Building a Competitive Production System in Niagara and Ontario's Agrifood Sector: Accelerating the Adoption of Automation and Robotics Technologies
Project Summary
This research project investigated the barriers and drivers to globally competitive production systems in Ontario’s agri-food sector, focusing the adoption of automation and robotics, across the entire agri-food value chain. The project's overarching goal was to generate solutions for accelerating technology adoption in Ontario’s agrifood sector.
The study included four phases. The first phase was a province-wide survey about the adoption of automation and robotics technologies in the Ontario agriculture sector. The second phase involved interviews in the Niagara region, providing a case study on automation and robotics adoption. The third phase involved interviews with stakeholders of Canada's Global Innovation Clusters. The final phase consisted of focus group discussions in Niagara, generating data-informed solutions to challenges uncovered in earlier phases.
The project contributes to evidence-based decision-making and program development, ultimately advancing the adoption of automation and robotics technology in Ontario’s agrifood sector.
Goals
Enhance the understanding of challenges and opportunities associated with technology adoption in Ontario's agrifood sector, providing insights and recommendations for policy development and industry practices.
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Unveiling barriers and driving innovation, our study accelerates automation adoption in Ontario's agrifood sector. Transforming challenges into solutions for a globally competitive future.
Project Outputs
Determinants of adoption of automation and robotics technology in the agriculture sector: A mixed methods, narrative, interpretive knowledge synthesis
This article identifies 13 key factors influencing the adoption of automation and robotics in agriculture and highlights the need for tailored policies and practical solutions to drive adoption.
Growing Agri-Innovation: Investigating the Barriers and Drivers to the Adoption of Automation and Robotics in Ontario's Agriculture Sector
This policy brief illuminates the opportunities and challenges associated with building competitive production systems in Ontario's agrifood sector, focusing on the issues farmers face in their adoption of automation and robotics technology.
Brock NCO Agri-Innovation Research Day 2023: Automation and Robotics Technology Adoption
Presentation of the final report for the project.
Systemic Barriers and Drivers to Technology Adoption in Canada: Lessons for Agri-Innovation in Ontario from Stakeholders of Canada's Global Innovation Clusters
Webinar presenting NCO Policy Brief #55: Systemic Barriers & Drivers to Technology Adoption in Canada.
Systemic Barriers and Drivers to Technology Adoption in Canada: Lessons for Agri-Innovation in Ontario from Stakeholders of Canada's Global Innovation Clusters
In this policy brief, we present the results of interviews conducted with stakeholders and partners of Canada's Global Innovation Clusters on the development and adoption of automation and robotics technology.
Growing Agri-Innovation: Investigating the Barriers and Drivers to the Adoption of Automation and Robotics in Ontario's Agriculture Sector
Webinar presenting the NCO Policy Brief #53: Growing Agri-Innovation.
Preliminary Findings of a Provincial Survey on the Adoption of Automation and Robotics Technologies in Ontario’s Agriculture Sector
With this ‘working paper’, we present the preliminary results of a province-wide survey on the adoption of automation, robotics, and precision agriculture by the Ontario agriculture sector.
Building Competitive Agrifood Production Systems: Recommendations for Accelerating the Adoption of Automation and Robotics Technology in Ontario's Agriculture Sector
Building Competitive Agrifood Production Systems: recommendations for accelerating the adoption of automation and robotics technology in Ontario’s agriculture sector.
