Digital technologies in Agriculture: Developments and Perspectives

Purpose – It is widely considered how the world of agriculture has been changing in recent years in relation to recent technological innovation developments. Technological and communicational innovations that, in an increasingly connected world, have changed all sectors of the economy and agriculture is no exception. Design/methodology/approach – This article aims to highlight what are the relevant aspects of digital technologies used by agriculture framed in the industry 4.0 paradigm through a research that analyses the most diffused technologies in order to highlight common patterns and technological overlaps. These show how the domains under analysis are directly connected and describe the most important technologies able to drive digital transformation processes in the agricultural sector. Findings and Originality/value – The outputs of our empirical research highlight: a dictionary of Precision Agricultural Technologies includes 324 terms; a graph, describing the most cited technologies composing the dictionary and the connections between themselves; a representation of main technological clusters which describes the overlap between Industry 4.0 and Precision Agriculture.