Adopting new technologies during the crisis: An empirical analysis of agricultural sector
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
; 186, 2023.
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in English
| Scopus | ID: covidwho-2244088
ABSTRACT
Research and development in agricultural sector are becoming a crucial issue, especially to answer to growing global market needs and, in general, for rural innovation development. The innovation process involves stakeholders of all levels and rural development requires both personal farmers' characteristics along with favourable socio-political and infrastructural environment. Many countries and governments have executed innovation projects for agricultural firms, involving a number of actors from the public and private sectors. However, the literature lacks of studies that investigate the identification of the main factors that determine the agricultural entrepreneurs' probability to adopt new technologies during a crisis context. Thus, through the adoption of the Extended Theory of Planned Behaviour, this study aims at filling this lack. More specifically, the exploratory empirical analysis focuses on a sample of 130 agricultural entrepreneurs operating in a rural developing Italian region, during the historical context of global pandemic crisis of COVID-19. The results provided several insights showing the factors that influence the adoption of technologies, such as the Attitude to Environmental-Economic Sustainability and the Planned Behavioural Control. An important role is also assumed by the past farmer's technological experience. The paper offers implications for entrepreneurs and public government. © 2022 Elsevier Inc.
Agricultural technology; COVID-19; Environmental technology; International trade; Regional planning; Agricultural sector; Crisis; Empirical analysis; Entrepreneur; Extended theory of planned behavior; Farmer; Global market; Research and development; Technology adoption; Theory of Planned Behavior; agricultural development; epidemic; farmers knowledge; innovation; local government; technological development; Sustainable development; Entrepreneurs; Extended theory of planned behaviour; Farmers
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Technological Forecasting and Social Change
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2023
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