literature review on role of agriculture

The literature on the role of agriculture in development has evolved considerably since the days of the Lewis model. Over the past 60 years, countries that we still call "developing" by convention have experienced a huge transformation: China, Brazil, India, and Turkey.

We present a literature review of the role played by agricultural cooperatives in influencing farm sustainability. We first focus on the theoretical literature to highlight the various economic behaviours of cooperatives. Then we investigate all three dimensions of sustainability in developing and developed countries.

1. Introduction. Agriculture has been performed by our species for approximately 10,000 years [], and practices have been altered according to human needs and preferences.The agricultural industrialization of the 20th century dramatically changed agricultural activities and relations between agriculture and our culture; for example, agriculture now focuses largely on the maximization of both ...

Agricultural development. The book's core research focus is to understand the role that the agricultural sector can play in economic development as well as the role of the agricultural transformation in the broader processes of economic and structural transformation. These processes involve the sectoral shift of output and employment away ...

Agriculture is considered one of the most important sectors that play a strategic role in ensuring food security. However, with the increasing world's population, agri-food demands are growing — posing the need to switch from traditional agricultural methods to smart agriculture practices, also known as agriculture 4.0.

A literature review and emerging policy issues. Digitalisation offers the potential to help address the productivity, sustainability and resilience challenges facing agriculture. Evidence on the adoption and impacts of digital agriculture in OECD countries from national surveys and the literature indicates broad use of digital technologies in ...

Agriculture and development: A brief review of the literature. After 20 years of neglect by international donors, agriculture is now again in the headlines because higher food prices are increasing food insecurity and poverty. In the coming years it will be essential to increase food productivity and production in developing countries ...

Entrepreneurship in the Agricultural Sector: A Literature Review and Future Research Opportunities. Sarah Fitz-Koch [email protected], ... The role of agricultural entrepreneurship in Dutch agriculture of today. Agricultural Economics 33(2): 229-238. Crossref. ISI. Google Scholar

In the last few decades, a large number of studies have been presented in the IoT-based agriculture domain. Therefore, it is important to collect, summarize, analyze, and classify the state-of-the-art research in this area. The purpose of this research is to present a comprehensive systematic literature review in the field of IoT agriculture.

Conventional farming practices can lead to soil degradation and a decline in productivity. Regenerative agriculture (RA) is purported by advocates as a solution to these issues that focuses on soil health and carbon sequestration. The fundamental principles of RA are to keep the soil covered, minimise soil disturbance, preserve living roots in the soil year round, increase species diversity ...

This work presents a systematic literature review of IoT-based tools and applications for agriculture. The objective of this paper is to offer an overview of these areas through topics such as IoT-based software applications for agriculture available in the market, IoT-based devices used in the agriculture, as well as the benefits provided by ...

The background for the role of agriculture has evolved quickly via modernization, interconnected distribution networks, and accelerated economic and financial developments, and climate constraints ... Literature Review and Sustainability are at par in the number of researches being conducted so far in supply chain management on these topics ...

protectionist policies in food staples, revival of large-scale subsidies to agriculture in the name of. food self-sufficiency, and new commitments by donors to increase spending on agriculture ...

The book is a selected collection of author's published papers over a long period (from 1972 to 2014) that investigates the role of agriculture in development. Overall, this is an inspiring development economics study. The chapters in this book study the role of agriculture in economic development from the perspective of social justice and ...

Abstract. We present a literature review of the role played by agricultural cooperatives in influencing farm sustainability. We first focus on the theoretical literature to highlight the various ...

The study, therefore, recommends full support of the agriculture cooperatives if they are to play a positive and integral role in mitigating the poverty levels in third-world countries. Literature ...

Figure 1: Literature Review Process. The review of the literature review began with a search of major school databases (IEEE, Scopus and Science D irect) on. agriculture and its practices. The ...

However, the literature is dispersed and divergent. Moreover, a holistic framework of constraints to agriculture finance is missing. To the best of our knowledge, no literature review has systematically and comprehensively assessed the different types of constraints to agriculture finance in developing and under-developed countries.

The agricultural sector in any nation plays a key role to address the one of universal challenges, provide sufficient foods to survive people. As estimated (Alexandratos and Bruinsma, 2012), in 2050, there is a requirement to increase global food supply by 60% in order to feed nearly 9 billion people (Padilla and Hudson, 2019).

Plastic film mulching (PFM) technology plays an important role in agricultural production in "drought and cold" regions, and macroplastics pollution in farmland has become a major concern affecting the sustainable development of regional agricultural production. However, there remains a lack of research on the effects of film application and macroplastics characteristics on soil nutrients ...

Keywords: Technology, Agriculture, Supply chain, Systematic literature review Abdullahi et al. , Journal of Logist ics, Informatic s and Servic e Science, Vol. 11 (2024) No. 1, pp. 239 - 25 1 240

Droughts are the most expensive climate disasters as they leave long-term and chronic impacts on the ecosystem, agriculture, and human society. The intensity, frequency, and duration of drought events have increased over the years and are expected to worsen in the future on a regional and planetary/global scale. Nature-based solutions (NBS) such as wetland and floodplain restorations, green ...

Organic farming plays the main role in the sustainability of agricultural systems. Sustainable agriculture is a broad term for growing food using methods that will nurture society, the environment, and the economy. ... Digital technology and services for sustainable agriculture in Tanzania: a literature review. Sustainability, 14 (2022), p ...

This paper presents a systematic literature review (SLR) by conducting a survey of IoT technologies and their current utilization in different application domains of the agriculture sector. The ...