Who drives the digital revolution in agriculture? A review of supply-side trends, players and challenges

Regina Birner; Thomas Daum; Carl Pray

doi:10.1002/aepp.13145

Who drives the digital revolution in agriculture? A review of supply-side trends, players and challenges

Regina Birner, Thomas Daum, Carl Pray

School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Agricultural, Food & Resource Economics

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1260-1285
Number of pages	26
Journal	Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
Volume	43
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13145
State	Published - Dec 2021

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Development
Economics and Econometrics

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agribusiness
digital agriculture
innovation

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