Can digital technology reduce farmers’dependence on the supply chain?

Le numérique pour rééquilibrer la dépendance des agriculteurs à la filière ?

Magali Aubert () and Anne Mione ()
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Magali Aubert: UMR MoISA - Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Anne Mione: MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - UM - Université de Montpellier

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Abstract: The article assesses the extent to which the digitalisation of farms can rebalance farmers' dependence on the supply chain. The authors consider the Resource Dependency Theory and examine whether digital technology is associated with the implementation of control strategies that reduce dependency on downstream players in the supply chain and enable farms to grow. We use data from the 2010 Agricultural Census and the 2013 Structure Survey. The Propensity Score matching method, coupled with the double difference method, shows that the adoption of digital tools goes hand in hand with a strengthening of farmers' autonomy vis-à-vis players in the supply chain. It is also associated with an increase in the wage intensity of farms

Keywords: Resources Dependency Theory (RDT); Digitalisation; Strategy; Survival; Farm; Théorie de la Dépendance aux Ressources; Stratégie; Croissance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-08-01
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Published in Économie rurale, 2024, 389, pp.5-21

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