Analysis of the drivers of industry 4.0 technology deployment to achieve agri-food supply chain sustainability: a hybrid approach
Analysis of the drivers of industry 4.0 technology deployment to achieve agri-food supply chain sustainability: a hybrid approach
Agri-food supply chains (AFSCs) are struggling toachieve sustainability in the face of increasing social,environmental, and economic challenges. Industry 4.0technologies are widely deployed to monitor, assess, and analyzetheir operational process, and thereby drive sustainable value.This study adopts a hybrid approach to analyze the drivers ofindustry 4.0 technology deployment to achieve AFSCsustainability. Thematic analysis of 24 interviews was carried outto identify 13 drivers, and these were used as inputs into the fuzzyanalytic hierarchy process (AHP), total interpretive structuralmodeling (TISM), and fuzzy cross-impact matrix multiplicationsapplied to classification (MICMAC). The results show thatenhancing efficiency of water and fertilizer use, reducing carbonemissions, and reducing work intensity contribute significantly toeconomic, environmental, and social aspects of sustainability. Wealso identify that government subsidies for agricultural facilitiesand strengthening of farmers’ agri-tech skills are key drivers thatshould be given priority.
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Zhao, Guoqing
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Lopez, Carmen
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Dennehy, Denis
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Zhao, Guoqing, Jones, Paul, Liu, Shaofeng, Lopez, Carmen, Dennehy, Denis and Chen, Xiaoning
(2023)
Analysis of the drivers of industry 4.0 technology deployment to achieve agri-food supply chain sustainability: a hybrid approach.
IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS23) : Technology and Analytics for Global Development, , Swansea, United Kingdom.
13 - 15 Sep 2023.
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Agri-food supply chains (AFSCs) are struggling toachieve sustainability in the face of increasing social,environmental, and economic challenges. Industry 4.0technologies are widely deployed to monitor, assess, and analyzetheir operational process, and thereby drive sustainable value.This study adopts a hybrid approach to analyze the drivers ofindustry 4.0 technology deployment to achieve AFSCsustainability. Thematic analysis of 24 interviews was carried outto identify 13 drivers, and these were used as inputs into the fuzzyanalytic hierarchy process (AHP), total interpretive structuralmodeling (TISM), and fuzzy cross-impact matrix multiplicationsapplied to classification (MICMAC). The results show thatenhancing efficiency of water and fertilizer use, reducing carbonemissions, and reducing work intensity contribute significantly toeconomic, environmental, and social aspects of sustainability. Wealso identify that government subsidies for agricultural facilitiesand strengthening of farmers’ agri-tech skills are key drivers thatshould be given priority.
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Accepted/In Press date: 30 May 2023
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IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS23) : Technology and Analytics for Global Development, , Swansea, United Kingdom, 2023-09-13 - 2023-09-15
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