Living Lab for the Diffusion of Enabling Technologies in Agriculture: The Case of Sicily in the Mediterranean Context DOI Creative Commons
Giuseppe Timpanaro, Vera Teresa Foti, Giulio Cascone

et al.

Agriculture, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(12), P. 2347 - 2347

Published: Dec. 20, 2024

Enabling technologies (KETs) offer transformative potential for agriculture by addressing major challenges such as climate change, resource efficiency, and sustainable development across economic, social, environmental dimensions. However, KET adoption is often limited high R&D requirements, rapid innovation cycles, investment costs, cultural or training barriers, especially among small agricultural businesses. Sicily’s sector, already strained pandemic-related economic setbacks inflationary pressures, faces additional barriers in adopting these technologies. To investigate develop viable solutions, the ARIA Living Lab (Agritech Research Innovation Environment) was established within PNRR framework. A qualitative approach used, involving documentary analysis data from stakeholders Sicilian agriculture. This enabled an in-depth exploration of sector-specific needs, infrastructure, socio-economic factors influencing adoption. The highlighted that differ significantly sectors (citrus, olive, wine), with public incentives digital infrastructure playing key roles. a persistent lack technical skills farmers reduces effectiveness innovations. findings suggest integrated approach—combining targeted incentives, training, enhanced infrastructure—is essential transition to KETs. Future research should examine collaborative efforts between farms tech providers evaluate impact policies promoting widespread, informed enabling

Language: Английский

Impact of mobile and smartphone usage levels and multivariate factors on household income in vegetable farming: evidence from Indonesia DOI
Agus Hadiarto, Muhammad Firdaus,

Harianto Harianto

et al.

Information Communication & Society, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 18

Published: Feb. 26, 2025

Language: Английский

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Empirical Investigation for Assessing the Impact of Environmental Degradation and Digital Technologies on the Agricultural Sector DOI
Ajay Kumar Singh,

S. Srinivasan

IGI Global eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 36

Published: May 1, 2025

This chapter examines the impact of environmental degradation and DTs on cereal yield across countries. Per capita CO2 emissions are considered as a proxy variable for degradation, while digital infrastructure related indicators included variables in empirical investigation. Foreign direct investment, population growth, application fertilizer, per GDP inflation control models. Log-linear regression equation is applied to examine mentioned compiling country-wise panel data during 2000 - 2020. show negative yield. It found relationship FDI, growth with Cereal expected be increased agricultural sector increases. Finally, several policy implications provided reduce increase sustainability.

Language: Английский

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Bridging the Digital Divide in Agriculture: Lessons from the United States and Africa in Smart Farming Adoption DOI

Samuel Oshikoya,

Adekunle Olaoluwa Adeyeye,

Olufisayo Andrew Obebe

et al.

Published: April 26, 2025

The adoption of smart farming has altered food production by increasing efficiency, sustainability, and productivity. However, there is a digital divide, with affluent countries such as the United States benefiting from advanced agricultural technologies, nevertheless, many African face limited access to tools, inadequate infrastructure, financial restraints. This disparity implications for security, economic development, global prompting an in-depth examination factors impacting in different regions. review examines benefits impact on productivity, well identifies potential cross-regional knowledge sharing across Africa. findings indicate that technologies have considerably increased productivity sustainability States, due strong government initiatives, public-private collaborations, widespread infrastructure. In contrast, farmers confront broadband connection, constraints, insufficient institutional support, which restricts precision agriculture data-driven farming. Therefore, bridging divide necessitates comprehensive approach combines technology, policy, capacity- building efforts.

Language: Английский

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What drives the development of digital rural life in China? DOI Creative Commons
Chenglong Xiong, Yaling Wang, Zhenyu Wu

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Heliyon, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(22), P. e39511 - e39511

Published: Oct. 21, 2024

Language: Английский

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The impact of digital technologies on the effectiveness of management in the agricultural sector of the Kyrgyz Republic DOI Creative Commons

Almaz Kadyraliev,

Asmat Oruntayeva,

Tolobek Kamchybekov

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Ekonomika APK, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 31(5), P. 35 - 44

Published: Sept. 27, 2024

This study aimed to identify current trends in the use of digital technologies agricultural sector Kyrgyz Republic. It used theoretical approaches global development and empirical methodologies assess their implementation enterprises. The findings indicated growing importance for improving efficiency operations worldwide, including Kyrgyzstan. progress increases ability more effectively meet consumer demand products produced by these integration such as artificial intelligence, database systems, robotics, smart sensors automation into management Kyrgyzstan's enterprises is leading cost optimisation, lower production costs, higher yields quality goods. Improving a key element reforms crucial successful operation companies sector, especially light economic conditions. Modern significantly increase facilitating rapid collection processing data.They also expand possibilities making right decisions, thus overall country's

Language: Английский

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Digital Infrastructure and Increasing Farmers’ Income: A Quasi-Natural Experiment Based on the “Broadband China” Strategy DOI Open Access

Yimeng Yang

International Business & Economics Studies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(2), P. p237 - p237

Published: April 16, 2024

Digital infrastructure serves as a significant catalyst for economic advancement, capable of narrowing the digital gap that exists between urban, rural, and regional areas. And it enables more people to enjoy convenience brought by digitalization, promote social inclusion equality. This study employs "Broadband China" strategy quasi-natural experiment progressive Difference-in-Differences (DID) model investigate effects on increasing farmers' income. The findings indicate development can assist in farmers’ establishment has greatly facilitated industrial rationalization, non-agricultural employment human capital improvement rural areas, provided farmers with business opportunities options, contributed realization revitalization common prosperity. research provides empirical support gain profound insight into significance advancement growth, also useful reference relevant policy formulation.

Language: Английский

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Utilisation of Open Databases in Accessing Agricultural Information among Agricultural Professionals in Rivers State, Nigeria DOI Creative Commons
Laura Ime Elliot, Chinwoke Clara Ifeanyi-obi

Journal of Agricultural Extension, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 28(3), P. 98 - 110

Published: July 25, 2024

This study assessed the utilization of open databases in accessing agricultural information among professionals Rivers State. Two-stage sampling procedure was used to select 240 respondents for study. A structured questionnaire collect data study, while collected were analysed using mean score, percentages, frequency, Ordinary Least regression analysis and Analysis Variance (ANOVA). Results show that agriculture mainly aware Global Open Data Agriculture Nutrition (GODAN) (100%), National Bureau Statistics (NBS) (96%), World Bank (70%), FAO FAOSTAT (69%) Nigeria Metrological Agency (NiMET) (68%), NBS (95%), (84%), Agricultural Extension Research Liaison (58%) FAO-FAOSTAT (53%) utilized bases. The level education (2.535, p < .05), work experience (0.084, .05, household size (0.382, age (0.2886, .05) marital status (-2.517, found influence professional’s utilisation bases information. Also, significant differences existed state (F (2,237) =2.950, .05). recommends massive sensitisation training profession develop skill capacity increased use

Language: Английский

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Digitalizing Smallholder Farmer Agri-Food Supply Chains: A Case Study from a Developing Economy DOI
W. Madushan Fernando, Amila Thibbotuwawa, R. M. Chandima Ratnayake

et al.

IFIP advances in information and communication technology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 164 - 176

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Living Lab for the Diffusion of Enabling Technologies in Agriculture: The Case of Sicily in the Mediterranean Context DOI Creative Commons
Giuseppe Timpanaro, Vera Teresa Foti, Giulio Cascone

et al.

Agriculture, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(12), P. 2347 - 2347

Published: Dec. 20, 2024

Enabling technologies (KETs) offer transformative potential for agriculture by addressing major challenges such as climate change, resource efficiency, and sustainable development across economic, social, environmental dimensions. However, KET adoption is often limited high R&D requirements, rapid innovation cycles, investment costs, cultural or training barriers, especially among small agricultural businesses. Sicily’s sector, already strained pandemic-related economic setbacks inflationary pressures, faces additional barriers in adopting these technologies. To investigate develop viable solutions, the ARIA Living Lab (Agritech Research Innovation Environment) was established within PNRR framework. A qualitative approach used, involving documentary analysis data from stakeholders Sicilian agriculture. This enabled an in-depth exploration of sector-specific needs, infrastructure, socio-economic factors influencing adoption. The highlighted that differ significantly sectors (citrus, olive, wine), with public incentives digital infrastructure playing key roles. a persistent lack technical skills farmers reduces effectiveness innovations. findings suggest integrated approach—combining targeted incentives, training, enhanced infrastructure—is essential transition to KETs. Future research should examine collaborative efforts between farms tech providers evaluate impact policies promoting widespread, informed enabling

Language: Английский

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