Sustainability of Technological Innovations in Agricultural Green Transitions
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2024 | Viewed by 120
Special Issue Editors
Interests: economic and environmental sustainability; environmental impact assessment; agri-food economics; efficiency analysis; food supply chain management; strategic marketing planning; consumer economics (theory and empirical applications); agri-food supply chain management; food chain logistics and ICT; economics of technological innovation in the agri-food industry
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Interests: marketing of agri-food products; policies for the protection and enhancement of quality agri-food products; agro biodiversity; social agriculture; rural development policies; food waste
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The agri-food system is currently facing an unprecedented set of challenges in the areas of green transition, climate change, climate neutrality, and food security. However, several current phenomena, including the consequences of the Covid pandemic and ongoing conflicts in different parts of the world, risk delaying or postponing the achievement of these important goals. Therefore, the path towards transitioning to a more sustainable economy and society is supported by the adoption of innovations, and, in particular, so-called 'enabling technologies' that can make agricultural economies and production activities greener, more digital, and more resilient.
This Special Issue focuses on the economic assessment, in different territorial contexts, of the solutions and impacts of enabling technologies for the sustainable development of agri-food production. Research articles will cover a wide range of topics, including the use of precision techniques and decision support tools for farmers to rationalize the use of agricultural inputs (fertilizers, pesticides, water, and energy), the search for alternative food resources, according to the principles of the circular economy, and the evaluation of mitigation measures on the socio-economic sustainability of farms.
All types of contributions are welcome, including original research, opinions, and reviews.
Dr. Giuseppe Timpanaro
Dr. Vera Teresa Foti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agriculture 4.0
- enabling technologies
- holistic sustainability of the agri-food system
- renewable resource management
- carbon farming
- precision agriculture
- recovery and resilience
- living lab for the co-creation of innovations in enabling technologies
- economics and politics of agroecology
