The Role of Incubators and Accelerators in the Fourth Agricultural Revolution: A Case Study of Canada

The fourth agricultural revolution has resulted in technologies that could significantly support global efforts toward food security and environmental sustainability. A potential means for accelerating the development of these technologies is through business accelerator and incubator (BAI) programs...

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Autores principales:	Robert Newell, Lenore Newman, Zsofia Mendly-Zambo
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	agricultural technology fourth agricultural revolution business accelerators and incubators sustainable food production Agriculture (General) S1-972
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7721039172c2445c94abcb6020a1ab162021-11-25T15:58:31ZThe Role of Incubators and Accelerators in the Fourth Agricultural Revolution: A Case Study of Canada10.3390/agriculture111110662077-0472https://doaj.org/article/7721039172c2445c94abcb6020a1ab162021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/11/1066https://doaj.org/toc/2077-0472The fourth agricultural revolution has resulted in technologies that could significantly support global efforts toward food security and environmental sustainability. A potential means for accelerating the development of these technologies is through business accelerator and incubator (BAI) programs. Using Canada as a case study, this study examines considerations around building agritech BAI capacity for supporting transitions to sustainable, resilient food systems. The research employs expert stakeholder interview and thematic coding methodology to identify opportunities, success factors, challenges/barriers, and actions/approaches for increasing agritech BAIs in a region/country. The study also identifies findings that are broadly applicable to BAIs in general and those that are specific to sectoral (i.e., agritech) and place-specific (i.e., Canada) contexts. The analysis identified four opportunities themes, seven success factors themes, eight challenges/barriers themes, and eight actions/approaches themes. Of the four thematic areas, success factors were the most broadly applicable to different sectoral and place contexts, and challenges/barriers were most specific to the agritech and (to a lesser degree) Canadian contexts. The study elucidates roles, challenges, and ways forward for building agritech BAI capacity in regions and countries for harnessing the opportunities presented by the fourth agricultural revolution and transitioning to sustainable and resilient food systems.Robert NewellLenore NewmanZsofia Mendly-ZamboMDPI AGarticleagricultural technologyfourth agricultural revolutionbusiness accelerators and incubatorssustainable food productionAgriculture (General)S1-972ENAgriculture, Vol 11, Iss 1066, p 1066 (2021)
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spellingShingle	agricultural technology fourth agricultural revolution business accelerators and incubators sustainable food production Agriculture (General) S1-972 Robert Newell Lenore Newman Zsofia Mendly-Zambo The Role of Incubators and Accelerators in the Fourth Agricultural Revolution: A Case Study of Canada
description	The fourth agricultural revolution has resulted in technologies that could significantly support global efforts toward food security and environmental sustainability. A potential means for accelerating the development of these technologies is through business accelerator and incubator (BAI) programs. Using Canada as a case study, this study examines considerations around building agritech BAI capacity for supporting transitions to sustainable, resilient food systems. The research employs expert stakeholder interview and thematic coding methodology to identify opportunities, success factors, challenges/barriers, and actions/approaches for increasing agritech BAIs in a region/country. The study also identifies findings that are broadly applicable to BAIs in general and those that are specific to sectoral (i.e., agritech) and place-specific (i.e., Canada) contexts. The analysis identified four opportunities themes, seven success factors themes, eight challenges/barriers themes, and eight actions/approaches themes. Of the four thematic areas, success factors were the most broadly applicable to different sectoral and place contexts, and challenges/barriers were most specific to the agritech and (to a lesser degree) Canadian contexts. The study elucidates roles, challenges, and ways forward for building agritech BAI capacity in regions and countries for harnessing the opportunities presented by the fourth agricultural revolution and transitioning to sustainable and resilient food systems.
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title	The Role of Incubators and Accelerators in the Fourth Agricultural Revolution: A Case Study of Canada
title_short	The Role of Incubators and Accelerators in the Fourth Agricultural Revolution: A Case Study of Canada
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The Role of Incubators and Accelerators in the Fourth Agricultural Revolution: A Case Study of Canada

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