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This study aimed to investigate how farms in the Lucania region of Italy cluster according to the level of innovation adopted. It used a questionnaire to ask if farms adopted information and communications technology (ICT) tools and, if so, what types were involved in management and/or production processes. A cluster analysis was done on the collected data. The results showed that using a k-means clustering method, two clusters appeared: innovators and the remaining group. Using boxplot representation, there were three groups: innovators, early adopters, and laggards. These results will be used to identify good practices in terms of smart devices adopted, within the H2020 project titled Short Supply Chain Knowledge and Innovation Network (SKIN).
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The results presented in this chapter are part of the Short Supply Chain Knowledge and Innovation Network (SKIN) project (www.shortfoodchain.eu). This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework Program for Research and Innovation under grant agreement no. 728055.
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De Pascale, G., La Sala, P., Faccilongo, N., Zaza, C. (2019). ICT Tools by Farmers of Lucania Region in Italy. In: Theodoridis, A., Ragkos, A., Salampasis, M. (eds) Innovative Approaches and Applications for Sustainable Rural Development. HAICTA 2017. Springer Earth System Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02312-6_16
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