Exploring digitalisation in agriculture through socio-technical perspectives

The primary purpose is to explore the process of digitisation of agricultural industries from a socio-technical perspective. From the literature, we can see that digitisation can change the way agricultural industries operate and use a wide range of digital technologies. The use of these affects the entire organisation, which must have the necessary skills to adopt them. The literature analyses digital technologies in all their functional aspects and characteristics, but it less emphasizes the organisational context. For this reason, it is essential to study the digitisation process of agricultural enterprises from a socio-technical perspective. However, the research is still ongoing, so we are exploring the topic. Future research will be necessary to focus on a single technology and organize the focus on the organisational component.

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