Table 1

Innovative activities in sustainable agri-food supply chains

CasesR&D activity strategies aimed at sustainability
ACooperative R&D activities whit actors that are competitors and located in regional areas (near-Po Valley)
Supply chain integration: coordination of sustainable livestock farming and joint sustainable production activities
BR&D internal activities shared with suppliers (Innovative supplier-side integration processes)
CR&D internal activities in order to broaden (diversification) the technological heritage
R&D activities improvement with international partners
DOpen Innovation
Platform design processes with farmers (supplier-side innovation/supply chain integration)
ENew R&D activities in collaboration with cluster partners (Ferrara-Italy) operating in machinery, animal husbandry and poultry farming
New R&D activities in collaboration with a partner of Milano belonging to “food supplements” sub-sector
FR&D activities both in-house and in partnership with growers and Institutional research centers
GOpen platform-project design involving
  • 4 firms belonging to agrifood chain (with well-known and established brands in the world)

  • 200 Italian agronomists (suppliers)

  • 7.000 hectares of crops have been digitized

Source(s): Our empirical investigation

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