Harnessing Technology for a Sustainable Production Future: Unveiling the Role of Digitalization, Geography, and Agricultural & Industrial Sectoral Dynamics
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Abstract
Technological innovation has emerged as a crucial driver of sustainable productivity in high-income countries over the past five decades. Despite this, limited focus has been placed on achieving deep decarbonization and understanding the specific contributions of digitalization to enhance sustainable development. To fill this gap, our study explores the impact of the digitalization and geography nexus with sectoral factors, including agriculture and industry, in driving sustainable development from 1995 to 2022 in 67 high-income countries. Utilizing the augmented mean group (AMG) estimator, a two-step system generalized method of moments (GMM) model, and threshold effects to span both high and low levels of sustainable development. The results indicate that digitalization, geography, industrial, and agricultural expansion are significantly embedded in improving sustainable development. However, the interaction between digitalization and geography shows a diminishing effect, while digitalization's correlation with the agriculture and industrial sectors significantly boosts sustainable development. Furthermore, the outcomes of the threshold effects illustrate how digitalization is required to adapt and evolve across different levels of sustainable development within the geography, industrial, and agricultural sectors. Policymakers should invest in digital infrastructure and literacy, particularly in disadvantaged areas, to address the diminishing effects of digitalization on geography. Integrating advanced technologies into agriculture and industry can boost productivity and sustainability.
期刊介绍：
Food and Energy Security seeks to publish high quality and high impact original research on agricultural crop and forest productivity to improve food and energy security. It actively seeks submissions from emerging countries with expanding agricultural research communities. Papers from China, other parts of Asia, India and South America are particularly welcome. The Editorial Board, headed by Editor-in-Chief Professor Martin Parry, is determined to make FES the leading publication in its sector and will be aiming for a top-ranking impact factor.
Primary research articles should report hypothesis driven investigations that provide new insights into mechanisms and processes that determine productivity and properties for exploitation. Review articles are welcome but they must be critical in approach and provide particularly novel and far reaching insights.
Food and Energy Security offers authors a forum for the discussion of the most important advances in this field and promotes an integrative approach of scientific disciplines. Papers must contribute substantially to the advancement of knowledge.
Examples of areas covered in Food and Energy Security include:
• Agronomy
• Biotechnological Approaches
• Breeding & Genetics
• Climate Change
• Quality and Composition
• Food Crops and Bioenergy Feedstocks
• Developmental, Physiology and Biochemistry
• Functional Genomics
• Molecular Biology
• Pest and Disease Management
• Post Harvest Biology
• Soil Science
• Systems Biology
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