scholarly journals A new green revolution or agribusiness as usual? Uncovering alignment issues and potential transition complications in agri-food system transitions

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niko Wojtynia ◽  
Jerry van Dijk ◽  
Marjolein Derks ◽  
Peter W. G. Groot Koerkamp ◽  
Marko P. Hekkert
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Food System ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Solution Space ◽  
Problem Solution ◽  
Stakeholder Alignment ◽  
Farm Business ◽  
Societal Expectations

AbstractAgri-food system transitions are a considerable challenge requiring stakeholder alignment on what changes need to be made and how. When stakeholders do not agree on the goals or methods of a transition, this can be a serious obstacle to success. This paper analyzes 42 vision documents for the future of Dutch agriculture from a broad range of stakeholders to determine stakeholder alignment using an inductive coding approach. We identified 23 issues as the main challenges for the transition in these documents. We are the first to categorize them according to a recently proposed problem-solution space for wicked problems. Stakeholders were fully aligned in recognizing the problem for the majority of issues, but showed agreement on solutions for less than a quarter. For the issues of international orientation, sector size, and farm business models, we found a lack of consensus on the problem, indicating fundamental disagreement about the type of agricultural sector desired by stakeholders. The apparent consensus on environmental and social issues provides clear societal expectations for agronomic development and innovation, while the divergence on economic issues highlights the rift between growth-oriented paradigms and more holistic paradigms like agroecology. The crucial empirical novelty of this paper is that progress on environmental and social matters is restricted by divergent views on the economic characteristics of a future agri-food system, adding further complexity to mission-oriented transition and innovation policies.

The Agricultural Innovation Under Digitalization

2019 ◽  
pp. 276-303
Author(s):  
Michel J. F. Dubois ◽  
Fatma Fourati-Jamoussi ◽  
Jérôme Dantan ◽  
Davide Rizzo ◽  
Mehdi Jaber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Rapid Evolution ◽  
New Business ◽  
Agricultural Business ◽  
Farm Business ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
The Internet Of Things

This chapter aims to discuss how the rapid evolution of digital technologies is creating opportunities for new agricultural business models. First, it provides an overview of what the authors consider to be part of the digitalization in agriculture. Then it addresses the emergence of a community of practice based upon the data exchange and interconnections across the agricultural sector. New business opportunities are presented first through an overview of emerging start-ups, then discussing how the inventor farmer profile could create opportunities for new business models through the appropriation of technologies, eventually highlighting the limits of some classic farm business models. Finally, the chapter presents an example of farmer-centered open innovation based on the internet of things and discusses the related business model. The conclusion provides some perspectives on the use of agricultural digitalization to increase the share kept by farmers in the value chain of agricultural productions.

Assessment of Regional Inequality in Female Work Participation: Measurement of Disparity and Determinants

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Sheuli Ray ◽  
Manoj Debnath
Keyword(s):  
Gender Gap ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Middle Part ◽  
Work Participation ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
Female Work Participation

The regional difference of complex Indian social structure and customs have a different impact on the nature of women’s work participation. The present study aims at unravelling the influence of social, cultural and economic forces in differentiating the level of women work participation in different eco-regions of West Bengal. The study is based purely on secondary sources and data have been collected from the Census of India. It is in the rural areas that the female work participation is directly linked to agriculture and allied activities and the study confines itself to an understanding of work participation of women only in the rural areas. The modern technological implication as a result of green revolution has a worse impact on women work participation particularly in the South Bengal plain and some parts of East Rarh Plain region. The high gender gap is noticed in Nadia district located in the middle part of South Bengal Plain causes very high withdrawn of female from there. Effect of socioeconomic variables, work participation of Scheduled component in main economic activity is also varied from the non-scheduled component. Non-scheduled worker participated more in non-agricultural sector rather than the scheduled counter parts. Subsequently, the low growth rate of female work participation represents a distress picture in work force structure which is a cause of worried also.

scholarly journals Systematic Stakeholder Inclusion in Digital Agriculture: A Framework and Application to Canada

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6879
Author(s):  
Hassan P. Ebrahimi ◽  
R. Sandra Schillo ◽  
Kelly Bronson
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Food System ◽  
News Article ◽  
Test Case ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Article Analysis ◽  
Digital Agriculture ◽  
Responsible Research

This study provides a model that supports systematic stakeholder inclusion in agricultural technology. Building on the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) literature and attempting to add precision to the conversation around inclusion in technology design and governance, this study develops a framework for determining which stakeholder groups to engage in RRI processes. We developed the model using a specific industry case study: identifying the relevant stakeholders in the Canadian digital agriculture ecosystem. The study uses literature and news article analysis to map stakeholders in the Canadian digital agricultural sector as a test case for the model. The study proposes a systematic framework which categorises stakeholders into individuals, industrial and societal groups with both direct engagement and supportive roles in digital agriculture. These groups are then plotted against three levels of impact or power in the agri-food system: micro, meso and macro.

Accounting at your service: university survival recovery and revolution from COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick Ng
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Recovery Phase ◽  
Crisis Response ◽  
Regulatory Environment ◽  
Service Dominant Logic ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Dominant Logic ◽  
Stakeholder Alignment

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the roles of accounting for university survival, recovery and revolution from the COVID-19 pandemic. It constructively critiques the use of compliance and cost-centric accounting to inform crisis response and proposes roles for accounting to better serve decision-making in a crisis. Design/methodology/approach This paper discusses limitations about how accounting information was used in a university’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper describes potential roles for accounting across crisis phases. These proposals recognise requirements arising from the university’s regulatory environment and apply concepts from intellectual capital accounting and service-dominant logic. Findings This paper proposes that in the survival phase, accounting can mitigate rash responses by clarifying the crisis’s impact and stakeholder alignment. In the recovery phase, accounting can inform resourcing decisions by balancing signals from accounting about staff expense and capital investment. In the revolution phase, accounting helps develop the business models needed to adapt to changing student needs, hybrid teaching delivery and importance of intellectual capital. Research limitations/implications The case study discusses the early stages of a university’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It does not provide a comprehensive analysis of success or failure of accounting in a crisis. The case raises directions for accounting to clarify the ambiguities in objectives and cause-and-effect relationships from the pandemic. Practical implications This paper proposes actions for accounting to support the survival, recovery and revolution of the university sector from the pandemic. The actions cover stakeholder engagement, university sector governance and strategic planning. Originality/value This paper proposes a lifecycle of accounting roles at different stages of the COVID-19 response that reflects requirements from the university’s regulatory environment and draws on intellectual capital and service-dominant logic literature.

scholarly journals KETERPURUKAN SEKTOR PERTANIAN SEBAGAI POTRET KEGAGALAN INDUSTRIALISASI DI INDONESIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Grendi Hendrastomo *
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Mass Production ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
The Other ◽  
Agricultural Field ◽  
Foreign Investors

Shifting agricultural era to the era of industrialization left many problems, especially in the agricultural sector. Populist policies have on one hand brought the country many industrial investments that force economic growth, but on the other hand reduced the partisanship of country in agricultural sector. Agriculture as the basis for mass production of most Indonesian society has became casualties as part of the green revolution that is full of developing countries‘s propaganda which brings benefit and lead to dependency on developing countries. The downturn actors of agricultural field increased in line with growth of food-estate program to attract foreign investors to explore the agro sector. This article discusses on a critical review of agriculture in Indonesia’s slump that began with the green revolution with their panca usaha tani, starting from the decline of the agricultural sector, static industrial situation until the solutions that might be applied to enhance the economic growth and social dynamics of Indonesia.   Keywords: Industrialisation, Marginalization of Agriculture, Green Revolution

scholarly journals VORTEX OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING OPTIMAL REACTIVE POWER DISPATCH PROBLEM

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 266-276
Author(s):  
K. Lenin
Keyword(s):  
Reactive Power ◽  
Solution Space ◽  
Stability Margin ◽  
Solution Procedure ◽  
Problem Solution ◽  
Static Voltage Stability ◽  
Optimal Reactive Power Dispatch ◽  
Voltage Stability Margin ◽  
Vortex Nature ◽  
Power Problem

In this paper, a new Vortex Optimization (VO) algorithm is proposed to solve the reactive power problem. The idea is generally focused on a typical Vortex flow in nature and enthused from some dynamics that are occurred in the sense of Vortex nature. In a few words, the algorithm is also a swarm-oriented evolutional problem solution methodology; since it comprises numerous techniques related to removal of feeble swarm members and trying to progress the solution procedure by supporting the solution space through fresh swarm members. In order to evaluate the performance of the proposed Vortex Optimization (VO) algorithm, it has been tested in Standard IEEE 30 bus systems and compared to other standard algorithms. Simulation results reveal about the best performance of the proposed algorithm in reducing the real power loss and static voltage stability margin index has been enhanced.

scholarly journals Sectoral Volatility, Development, and Governance: A Case Study of Pakistan

2006 ◽  
Vol 45 (4II) ◽  
pp. 797-817
Author(s):  
Toseef Azid ◽  
Naeem Khaliq ◽  
Muhammad Jamil
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Structural Change ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Rate Of Growth ◽  
Agriculture Industry ◽  
The Future

Development of overall economy of any country largely depends upon the characteristics of different prominent sectors such as agriculture, industry, services, etc. Sharp structural change in prominent sectors are experienced by the Pakistan’s economy during the last four decades, in which industrial and service sector have exhibited an extra ordinary rate of growth, while the agricultural sector did not shown that rate of growth which was experienced during the time of green revolution. Due to these structural changes in the prominent sectors volatility of growth rate has been experienced by the economy. To the extent that most of the recent volatility in growth rate of GDP can be attributed to the increasing share of the some volatility of the some prominent sectors, the analysis of their volatility can be useful in providing some enlightenment on the factors behind this phenomenon and its implications for the formulation of the policy in the future.

A Review of Alternative Economic Approaches to Achieve Sustainable Development

2022 ◽  
pp. 288-307
Author(s):  
Seda Yildirim ◽  
Isil Demirtas ◽  
Durmus Cagri Yildirim
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Development Goals

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the progress in 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, and policymakers have been challenged with the implications of conventional economic system in the market. At this point, it can be said that the adoption of the best alternative economic and business model for the marketplace is the new phenomenon during the COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly, alternative economic and business models can reduce the carbon emission, environmental pollution, and global warming, but there is a still dark point in solving social issues globally. This study aims to give a brief framework for alternative economic and business models in the context of sustainability. This study presents the links between 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, digital economy, and de-growth. In other words, this chapter focuses on digital economy (digitalization) and degrowth model (degrowing). Accordingly, it is thought to give an up-to-date work for achieving sustainable development after the COVID-19 pandemic in the long term.

scholarly journals Business Models in Water Supply Companies—Key Implications of Trust

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 2770
Author(s):  
Adam Jabłoński ◽  
Marek Jabłoński
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Social Business ◽  
Water Sector ◽  
Component Structure ◽  
The Social

Currently, trust is one of the key factors that ensures the acceptable mechanisms of economic and social relationships. It is not only an element of correct communication, but also a factor in inter-organizational bonds and a source of social dialogue. Trust has become a factor in the creation of value, as well as a key component of the conceptualization and operationalization of business models. It has revealed many problems at the strategic level, in the water sector in particular. From this perspective, trust is a major factor of strategies, models, and business processes which are currently being built. New types of business models that emerge have also started to include trust as part of their configuration. This is the case in the construction and implementation of social business models. A social business model can be understood as a business model whose factors that stimulate development include social aspects expressed in balancing economic, environmental, and social issues with the involvement of communities and their dynamic communication focused on the selected attributes of business models that stimulate growth and that are conducive to achieving success, expressed by economic and/or social profit. The satisfaction of stakeholders with such a solution is another condition for embedding this solution in the sphere of the social economy. In this approach, trust, which stimulates the growth of social and economic value in the component structure of the social business model, becomes particularly important. The aim of the paper is to present the place and role of trust as a key component of social business models. The scope of the paper includes research into public water sector industry companies located in the Province of Silesia and their social business models, with a focus on defining the position of trust among other attributes of these business models. The authors put forward a hypothesis that trust is a crucial component of the social business models of water supply companies that operate at the intersection of the market and social economy. Trust also helps companies from the water supply sector achieve both social and economic effects. It also becomes a source of reverse market polarization, where the value of a social business model materializes to create social and environmental effects without detriment to the economic effects.

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