A mixed approach was chosen, in order to

capture both objective data (quantitative) and subjective and contextual

perspectives (qualitative). The analysis of the development and integration trend

influenced by climate change and its different impact depending on altitude was

carried out using principles of multi-criteria analysis, comparisons and statistical

processing. Structurally, the research methodology used is based on a broad

documentary and complementary analysis of the specialized literature, legislation

and public policies in the field of food security and governance typologies, at

national and European level.

3. Results and discussions

Considering that industrialization represents the increase in civilization's

capacity to produce, organize, and distribute resources on a large scale and with

increasing efficiency, through complementarity we can analyze the relationship

between industrialization and food security, as the first existential element in the

evolution of all human civilizations.

3.1. The historical evolution of industrial revolutions on the path of

bioharmonism

Industrial development in relation to FOOD achieves a type of evolution

that at a civilizational level represents the TRANSFORMATION of FOOD from a

local, biological product into a global, industrial and systemic product specific to

the activities of the rural space, through the bioconvergent dynamics of the

processes of bioharmony. We specify that by "bioconvergence" we understand the

process

of

convergent

harmonization between biological,

ecosystemic,

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technological, social and informational systems, oriented towards increasing the

functional coherence of life and the staged civilizational stability.

In analyzing the theme, we start from the global civilizational evolution

with the six stages of the industrial revolution described in various government

strategies, as can be seen in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Evolution of global industrial revolutions over time

In our approach, we consider that civilizational evolution is directly linked

to industrial revolutions, and the path of development is supported primarily on

the principles of bioharmonism. We are talking about a new model of evolution

described by the Theory of Bioharmonism, founded in 2019 by Romulus Gruia,

professor at Transilvania University of Brașov, which is operationalized by

integrating the Theory of Basal Bioharmonism and the Theory of Generalized

Bioharmonism.

In short, systemic dynamics is of interest for understanding the evolution

over time of food patterns and efferent governance. Bioharmonism is the concept

and model that claims that the surrounding reality (life, society and

consciousness) evolves between living systems (biosphere) and the natural and

anthropic environment (technosphere), through the bioconvergence of specific

P R O C E S S that induce harmonizing dynamic balances.

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Explanatory, these processes are the following:

(a) co-viability: the capacity of biological, social or economic systems to

survive and maintain essential functions in mutual interdependence, under

conditions of stress or change;

(b) co-evolution: the process by which different systems (ecosystem,

community, technology) evolve simultaneously and emergently, adapting

harmoniously to internal and external changes;

(c) co-regulation: cybernetic mechanisms by which processes and flows

in different sub-systems are mutually adjusted to maintain the balance and

performance of the integrated system;

(d) systemic coherence: the degree of harmonization of objectives, values

and actions within the system networks, so that all components contribute to the

common goal of bioharmony (metamorphosis and optimal balance between

human biology, anthroposystems and the environment);

(e) co-decision: the specific management decision to achieve the

coherence of networks specific to systemic bioharmonism based on distributed

processes

between

man-technology-natural

system,

resulting

in

the

democratization of decision-making towards participatory governance in a "fluid

politics".

Deepening the idea based on the evolutionary relationships on the agro-

industrial-rural line, through the principles of bioharmony, we can see the mode of

action of this demeres. Thus, the Bioharmonism Agro-Rural Model is a coherent

framework for development with a holistic, participatory and sustainable valence,

which integrates the ecological, economic, social, cultural and technological

dimensions of rural communities in a polyvalent and multi-level manner, with the

main goal of creating a resilient agro-rural ecosystem. All of these are based on

the idea of adaptable anthroposystems, which are capable of generating

sustainable added value.

We specify that the proposed model aims at bioconvergence through the

path of bioharmonism through the point of synergy between the "polyvalent"

LOCAL LEVEL (which generates resilience and cultural/ecological identity),

with the "multi-level" SYSTEMIC LEVEL (which provides digital, logistical and

legislative infrastructure) so that the expected resilience is profitable, with

potential for societal emergence, in this case inducing the emergence of the new

higher order in the rural space (Figure 2 and Figure 3).

The entire described dynamic can be found in a specific expression in the

evolution of industrial revolutions, highlighting the development of the agri-food

sector (Table 1).

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Figure 2. Local level of support a bioconvergent

Figure 3. Systemic level of bioconvergent

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Table 1. Stages of agri-food industrial evolution as a civilization vector

GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL

EVOLUTION

ADAPTATION OF INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION

TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE

AGRI-FOOD SYSTEM

Stage

Period

Specification

Conceptual evolution

- replacement of human

power with mechanical

energy (extensive

agriculture + beginning of

mechanization)

➢

Food =

Mechanization

(late 18th century –

early 19th century)

biological

resource

dependent on

nature

Industry 1.0

Industry 2.0

Industry 3.0

- efficiency and large-scale

standardization

(electrification + beginning

of intensive agriculture)

➢

Food =

economic

commodity,

mass product

Electrification and

mass production

(late 19th century –

early 20th century)

Food =

Computerization and

automation

(end of the 19th century

– beginning of the 20th

century)

- integration of electronics

and information systems in

production (green

revolution + chemistry +

automation)

industrial

product with

economic

efficiency

- physical and digital

➢

Food = data

system and

health vector

with systemic

effectiveness

systems become integrated

into smart grids (precision

agriculture + digitalization)

Smart Industry

(approx. 2000–present)

Industry 4.0

Industry 5.0

- technology serves man,

does not replace him

(ecological and social

rebalancing)

➢

Food = human

value and

personalization

Sustainability and

human-centeredness

(systemic effectiveness

approx. after 2020)

- technological civilization

integrated with the

biosphere and human

cognition (harmonious

bioconvergence & bio-

digital-cognitive co-

evolution)

Food = bio-

integrative

information in

individual-

ecosystem

Bioharmonistic

bioconvergence

Industry 6.0

(emerging integronics /

prospectively approx.

after 2030/2040)

bioharmony

3.2. Development of the Agri-Food Development Model in Bioharmonistic

Convergence (DACbio)

To generate the development model of the agri-food sector, we start from

the general picture of agro-rural territorial development adapted for the coming

decades, namely the Bioharmonious Agro-Rural Development Model (DARbio).

We base ourselves on the "clarifying" question: How do we organize rural space

as a bioharmonious ecosystem ?

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Figure 4. The Development of Agri-Food in Convergence Bioharmonism Model (DACbio) within

the components of the general Rural Development Model (DARbio)

The DARbio model, in short, is the bioharmony of rural civilization,

calculated as a weighted arithmetic average, representing the integrative

bioharmonistic territorial framework of bioconvergence between agri-food

systems, circular bioeconomy, resilient communities and ecosystems of living

reality. The bioharmonistic architecture of territorial development, focused on

rural development, consists of the components and metrication analyzed in the

Figure 4.

In the context of what has been presented, we specify that Development of

Agri-Food in Convergence of Bioaharmonism Model (DACbio) adapted to the

specific conditions expected for the coming decades is the basic component

regarding the bioharmony of regenerative agri-food production, which answers

another question, that is, simply put: How do we produce, process and distribute

food in a bioharmonistic manner ?

Essentially, the DACbio Model transforms industrial evolution from a

linear process into a process of bioconvergence towards a bioharmonistic

civilization, in which the agri-food system becomes the core of the balance

between man, technology and nature. This dynamic is achieved along the lines of

food security within the framework provided by the model structure (Table 2).

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Table 2. DACbio Model Structure

Category

ASPECT ADDRESSED

STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS

➢soil,

➢water,

Level 1

Ecosystemic

➢biodiversity,

➢climate,

➢food chains.

➢regenerative farms,

➢polyculture,

➢livestock integraratio,

➢smart agriculture.

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Agro-productive

Nutritional

➢functional food,

➢nutrigenomics,

➢information density,

➢metabolic health.

➢resilient rural communities,

➢social cohesion,

➢local economy,

Societal

➢regional food security.

➢the human-nature relationship,

➢the development model,

➢technological ethics,

Civilizational

➢societal bioharmonism.

We find these levels in different combinations and expressions throughout

the historical evolution of food safety, with defining specifics for each stage

(Table 3).

Table 3. The evolutionary specifics of food security in the relationship between the mode of food

production and the governance system of the era.

STAGE OF

EVOLUTION

HISTORICAL

SPECIFIC

DEFINING ELEMENTS AND

GOVERNANCE LANDMARKS

Industry 1.0

Extensive

• Type of agriculture: subsistence + local

market

• Dominant energy: human, animal, beginning

of mechanization (steam)

• Structure: autonomous rural households

• Food chain: short, local

→ Agro-sistem

tradițional mecanizat

incipient

agriculture +

beginning of

mechanization

• Diversity: high (polyculture)

Industry 2.0

→ Mass production

agro-system

Electrification

+ beginning of

intensive

• Type of agriculture: market-oriented

• Technologies: advanced mechanization,

electricity

• Structure: commercial farms

• Food chain: regional → national

• Characteristic: standardization

agriculture

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• Technologies: fertilizers, pesticides,

Industry 3.0

→ Industrialized

Agro-sistem

Green

classical genetics

revolution +

chemistry +

automation

• Structure: industrial intensive agriculture

• Food chain: expanding global

• Characteristic: quantity and yield

maximization

Industry 4.0

→ Digitalized Agro-

sistem (Smart

Precision

• Technologies: IoT, sensors, drones, AI, Big

Data, precision agriculture

• Structure: smart farms, integrated into

networks

• Food chain: global, digitalized, traceable,

food information density

agriculture +

digitalization

(present)

Agriculture)

• Feature: real-time quality and optimization

• Values: sustainability, health, quality,

multiple integration

• Technologies: agroecology, bio,

collaborative AI

• Structure: hybrid systems (local + global)

• Food chain: short + transparent

• Technologies: nutrigenomics, advanced

biotechnologies, adaptive AI

• Structure: smart and regenerative agri-food

ecosystems

Industry 5.0

Ecological and

social

rebalancing

→ Human-centered

agro-system and

sustainability

Industry 6.0

→ Agro-

biointegrative

system (concept

emergent)

Bio–digital–

cognitive

convergence

• Food chain: personalized + ecosystemic

• Characteristic: human–nature–technology

co-evolution

The strategic interpretation and evolutionary synthesis reveal a series of

explanatory interrelationships regarding the industrial evolution of food security

(Table 4).

Table 4. Evolutionary synthesis of food security and governance specifics

NATURE OF THE AGRI-

FOOD SYSTEM

DOMINANT

FUNCTION

Survival

STRATEGIC

STAGE

INTERPRETATION

Local Organic

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

Food as substance

Mass Economy

Productivity

Yield

Industrial Intensive

Digitally Intelligent

Food as commodity

Food as data

Optimization

Food as human value

Human-centred Sustainable

Bio-Integrative

Balance

Co-evoluție towards

Food as integrated

6.0

systemic Coherence

biological information

It is found that the evolution is not only technological, but reflects a

profound transition, from: matter → energy → information → consciousness.

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This indicates the bioharmonistic essence in which the agri-food system evolves

from a model of exploitation of nature to one of integration with nature, in which:

food becomes the interface between the biosphere, technology and

human consciousness

All these aspects lead us to the conceptual infographic modeling of the

DACbio Systemic Model of Food Security & Governance in Bioharmonism

(Figure 5).

Figure 5. Block diagram of the DACbio model

This conceptual and functional flow becomes applicable through its

objectification and application in case studies to solve specific food security

problems.

3.3. Metricization of the DACbio method

According to the objective, the paper aims to develop a conceptual and

applicative model that integrates food security and agro-industrial governance in

the logic of global technological evolution, oriented towards optimizing the

functioning of agro-food systems through the use of indicators, in accordance with

the principles of bioharmonism.

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The intention is to objectify the direct integration into the DACbio model

through bioharmonism so that case studies of agro-food security become

applicable in the future by identifying specific indicators, which represent the

principle elements described in table 5.

Table 5. Definition and detailing of DACbio indicators in order to establish calculation formulas

and related weights

No.

INDICATOR

Ecological

Regeneration

(Er)

DEFINITION

Measures the

system's capacity

to restore natural

capital through

regenerative

FORMULA

.

1

E_r= (B_dC_sR_s) : I_e

B_d: Soil and ecosystem biodiversity

(numerical index).

C_s: Carbon sequestration in soil and biomass.

R_s: Rate of replenishment of water and

nutrient resources.

practices.

I_e: Negative ecological impact (chemical

amendments, erosion).

.

2

Food Health

(As)

Defines the

A_s= (D_nB_a) : (T_xP_p)

D_n: Nutritional density (vitamins, minerals,

antioxidants).

B_a: Bioavailability of beneficial compounds.

T_x: Toxin load (pesticides, heavy metals,

microplastics).

biophysiological

quality of food

relative to the

toxic footprint of

production.

P_p: Degree of harmful processing (ultra-

processing).

3

Bioeconomic

Circularity

(Cb)

Evaluates the

efficiency of

transforming

waste into

resources within

local loops.

C_b= (∑M_r+∑E_b) : (M_i+ D_n)

M_r: Recycled / biochemically recovered

secondary raw materials.

E_b: Renewable energy generated from residual

biomass.

M_i: Virgin raw materials introduced into the

system.

D_n: Net non-recyclable waste disposed of in the

environment.

.

4

5

Climate

Resilience (Rc)

Represents the

capacity of the

agri-food system

to absorb climate

shocks and adapt

quickly.

Rc = (A_cD_s) : ∆ S_c

A_c: Technological and structural adaptive

capacity.

D_s: Structural diversity of crops and

production systems.

∆ S_c: Magnitude and frequency of climate

shocks (drought, floods).

.

Socio-Rural

Equity (Se)

Measures the fair

distribution of

value and the

well-being of the

communities that

support the agri-

food core

S_e= (V_lA_rQ_l) : G_i

V_l: Economic value retained directly in the

local community.

A_r: Access to resources, education and

technology for small producers.

Q_l: Quality of life in rural areas

(infrastructure, health).

G_i: Gini coefficient of income inequality

in the region.

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6

Bioethical

Technological

Intelligence

(Tb)

Synthesizes the

extent to which

digitalization

(AI, IoT,

SynBio) serves

life, not just

profit

T_b= (E_tO_r) : (R_a+ C_d)

E_t: Technological efficiency (optimization of

resources through AI/IoT).

O_r: Alignment with regeneration objectives

(eco-centric algorithms).

R_a: Algorithmic or technological risks

(loss of human/biological control).

C_d: Carbon footprint (energy consumption of

data centers).

7

x

Human

Bioharmony

(Bh)

Bioharmonistic

well-being

B_h=w₁L_v+w₂I_s+w₃E_d+w₄F_w+w₅S_p

L_v: Life expectancy index.

I_s: Access to services index.

E_d: Educational attainment index.

F_w: Well-being index.

S_p: Perceived health index.

+ Condition: w₁+w₂+w₃+w₄+w₅=1

Integral

Formula of the

DACbio Model of

Bioharmonistic

The system

reaches the state

B_cb= f (E_r,A_s,C_b,R_c,S_e,T_b, B_h)

The architecture of the 7 DACbio

dimensions through the SSD Evaluation grid (0

- 100), divided into 5 distinct levels of

structural evolution, as follows:

Bioconvergence

(B_cb) and the

product of the

components

tends towards the

maximum

sustainable value.

0 – 20 points: Linear industrial system

(critical development)

21 – 40 points: Optimized industrial system

(fragile development)

41 – 65 points: Transition to

Bioconvergence

(moderate development)

66 – 85 points: Systemic sustainability

(advanced development /

co-existence)

86 – 100 points: Total Bioharmonist

Bioconvergence

(bioharmonistic

performance development

/ co-evolution, coherence)

To transform industrial evolution from a linear process into a

bioconvergence system through the DACbio Model, its architectural components

must be expressed through principle formulas. These mathematize the

interdependencies between technology, nature and society, with the agri-food

system as the core.

We note that to set the weights of the component indices in the calculation

formulas of the DACbio Model, fixed, arbitrary weights cannot be used. Since the

system tends towards a bioharmonistic civilization, the weighting must be

dynamic, adaptive and based on the entropy of the system, ensuring that no

component is sacrificed by another.

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As an example: Development of Agri-Food in Convergence of

Bioaharmonism Model (DACbio), is based on innovative indicators that go

beyond classic agri-food metrics (productivity, yield, profit) and simultaneously

measure the dimensions of the systemic complexity of the field (Figure 6).

Figure 6. Calculation formula and indicative example for the DACbio Synthetic Score (SSD)

3.4. Public policies and implementation strategies

It is useful to specify that politically and administratively the DACbio

Model does not operate in an institutional vacuum, but is organically inserted into

three major existing European frameworks, which it reinterprets from the

perspective of systemic bioharmony:

- Common Agricultural Policy (CAP 2023–2027)

- Biodiversity Strategy 2030 & "From Farm to Fork"

- European Green Deal.

The analysis of agri-food policies and strategies along the lines of the

principles of bioharmony makes it useful to recommend a public policy program

as identified in the "honeycombs" in Figure 7.

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Figure 7. Recommended public policy groups for agri-food development in convergence with the

principles of bioharmonism

Continuing with the analysis, it is observed that the DACbio Model proposes

highlighting a process of convergence towards a Bioharmonist Civilization, in

which the agri-food system becomes the core of the balance between man,

technology and nature. These are essentially finalized through a set of decisions,

actions or inactions deliberately assumed by the state authorities to solve real-

world problems, that is, a mode of application adapted to a certain area, such as

through public policies specific to Romania (Table 6).

Table 6. Proposed public policies for the development of the agri-food sector in Romania

TIPOLOGY OF

PUBLIC POLICIES

No.

DIRECTION OF IMPLEMENTATION AND ACTION

➢ Complete digitalization of agri-food chains (farm-to-

fork)

➢ Implementation of intelligent systems based on:

- Precision agriculture

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Bioharmonistic

technological

integration policies

- IoT sensors and predictive AI platforms

➢ Creation of open agri-food data infrastructures (open

data)

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➢ Redefining food security by including:

- nutritional quality

2

Policies for

expanded food

security

- information density

- ecosystem sustainability

➢ Introduction of national indicators (Bcb, DDS, FDI etc.)

➢ Programs for equitable access to high-quality food

➢ Stimulating regenerative and circular agricultural

systems

➢ Protecting agri-food biodiversity

➢ Integrating Agroecology principles into agricultural

policies

➢ Decentralization of decision-making to local and regional

levels

➢ Creation of participatory platforms (farmers – consumers

– authorities)Integration of private and public actors in

a co-governance model

➢ Introducing bioharmonistic food education into school

curricula

➢ Nutritional and digital literacy programs

➢ Supporting interdisciplinary research (agro, IT, nutrition,

ecology)

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4

5

Agro-ecological

and bioharmonistic

policies

Multi-level

governance policies

Educational and

awareness policies

Conclusions

(1). Future food security is supported by the theoretical-applicative DACbio

model, capable of underpinning public policies and sustainable development

strategies through the bioconvergence of multiple integrations with emergent

effect, correlating through bioharmony the harmonized industrial governance of

agri-food systems, the informational quality of food and the ecosystem balance.

(2). The bioharmonistic convergence in agri-food development is conceptually

and analytically based on the bioconvergence process expressed through the

synergy point between the "polyvalence" of the local level and the systemic

"multi-levels", so that through the expected dynamic balance, the homeoretic state

with resilient potential is induced, but also emergently adapted to the context of

global nutrition and industrial development.

(3). Development of Agri-Food in Convergence of Bioaharmonism Model is

based on a polycentric structure of participatory governance, capable of

reducing the risk of digital hyper-centralization, transforming food security from a

quantitative objective into one of dynamic equilibrium, thus becoming a system

with a specific architecture, i.e. self-regulation based on non-linearity and multi-

level feed-back.

(4). The food system represents the most sensitive barometer of a civilization, so

the evolution towards Industry 6.0 expected for the future Bioharmonist

Civilization can transform the global food crisis into an opportunity for

evolutionary recalibration in generalized bioharmony, provided that catastrophes

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caused by human irresponsibility are overcome and disasters caused by human

irresponsibility are avoided.

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