Who drives the digital revolution in agriculture? A review of supply‐side trends, players and challenges
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Digital agriculture offers far‐reaching opportunities for accelerating agricultural transformation. Based on empirical evidence and guided by economic theory, this study shows that digital agriculture is driven by private firms, including established input firms and global software firms and start‐ups that are new to agriculture. Although there are concerns that digital agriculture will enhance the market power of large agribusiness enterprises and increase the digital divide, a combination of new actors and public action can help accelerate the supply of digital agricultural technology, manage threats of market concentration, and harness the opportunities of digital agriculture for all.
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China has a prominent position in terms of investments in AI and associated technologies in these sectors.
“The prominent position of China in terms of investments (Fig. 1B) also seems to follow AI-investment patterns in general [53]; see also [54] for digital agriculture).”
From Artificial intelligence, systemic risks, and sustainability (2021) · cites this paper as [54]
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- Authors
- Birner, R., Daum, T., & Pray, C.
- Affiliations
- Hans‐Ruthenberg‐Institute of Agricultural Science in the Tropics University of Hohenheim Stuttgart Germany
- University of Hohenheim (DE)
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Corresponding author
- Pray, Carl
- Venue
- Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2021-03-15
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1260-1285
- ISSN
- 2040-5790 (ISSN-L)
- 2040-5804
- OpenAlex
- W3136991721
- Cited by
- 302
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
- 2026: 70 · 2025: 53 · 2024: 63 · 2023: 54 · 2022: 48 · 2021: 14
- FWCI
- 39.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Digitalization and Economic Development in Agriculture
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Smart Agriculture and AI
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Agricultural economics and policies
- Keywords
- digital agriculture, agricultural transformation, market concentration, digital divide, software companies, startups, public policy
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