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Although Industry 4.0 (I4.0) adoption and agri-food supply chain (AFSC) sustainability are widely discussed, there remains a lack of an integrated framework to illustrate the I4.0 adoption process. Grounded in the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework, this study explores the drivers of I4.0 adoption for enhancing AFSC sustainability through interviews with 16 AFSC practitioners, analyzed using thematic analysis. Our findings provide novel insights that extend existing research. First, this study confirms I4.0 adoption in AFSCs is a collaborative effort involving multiple stakeholders, including I4.0 technology manufacturers, government agricultural departments, and non-profit technological and knowledge service providers. Second, we find these stakeholders collectively mobilize technological, financial, knowledge, policy, and human resources across AFSCs to facilitate I4.0 adoption. Third, we identify 15 drivers of I4.0 adoption for enhancing AFSC sustainability. Notably, factors including the deployment of platforms for widespread information sharing and large-scale skill training for the next generation of farmers are rarely discussed in existing literature. Finally, we develop a four-layer “onion” framework illustrating the key aspects of I4.0 adoption, encompassing (1) primary AFSC stakeholders, (2) resources leveraged to drive adoption, (3) drivers of I4.0 adoption for AFSC sustainability, and (4) the specific I4.0 technologies adopted.

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Driving Sustainable Agri-food Supply Chains Through Industry 4.0: A Multidisciplinary Collaboration

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    2025年

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  • Guoqing Zhao,
  • Dafydd Cotterell,
  • Paul Jones,
  • Bo Wen,
  • Ping Huang

摘要

Although Industry 4.0 (I4.0) adoption and agri-food supply chain (AFSC) sustainability are widely discussed, there remains a lack of an integrated framework to illustrate the I4.0 adoption process. Grounded in the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework, this study explores the drivers of I4.0 adoption for enhancing AFSC sustainability through interviews with 16 AFSC practitioners, analyzed using thematic analysis. Our findings provide novel insights that extend existing research. First, this study confirms I4.0 adoption in AFSCs is a collaborative effort involving multiple stakeholders, including I4.0 technology manufacturers, government agricultural departments, and non-profit technological and knowledge service providers. Second, we find these stakeholders collectively mobilize technological, financial, knowledge, policy, and human resources across AFSCs to facilitate I4.0 adoption. Third, we identify 15 drivers of I4.0 adoption for enhancing AFSC sustainability. Notably, factors including the deployment of platforms for widespread information sharing and large-scale skill training for the next generation of farmers are rarely discussed in existing literature. Finally, we develop a four-layer “onion” framework illustrating the key aspects of I4.0 adoption, encompassing (1) primary AFSC stakeholders, (2) resources leveraged to drive adoption, (3) drivers of I4.0 adoption for AFSC sustainability, and (4) the specific I4.0 technologies adopted.