Objective: To conceptualize the agri-food chain and analyze its evolution during the 21st century: The taro case.Design/Methodology/Scope: A systematic literature review of magazines specialized in agri-food chains, value chains, logistics and supply chains for qualitative support and a case study of the taro agri-food chain were performed.Results: Currently, agri-food chains include supply processes of inputs and necessary equipment, production, transportation, distribution and marketing, among other services. The study of agri-food chains has an effect on globalization within a stricter macroeconomic environment. The increasing industrialization of goods generates an aggregate value and provides a competitive advantage to companies and agents that take part in the chain. The taro agri-food chains, however, shows inconveniences in production, distribution, and storage processes due to the disintegration of links.Study Limitations/Implications: There is information about the taro agri-food chains.Findings/Conclusions: The agri-food chain concept has had a continuous evolution. Its structure has the objective to benefit each chain link; this generates commitments to produce based on needs. Both integration and experience allow strengthening and appraising the importance of each link, thus contributing to the generation of better income. Also, their consolidation has made them more sensitive to climate change, nutrition, and sustainability.
