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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Polit. Sci.
Sec. Politics of Technology
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpos.2024.1490891
This article is part of the Research Topic Social Technologies for Inclusive Development: Multilevel Policy and Practices View all 4 articles

Industry 4.0 and Family Farming: a critical reflection on its impact on Family FarmingIndustry 4.0: A critical reflection on its impacts on family farming

Provisionally accepted
Gustavo Federico Apablaza Gustavo Federico Apablaza *
  • Western Parana State University, Cascavel, Brazil

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    This paper identifies groups of disruptive technologies within the framework of Industry 4.0 that can integrate sustainable rural development processes, with family farming as the main actor. Technological advances are described and an analysis is made of the possible positive and negative effects of their implementation in family and sustainable agriculture, from the point of view of institutional components and the incorporation of technological innovation. As a result, it is considered that family farming has the capacity to drive development processes based on the incorporation of disruptivetechnological innovation and integration of Iindustry 4.0 technologies, provided that aspects that could delay this process are eliminated.

    Keywords: Industry 4.0, Sustainable rural development, Family farming, Innovativeon Strategies, disruptive technologies

    Received: 03 Sep 2024; Accepted: 24 Oct 2024.

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    * Correspondence: Gustavo Federico Apablaza, Western Parana State University, Cascavel, Brazil

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