Impact Assessment of Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture: Application of The Ambitec-TICs Method
Abstract An extraordinary moment of agricultural modernization is currently underway due to innovations in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). In this process, management precepts are renewed, fostering significant gains in efficiency, productivity, and sustainable use of natural reso...
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oai:scielo:S0718-272420210002000912021-09-30Impact Assessment of Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture: Application of The Ambitec-TICs MethodPinto,Daniela MacielOliveira,Priscila deFachini Minitti,AndréMansur Mendes,AngeloFreitas Vilela,GiseleCastro,Gustavo Spadotti AmaralNogueira Júnior,Lauro RodriguesBogiani,Julio CesarRocha,José DilcioLage Novaes,Renan MilagresBarros,Inácio deStachetti Rodrigues,Geraldo Technological innovation technology validation technology transfer Agriculture 4.0 Abstract An extraordinary moment of agricultural modernization is currently underway due to innovations in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). In this process, management precepts are renewed, fostering significant gains in efficiency, productivity, and sustainable use of natural resources and the environment. The growing supply of ICTs and the extension of connectivity in rural areas, with their transforming roles in productive practices and economic relations, bring about questions regarding their impacts. These technologies include precision positioning systems and large volume databases, electronic sensors of site-specific production and environmental conditions, repositories of relational data, statistical and crop forecasting software, methodologies and processes; web-based information services, among others. The assessment of impacts focused on ICTs for agriculture needs innovative approaches, due to the peculiarities of their applications, the different scales of their socioenvironmental scopes and, at the same time, the verification of effectiveness of institutional investments on research, development, and innovation (RD&I). Based on these premises, the objectives of this work are to present a ‘module of impact indicators for Information and Communication Technologies (Ambitec-TICs)’, and assess its application to six typical technology adoption cases resulting from agricultural RD&I projects. The results detail critical analyses of the contributions of the proposed module for the registration, interpretation, and communication of impacts, with recommendations for technology transfer and accountability in institutional Social Balance documentation.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y NegociosJournal of technology management & innovation v.16 n.2 20212021-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27242021000200091en10.4067/S0718-27242021000200091 |
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Abstract An extraordinary moment of agricultural modernization is currently underway due to innovations in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). In this process, management precepts are renewed, fostering significant gains in efficiency, productivity, and sustainable use of natural resources and the environment. The growing supply of ICTs and the extension of connectivity in rural areas, with their transforming roles in productive practices and economic relations, bring about questions regarding their impacts. These technologies include precision positioning systems and large volume databases, electronic sensors of site-specific production and environmental conditions, repositories of relational data, statistical and crop forecasting software, methodologies and processes; web-based information services, among others. The assessment of impacts focused on ICTs for agriculture needs innovative approaches, due to the peculiarities of their applications, the different scales of their socioenvironmental scopes and, at the same time, the verification of effectiveness of institutional investments on research, development, and innovation (RD&I). Based on these premises, the objectives of this work are to present a ‘module of impact indicators for Information and Communication Technologies (Ambitec-TICs)’, and assess its application to six typical technology adoption cases resulting from agricultural RD&I projects. The results detail critical analyses of the contributions of the proposed module for the registration, interpretation, and communication of impacts, with recommendations for technology transfer and accountability in institutional Social Balance documentation. |
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Pinto,Daniela Maciel Oliveira,Priscila de Fachini Minitti,André Mansur Mendes,Angelo Freitas Vilela,Gisele Castro,Gustavo Spadotti Amaral Nogueira Júnior,Lauro Rodrigues Bogiani,Julio Cesar Rocha,José Dilcio Lage Novaes,Renan Milagres Barros,Inácio de Stachetti Rodrigues,Geraldo |
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Pinto,Daniela Maciel Oliveira,Priscila de Fachini Minitti,André Mansur Mendes,Angelo Freitas Vilela,Gisele Castro,Gustavo Spadotti Amaral Nogueira Júnior,Lauro Rodrigues Bogiani,Julio Cesar Rocha,José Dilcio Lage Novaes,Renan Milagres Barros,Inácio de Stachetti Rodrigues,Geraldo |
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Pinto,Daniela Maciel |
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Impact Assessment of Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture: Application of The Ambitec-TICs Method |
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Impact Assessment of Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture: Application of The Ambitec-TICs Method |
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Impact Assessment of Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture: Application of The Ambitec-TICs Method |
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Impact Assessment of Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture: Application of The Ambitec-TICs Method |
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Impact Assessment of Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture: Application of The Ambitec-TICs Method |
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impact assessment of information and communication technologies in agriculture: application of the ambitec-tics method |
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Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios |
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