Ecosystem for Successful Agriculture. Collaborative Approach as a Driver for Agricultural Development

Adamashvili, Nino; Fiore, Mariantonietta; Contò, Francesco; Sala, Piermichele La

doi:10.2478/euco-2020-0014

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“…The promotion of foods from local farmers can be implemented in various ways, such as direct sales to individuals, collective direct sales, and partnerships [73,74]. The innovations in information and communications technology, such as the Internet of Things, big data, digital supply chain twins, and artificial intelligence technology, are revolutionizing agriculture and provide the supporting technologies to establish the effective trust-based communication between farmers, researchers, and policymakers [75]. For instance, the farmers of the local greenhouse in Qatar have used social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, to connect their customers and deliver fresh vegetables with smart logistics.…”

Section: Development Of Local Food Production Capabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Compounded Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic and Desert Locust Outbreak on Food Security and Food Supply Chain

Elomri

Omri

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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The COVID-19 pandemic and locust swarm outbreaks pose a significant threat to global food systems, causing severe disruptions in both local and international food supplies from farm to fork. The main objective of this study is to understand and identify the disruptions during the crises and create a map of how resilience can be established to recover and sustain the food supply chain (FSC) functions as well as food security. The detrimental impacts of the compound crises on the FSC are explored and the effects of the affected areas are estimated under optimistic and pessimistic scenarios. As a response to the disruption caused by the crisis in FSCs, reactive and proactive solutions are proposed to develop resilience at the food sector level. In the short term, the reactive solutions, consisting of smoothing the food demand, supply and delivery, and food production and processing, can be borrowed. In the long term, the proactive solutions can be conducted by developing multi-level short intertwined FSCs. Our comprehensive investigation of the resilience elements in diverse operations and potential strategies should contribute to the improvement of FSC resilience in the face of ongoing and growing threats.

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Section: Development Of Local Food Production Capabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Compounded Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic and Desert Locust Outbreak on Food Security and Food Supply Chain

Elomri

Omri

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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“…The digression above leads directly to another reason Italy is an interesting example for this paper. In fact, the second reason is linked to the industry on which the present analysis is focused, agri-food, which is strategic for the country; the development of the agribusiness sector is attaining ever-increasing importance [162]. This sector has traditionally played a key role for Italy, and the global emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has raised widespread awareness of its core strategic value for the country [163], representing the most relevant Italian asset in 2020.…”

Section: The Case Of Italy: Bridging An Infrastructure Gap With Digit...mentioning

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Logistics and Agri-Food: Digitization to Increase Competitive Advantage and Sustainability. Literature Review and the Case of Italy

Remondino

Zanin

2022

Sustainability

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This paper examines the current challenges faced by logistics with a focus on the agri-food sector. After outlining the context, a review of the literature on the relationship between logistics and strategic management in gaining and increasing competitiveness in the agri-food sector is conducted. In particular, the flow of the paper is as follows: after examining the aforementioned managerial problem and its broader repercussions, the paper proceeds to address two main research questions. First, how and by which tools can digitization contribute to improving supply chain management and sustainability in logistics? Second, what are the main managerial and strategic implications and consequences of this for the agri-food sector in terms of efficiency, effectiveness, cost reduction, and supply chain optimization? Finally, the paper presents Italy as a case study, chosen both for its peculiar internal differences in logistical infrastructures and entrepreneurial management between Northern and Southern regions (which could be at least partially overcome with the use of new technologies and frameworks) and for the importance of the agri-food sector for the domestic economy (accounting about 25% of the country’s GDP), on which digitization should have positive effects in terms of value creation and sustainability.

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“…There are innovations concerning crop, input, and resource management, but also organization, marketing, and distribution. New technologies, such as sensors, decision support systems (DSS), automation and robotics, collected data, traceability, and blockchain are available to farmers for supporting agricultural activity along with improving their sustainability (Adamashvili et al, 2020(Adamashvili et al, , 2021Galati et al, 2021;Lombardo et al, 2018;Sarri et al, 2020).…”

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Collective smart innovations and corporate governance models in Italian wine cooperatives: the opportunities of the farm-to-fork strategy

Nazzaro

Stanco

Uliano

et al. 2022

IFAM

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European policies, especially the ‘farm-to-fork strategy’, address the challenge posed by the ecological transition in agriculture setting up a new technological paradigm. In this context, collective smart innovations may play a crucial role, enabling to meet current citizen-consumers’ needs as well as producing positive environmental and social externalities. Lately, wineries, in the attempt to improve the sustainability of production process and the creation of competitive advantages, reoriented their investments in research and development embracing smart innovations. The latter, when supported by appropriate models of corporate governance, can facilitate business decisions and create shared value. Despite its relevance, literature on the topic is still scarce. This study aims to investigate the role played by collective smart innovations and corporate governance in the sustainable and ecological transition of wineries and, specifically, wine cooperatives. The case study methodology was adopted investigating the collective innovation ‘I mille per l’Aglianico’ implemented by the Italian wine cooperative ‘La Guardiense’. Results show that the collective smart innovation experienced by ‘La Guardiense’ had impacts in terms of internal economies, such as increase in sales and costs reduction; and in terms of external social economies, such as local development and environmental protection.

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Ecosystem for Successful Agriculture. Collaborative Approach as a Driver for Agricultural Development

Cited by 29 publications

References 64 publications

The Compounded Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic and Desert Locust Outbreak on Food Security and Food Supply Chain

The Compounded Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic and Desert Locust Outbreak on Food Security and Food Supply Chain

Logistics and Agri-Food: Digitization to Increase Competitive Advantage and Sustainability. Literature Review and the Case of Italy

Collective smart innovations and corporate governance models in Italian wine cooperatives: the opportunities of the farm-to-fork strategy

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