Title: Agricultural and business digitalisation degree in achieving sustainable development goals

Authors: László Várallyai; Szilvia Botos; Levente Péter Bálint; Tamás Kovács; Róbert Szilágyi

Addresses: Institute of Applied Informatics and Logistics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen, Hungary ' Institute of Applied Informatics and Logistics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen, Hungary ' Institute of Applied Informatics and Logistics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen, Hungary ' Institute of Applied Informatics and Logistics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen, Hungary ' Institute of Applied Informatics and Logistics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen, Hungary

Abstract: The Agriculture 4.0 trend is moving manufacturing processes away from human resources and towards the world of machines. Smart technologies have become standard in production tools. Cloud services have allowed the processing of large amounts of data. The next step will be Agriculture 5.0, where robotics and artificial intelligence will be integrated. Today, data-driven business decisions have become a prerequisite for competitiveness. New technology can extract data, visualise relationships and use AI-based algorithms. That is why it is essential for education, mainly in agriculture. Agri-digitalisation could represent the most significant opportunity for the agricultural sector in the next decade, increasing the efficiency, profitability and competitiveness of production, and is expected to reduce environmental pressures, thus contributing to achieving the sustainable development goals of the European Union. This paper presents the role of digitalisation in agriculture and business and introduces the 'Agricultural and Business Digitisation BSc Course', combining professional knowledge.

Keywords: collaborative systems; business decisions; digital transition; agri-digitalisation; sustainable development goals; SDGs.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSAMI.2024.139725

International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Management and Informatics, 2024 Vol.10 No.3, pp.327 - 345

Received: 12 Jul 2023
Accepted: 19 Sep 2023
Published online: 05 Jul 2024 *

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