Trends of the Agricultural Sector in Era 4. 0

This book describes the impact on the agricultural sector worldwide of Era 4.0, highlighting the relationships between agriculture, food and industry (4.0). The main topics discussed are those associated with IoT in various sectors of the economy and its impacts on farming sustainability. It provides insights for policy makers, students, researchers and economic stakeholders. Acknowledgements 6 About This Book 7 Contents 8 About the Author 10 1 Bibliometric Analysis on Era 4.0: Main Highlights for the Agricultural Sector 11 1.1 Introduction 11 1.2 Bibliometric Analysis for the Topic “Agricultur* 4.0” 12 1.2.1 Co-authorship 12 1.2.2 Co-occurrence 20 1.2.3 Citation 21 1.2.4 Bibliographic Coupling 22 1.2.5 Co-citation 23 1.3 Bibliometric Analysis for the Topic “Agricultur* and Food 4.0” 26 1.4 Bibliometric Analysis for the Topic “Agricultur* and Industry 4.0” 35 1.5 Conclusions 48 References 57 2 Systematic Review of Agriculture and Era 4.0: The Most Relevant Insights 59 2.1 Introduction 59 2.2 Bibliometric Analysis 60 2.2.1 Text Data, Co-occurrence Links and Terms as Items 60 2.2.2 The Most Cited Documents 62 2.3 Systematic Review 65 2.4 Conclusions 66 References 71 3 The European Union Context on Era 4.0 and Its Dimensions: Relationships with the Agricultural Sector 75 3.1 Introduction 75 3.2 Data Analysis for the Digital Economy and Society 76 3.3 Spatial Autocorrelation Analysis 77 3.4 Panel Data Regressions 82 3.5 Conclusions 91 References 92 4 Benchmarking the European Union’s Digital Context with Those of Other Global Agricultural Frameworks 94 4.1 Introduction 94 4.2 Data Analysis 95 4.3 Spatial Autocorrelation Analysis 96 4.4 Results for Matrices of Correlation, Factor-Cluster Analyses and Cross-Section Regressions 101 4.5 Conclusions 102 References 108 5 Potential Impacts of Era 4.0 on Agricultural Sustainability 111 5.1 Introduction 111 5.2 Data Analysis 112 5.3 Results 117 5.4 Conclusions 118 References 124 This book describes the impact of Era 4.0 on the agricultural sector worldwide. It highlights the relationships between agriculture, food and industry (4.0). The main topics discussed are those associated with IoT in various sectors of the economy and its impact on farming sustainability. this book provides insights for policy makers, students, researchers and economic stakeholders.