Assessing the social impacts of Digital Agriculture Technology Solutions: a practical tool

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Main Authors: Andrea Bianchi, Chiara Corbo, Sandra Cesari de Maria, Filippo Maria Renga, Angela Tumino
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Published: Zenodo 2025
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author Andrea Bianchi ,
Chiara Corbo
Sandra Cesari de Maria
Filippo Maria Renga ,
Angela Tumino
author_facet Andrea Bianchi ,
Chiara Corbo
Sandra Cesari de Maria
Filippo Maria Renga ,
Angela Tumino
contents <p>Digital Agriculture Technology Solutions (DATSs) can improve the sustain- ability of the agricultural sector. While most of the research on the impacts of DATSs<br>is focused on the economic and environmental dimensions of sustainability, this workaims to understand the social benefits that DATSs have on farmers. Integrating top-<br>down and bottom-up approaches, a Social Sustainability Assessment Framework for DATSs adoption was developed and subsequently applied in the form of a Social Self-<br>Evaluation Tool, a questionnaire tested on 60 farmers across 20 European countries, with a heterogeneous composition in terms of sector, types of DATSs, agronomical<br>context, and socio-economic background. The Framework and the Social Self-Evaluation Tool allowed for a deep investigation of the social impacts of DATSs in terms of<br>labour evolution, education and learning, and generational change. The results demonstrated the positive effects of DATSs on the social sphere of sustainability, as well<br>as the importance of integrating this type of social analysis in the evaluation of digital technologies in agriculture.</p>
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spellingShingle Assessing the social impacts of Digital Agriculture Technology Solutions: a practical tool
Andrea Bianchi ,
Chiara Corbo
Sandra Cesari de Maria
Filippo Maria Renga ,
Angela Tumino
<p>Digital Agriculture Technology Solutions (DATSs) can improve the sustain- ability of the agricultural sector. While most of the research on the impacts of DATSs<br>is focused on the economic and environmental dimensions of sustainability, this workaims to understand the social benefits that DATSs have on farmers. Integrating top-<br>down and bottom-up approaches, a Social Sustainability Assessment Framework for DATSs adoption was developed and subsequently applied in the form of a Social Self-<br>Evaluation Tool, a questionnaire tested on 60 farmers across 20 European countries, with a heterogeneous composition in terms of sector, types of DATSs, agronomical<br>context, and socio-economic background. The Framework and the Social Self-Evaluation Tool allowed for a deep investigation of the social impacts of DATSs in terms of<br>labour evolution, education and learning, and generational change. The results demonstrated the positive effects of DATSs on the social sphere of sustainability, as well<br>as the importance of integrating this type of social analysis in the evaluation of digital technologies in agriculture.</p>
title Assessing the social impacts of Digital Agriculture Technology Solutions: a practical tool
url https://doi.org/10.36253/bae-16929