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Agriculture Digitalization: A Global Examination Based on Bibliometric Analysis
No full textSeveral research studies discuss the process of agriculture digitalization proposing technologies able to face the current agri-food challenges. However, the extant bibliometric studies do not fully exploit the complementarity of different modern bibliometric tools, such as performance analysis and science mapping and do not consider the entire research field timespan. Therefore, the aim of this study is to complement and update the previous works and provide a broad quantitative and qualitative view of Agriculture 4.0 research by using synergistically performance analysis and science mapping. The analysis was realized on a sample of 2334 papers adopting statistical frequency analysis and VOSviewer. Performance analysis provided key findings about the following indicators: research subject areas, publications trend, most productive journals, document types, authors productivity, authors' and index keywords, most cited papers, most productive and influent institutions, country map collaboration, the documents by funding sponsor. Science mapping provided key findings about the main thematic research field’ clusters and their evolution overtime: technology application in agricultural industry, data model for analysis and prediction, experimentation and applicative studies of smart agriculture, decision support systems for crop monitoring. This study could benefit: food companies, supporting in technologies identification; governments, suggesting policies to stimulate agricultural digitalization process; academics, incentivizing more consciousness about the topic and research agenda; those who approach this topic for the first time, facilitating bibliographical referencing
Food label design - exploring the literature
No full textPurpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the main research fields concerning food label designs and build a topic overview. To this end, the literature review method was chosen. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 121 papers was identified and analyzed using bibliometric analysis. Journals, articles, authors of the sample and the term co-occurrence map, which represents the recurring themes and organizes them in clusters, were defined. To recognize the main research fields, starting from analyzing the terms that compose each cluster, the results were discussed in a focus group composed of five experts. Findings Food labelling theories are distinctly related to eight research fields: consumer behaviour analysis, consumer willingness evaluation, consumer product evaluation, nutrition and health, daily foodstuff and meal effects, food industry and related products, impacts on market and society and child nutrition. Research limitations/implications - Several stakeholders could be interested in the results of this paper. Food companies could identify the best practices in food labelling theories to improve their products and labels. Governments could understand how social policies are acknowledged by consumers and how to create new policies. Researchers could identify new issues to investigate. The results could also facilitate bibliographical referencing for those who approach this topic for the first time. Originality/value To the best of the authors' knowledge, studies on food label theories explore the themes from the consumer's perspective. The authors' study, in contrast, focused on recognizing the research fields where food label designs are addressed
Food label design – exploring the literature
No full textPurpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify the main research fields concerning food label designs and build a topic overview. To this end, the literature review method was chosen. Design/methodology/approach: A sample of 121 papers was identified and analyzed using bibliometric analysis. Journals, articles, authors of the sample and the term co-occurrence map, which represents the recurring themes and organizes them in clusters, were defined. To recognize the main research fields, starting from analyzing the terms that compose each cluster, the results were discussed in a focus group composed of five experts. Findings: Food labelling theories are distinctly related to eight research fields: consumer behaviour analysis, consumer willingness evaluation, consumer product evaluation, nutrition and health, daily foodstuff and meal effects, food industry and related products, impacts on market and society and child nutrition. Research limitations/implications: Several stakeholders could be interested in the results of this paper. Food companies could identify the best practices in food labelling theories to improve their products and labels. Governments could understand how social policies are acknowledged by consumers and how to create new policies. Researchers could identify new issues to investigate. The results could also facilitate bibliographical referencing for those who approach this topic for the first time. Originality/value: To the best of the authors’ knowledge, studies on food label theories explore the themes from the consumer’s perspective. The authors’ study, in contrast, focused on recognizing the research fields where food label designs are addressed
Agriculture 4.0 as Enabler of Sustainable Agri-Food: A Proposed Taxonomy
No full textGlobal population growth, climate change, and food safety are some of the challenges that the agri-food sector is current facing. Addressing these in a sustainable way requires the adoption of sustainable-oriented innovations capable of developing new knowledge and reshaping production methods and business models. Digitalization and technological evolution in the agri-food sector, culminating within Agriculture 4.0 (A4.0), represent the latest revolution, as testified by the extant body of knowledge. The lack of a systematic model to map the body of knowledge in A4.0 and how it addresses the agri-food sustainability challenges represents the input of our review. We propose a systematic literature review to discover the research routes in A4.0, increasing the understanding of this paradigm as agri-food sustainability enabler. A taxonomy, composed of 566 terms grouped in seven categories representative of the extant research routes, is proposed: the names assumed by agri-food digitalization process, the main aims and issues of A4.0, the features of the agricultural sector, the parameters monitorable and calculable through A4.0, data, and technologies. It emerged that A4.0 absolve the role of enabler in sustainability agri-food providing to the company a set of data and technological sustainable oriented innovations able to solve, according to an interdisciplinary approach, environmental, social, and economic challenges. The findings identify research gaps and theoretical and practical implications for a wide range of stakeholders, such as engineering managers, agri-food companies, researchers, or companies involved in the web content analysis. Limitations and future research route complete the study
The awareness assessment of the Italian agri-food industry regarding food traceability systems
No full textA survey to discover current food choice behaviors
No full textFood choices are complex functions of several elements that could change over time. Nowadays consumers appear careful about sustainable food consumption: the behavior of “food citizenship”, as the practice to support a sustainable food system during the consumption actions,arises. This study aims to recognize the existence of food choice behaviors in the contemporary scenario and to investigate the relation between the food choice factors and the behaviors recognized. Following a quantitative research method, a sample of 380 participants, recruited from a traditional Italian food and wine event, completed a questionnaire in order to detect their attitude about food. Four current food choice behaviors were recognized: The Individualist, The Foodie, The Environmentalist and The Health enthusiast. The relation between food choice factors and food choice behaviors was explained. Several stakeholders could benefit from the study results, in order to better understand how to adapt products and marketing strategies to satisfy the emerging customer’s needs and awareness. Even if a person can identify themselves within a single food choice behavior, they become aware of other choice models expanding their personal point of view. Finally, new research scenarios arose for the researchers
A process-based approach to collect food information to satisfy consumer needs through a voluntary traceability information system, an Organic Olive Oil case study
No full textIn the last years, several food hazards have increased consumer awareness about food product. Traceability is widely recognized as able to guarantee product quality and consumer safety. However, consumers appear dissatisfy about the product information shown on label. Voluntary traceability could be used to collect product information during its lifecycle starting from farming phase. This paper proposes a research case study to detect, following a process-based approach, Organic Olive Oil information, to create an information system for voluntary traceability able to satisfy consumer information needs. Researcher, organic certification control body, farmer and olive oil mill take part to case study. Through interviews and using a process-based approach, Organic Olive Farming and Organic Olive Oil Transformation Processes were modelled. For each process, actors and activities were identified detecting data, format and collection mode
Voluntary traceability in food supply chain: a framework leading its implementation in Agriculture 4.0
No full textToday, the world faces a big challenge about food quality and safety. Consumers are becoming more careful during their food choices, focusing on food information. Drawing on the Industry 4.0 technologies and methodologies, food companies could adopt traceability systems that are able to collect various types of information along the food supply chain, to satisfy regulation but also to make their work transparent. With the aim of overcoming the current shortcomings in the food traceability framework (e.g., the absence of data visualisation solutions or tools for supply chain actors and consumers, adopting standards for external traceability and data identification, and fulfilling the four Industry 4.0 development dimensions), and considering the sustainability challenges, the aim of this study is to suggest a Framework for Voluntary Food Traceability based on digital technologies and explore its application by means of a case study in an organic olive oil company. The Framework, composed of three building blocks, allows the company to: map supply chain processes, identifying tasks and processes where data was generated, its format and the supply chain owner; select and use technologies to collect and analyse traceability data; and communicate to the end consumer comprehensible and useful food information
What factors impact on technological traceability systems diffusion in the agrifood industry? An Italian survey
No full textSince the 1990s, governments look to traceability as a part of their safety and quality assurance strategies. This study aims to analyse the diffusion levels of the traceability systems in the Italian agrifood industry. A theoretical framework was developed considering the meaning of traceability as well as the drivers, benefits, barriers and intentions of a company that adopts a traceability system. Nineteen hypotheses were defined and tested through correlation and empirical analysis. Data was obtained through a survey conducted on a sample of Italian agrifood companies. The results showed that variables like what role, educational level and company size affect an agrifood company’s propensity to adopt a traceability system
An Integrative Conceptual Framework of Food Certifications: Systematic Review, Research Agenda, and Macromarketing Implications
No full textFood certifications guarantee food quality and reduce information asymmetry regarding food between consumers and producers. There are numerous certifications that facilitate global food systems. While scholars have addressed this issue from several viewpoints, a systematic synchronization of the research in international food certification studies is lacking. The purpose of this study is to explore the field of food certifications. This includes identifying certification definitions, related categories, the main purposes and topics of existing studies in this field. This study uses a systematic literature review. It proposes an integrative conceptual framework, that summarizes the main findings of the study. Additionally, new research routes, as well as both theoretical and macromarketing implications are discussed. This study provides a comprehensive understanding of the international field of food certification, giving researchers, consumers, and food companies a guide to understand the complexity of the global food certification and the related macromarketing effects
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