Future of Food: Journal on Food

Empowering women agripreneurs through precision agriculture technology adoption: An integrative review of literature

Sheeba. D
LResearch Scholar, VIT Business School, VIT
Prabu Christopher. B
LAssistant Professor Senior, VITBS Vellore Institute of Technology

The use of precision agricultural technology has been shown to increase yields while decreasing the farmer’s exposure to risk. Despite women’s important involvement in agriculture in many nations, there remains a technological gap between the gender. Particular focus on agriculture’s essential role in alleviating poverty and hunger. The literature gap in precision agriculture technology adoption by women agripreneurs needs to be addressed. This study presents an integrative review of literature aimed at identifying the factors that influence precision agriculture technology adoption among women and proposes recommendations for mitigating the gap. The review highlights precision agriculture technology adoption theories and various factors. Also, it discovered several social and policy implications, as well as training programs, in order to close the gap. The recommendations given to policy makers to connect younger, technically-savvy women with older, less technically-literate women farmers to address the digital literacy divide. Future research can test the empirical relationship between precision agriculture technology adoption variables on women agripreneurs specifically on various technologies used in agriculture and find the viability. By addressing the gap women agripreneurs will be equipped to adopt precision agriculture technology and digital agriculture, which will ultimately benefit the rural farming community and to achieve sustainability.

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Myanmar High School Students’ Perceptions of College and International Readiness in Western Society

Mark Speckien
Louisiana Tech University
Mark Speckien
Louisiana Tech University
International students are more likely to experience mental health issues and increased stress. Mental health is often surrounded by negative societal stigmas that act as barriers to seeking support and tend to lead to greater mental health concerns. International students tend to seek socioemotional support from other international student peers rather than seeking out counseling services. However, this study shows that LGBTQIA+ international students were less likely to seek socioemotional support from other international student peers due to fear of their sexual orientation being discovered and their families finding out about their identity. This study examines how LGBTQIA+ international students talk about their experiences on and off campus in relations to their socioemotional well-being. Specifically, this study sought to better understand the complexities of LGBTQIA+ students’ identities, and the challenges they faced in terms of their socioemotional well-being. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.
Keywords : international students, socioemotional well-being, mental health, identity development, intersectionality, LGBTQIA