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Cultivating Circularity: Harnessing Industry 4.0 and Stakeholder Engagement for a Sustainable Agrifood Future in Brazil

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzed Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technology applications in agribusiness and the role of strategic stakeholders, engagement methods, and other critical aspects data sharing, confidentiality, integrity, decision‐making, and sector‐specific requirements in promoting circularity.
Simone Sehnem   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A case study of integrated life cycle assessment & socio-economic impact of university-supported waste paper recycling initiative

open access: yesDiscover Sustainability
Universities generate significant quantities of paper waste and represent controlled institutional settings where circular economy interventions can be operationalized.
Sangeeta Sharma, Pranjal Aarav
doaj   +1 more source

Farm enterprises as self-organizing systems: A new transdisciplinary framework for studying farm enterprises? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
The growing attention to sustainable food production and multifunctional agriculture calls for a multidisciplinary or transdisciplinary research and development perspective on farming, which is able to grasp the environmental, social, technical, and ...
Alrøe, Hugo Fjelsted, Noe, Egon
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Sustainability in Italian Dining: A Comparative Study of Perceptions in Full‐Service Restaurants and Agritourism

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores how sustainability is perceived and prioritized by consumers within full‐service restaurants and rural agritourism settings in Italy, examining the socio‐cultural and economic role of the HoReCa sector in promoting sustainable practices and analyzing gender and generational differences in consumer behavior.
Roberta Minazzi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the Rise and Fall of Rural Specialty Agriculture from Social–Ecological Land System Perspective: A Longitudinal Case Study in China

open access: yesLand
Specialty agriculture, promoted in China to enhance rural revitalization and farmers’ wellbeing, depends heavily on local social–ecological conditions and land transformations. However, existing studies often emphasize socio-institutional successes while
Xue Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping social enterprises in Finland : Rural-urban differences?

open access: yes
Academics and policymakers alike view social enterprises as potential change agents for sustainable development, particularly in rural areas. However, relatively little is known about the size of the rural social enterprise sector. Therefore, this chapter maps out the distribution of Finnish social enterprises by utilising several different sources to ...
Rautiainen Simo Matti-Petteri   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Exploring Irish rural social enterprises as neoendogenous development actors

open access: yes, 2020
Since the 1990s social enterprises have gained growing attention from academics and policymakers as significant actors to address some of the complex challenges faced by our societies due to their aim of combining social, economic and/or environmental goals using entrepreneurial/innovative means. Rural areas have demonstrated to be a fertile ground for
openaire   +2 more sources

Digital Transformation and Informal Innovation in Africa: Reframing STI Policy for Inclusive Circular Economy Transitions

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid increasing environmental and economic pressures, Africa's transition to a circular economy (CE) presents a vital pathway to inclusive, low‐carbon development. Yet, how digital transformation, informal innovation, and science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy readiness shape CE outcomes remains underexplored.
Emmanuel K. Manu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Rural Development Programme (2007-2013) and Farmer Innovation: A Review to Date and Look to the Future [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
working paperThis paper seeks to comment on farmer innovation in relation to the measures within the Rural Development Programme (2007-2013). Evidence is presented on the general extent of innovation among farmers and the specific uptake of measures ...
Heanue, Kevin, Macken-Walsh, Aine
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