A three-pronged approach to the digitalization–innovation–sustainable rural development nexus among Italian farms

Marcello De Rosa, Luca Bartoli, Concetta Cardillo, Chrysanthi Charatsari, Evagelos D. Lioutas · 2025 · AIMS Agriculture and Food

Summary. Italian farms show highly uneven adoption of digital innovations and their links to sustainable development. Using census data and cluster analysis, the study identifies distinct geographic patterns across Italian regions, revealing that farms differ significantly in how they combine digitalization, innovation, and sustainability practices. These scattered adoption patterns create varied rural development outcomes across territories.

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Rosa, M. D., Bartoli, L., Cardillo, C., Charatsari, C., & Lioutas, E. D.. (2025). A three-pronged approach to the digitalization–innovation–sustainable rural development nexus among Italian farms. AIMS Agriculture and Food. https://doi.org/10.3934/agrfood.2025041

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DOI: 10.3934/agrfood.2025041
Countries: Italy
Regions: Europe
Categories: agtech, regional-innovation-systems, climate-and-environment
Added: 2026-04-28