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Spendrup, Sara; Fernqvist, Fredrik

doi:10.18461/ijfsd.v10i5.28

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“…The use of technology in agriculture can have a significant impact on the efficiency and sustainability of food systems. However, for technology to have a transformative impact, it must be adequately implemented and take into account the specific social, economic, and cultural contexts of each community [40,[111][112][113][114]. Improving access to food and reducing the carbon footprint of the global agri-food system are critical priorities for achieving sustainable development goals and ensuring global food security [115,116].…”

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A Longitudinal Analysis of the Impact of Digital Technologies on Sustainable Food Production and Consumption in the European Union

Bocean

2024

Foods

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In today’s landscape, digital technologies hold immense potential in tackling challenges associated with food sustainability. This study aims to contextualize a broader investigation of food sustainability and digitalization within the agricultural sector. Its objective is to explore the influence of digital technologies on sustainable food production and consumption, particularly examining relationships among digital technologies, municipal waste, agricultural output, nitrogen emissions, methane emissions from agriculture, and Goal 12 Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG12). Through the use of Structural Equation Modeling, the empirical investigation scrutinizes the relationships between digital technology use and critical variables linked to food sustainability in a longitudinal analysis. The results highlight the significant impact of extensive digital technology use on municipal waste, sustainable production, and consumption, indirectly influencing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Empirical research findings reveal a negative influence of digital technologies on responsible consumption and production (path coefficient −0.349, p values < 0.001), suggesting an impact of digital technologies on diminishing sustainability in consumption and production. The relationship between digital technologies and municipal solid waste is also negative (path coefficient −0.360, p values < 0.001), suggesting that the use of digital technologies can contribute to reducing the amount of municipal solid waste. Digitalization has the potential to improve the sustainability of supply chains by reducing resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions associated with production and distribution operations.

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A Longitudinal Analysis of the Impact of Digital Technologies on Sustainable Food Production and Consumption in the European Union

Bocean

2024

Foods

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“…At firm level, the majority of agri-food companies are primary producers driven by a resource efficiency logic that emphasises increasing production with fewer resources, complying with the economies of scale logic . Hence, the agricultural sector has a strong production focus, with knowledge and innovations focusing on production-related issues rather than market developments (Spendrup and Fernqvist, 2019). Consequently, many agri-food companies focus on low-cost production to maintain profitability, which prevents them from developing more robust sustainable practices (Dobermann and Nelson, 2013;Ulvenblad, 2021;Ulvenblad et al, 2016).…”

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Change for sustainable agricultural business : Addressing business model transformation and sustainable value creation

Sadovska¹

2023

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae

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Society is facing global challenges, such as poverty and climate change, that affect entire ecosystems and human communities. Many sustainability challenges arise from existing production and consumption patterns, and thus many believe that business transformation to sustainability is essential to solving global socio-ecological problems. Understanding how sustainable business models are configured, and why companies adopt them, can be a pathway to system transformation. However, because of the complexity of sustainability challenges, they resist simple solutions and require innovative approaches. This thesis explored the potential for transformation to sustainability from the viewpoint of business model transformation in agri-food businesses, to understand why and how transformation happens, and how it can be facilitated at systems level. The focus on businesses in the agri-food sector was chosen to improve understanding of sustainable value creation in the agricultural and food production sector by transformation of business models to include sustainability. Creation of sustainable value through transformation of agricultural business models for sustainability, which act as a unifying structure for policy implementation by integrating the strategic, procedural and operational activities of a business, was analysed. The results revealed managerial, organisational and inter-organisational processes related to this transformation, which were further conceptualised. Examination of the concept of value in the agri-food sector and the business models of agri-food companies revealed a multiplicity of value creation activities, a range of motives for sustainable business model transformation and interconnectivity between companies and their surrounding environment. Overall, the results showed that sustainability can be placed at the core of an organisation. A novel contribution to the conceptual domain was creation of a new framework for sustainable value creation in the agri-food sector. This framework emphasises the need for simultaneous and equal integration of economic, social and environmental principles of sustainable development in value creation logic. It builds on the open character of sustainable business models and recognises theimportance of inter-organisational interactions to navigate transformation to sustainability. In particular, the framework promotes a more contextualised perspective on business model research, paying particular attention to multi-stakeholder interactions, learning, leadership and individual beliefs of key decision-makers.

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“…At firm level, the majority of agri-food companies are primary producers driven by a resource efficiency logic that emphasises increasing production with fewer resources, complying with the economies of scale logic (Ulvenblad et al, 2019). Hence, the agricultural sector has a strong production focus, with knowledge and innovations focusing on production-related issues rather than market developments (Spendrup and Fernqvist, 2019). Consequently, many agri-food companies focus on low-cost production to maintain profitability, which prevents them from developing more robust sustainable practices (Dobermann and Nelson, 2013;Ulvenblad, 2021;Ulvenblad et al, 2016).…”

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Sustainable value creation – a farm case on business model innovation

Fernqvist

Sadovska

Langendahl

2022

IFAM

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The agricultural sector in Sweden, as elsewhere, is affected by increased intensification and specialisation, leading to fewer and larger farms. The majority of agricultural firms acquire profits by pushing an economies of scale strategy, which is not always possible for small farms. However, there are alternative strategies. This teaching case focuses on a small farm in Sweden and offers students an opportunity to study the management of business model innovation in this context. The case explores the value creation strategy of a cattle farm and applies activities such as mapping a business model, developing suggestions for business model innovation, analysing existing and lacking managerial competences and pinpointing implications for agricultural policy. As a result, profitability, competitiveness and sustainability of the study farm should be achieved, together with acquisition of knowledge and skills by its owner. This educational case is suitable for agricultural students of different levels requiring knowledge of business and management.

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Cited by 10 publications

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A Longitudinal Analysis of the Impact of Digital Technologies on Sustainable Food Production and Consumption in the European Union

A Longitudinal Analysis of the Impact of Digital Technologies on Sustainable Food Production and Consumption in the European Union

Change for sustainable agricultural business : Addressing business model transformation and sustainable value creation

Sustainable value creation – a farm case on business model innovation

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