Purpose

The purpose of this study is to evaluate food supply chain stakeholders’ intention to use Industry 5.0 (I5.0) drones for cleaner production in food supply chains.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors used a quantitative research design and collected data using an online survey administered to a sample of 264 food supply chain stakeholders in Nigeria. The partial least square structural equation model was conducted to assess the research’s hypothesised relationships.

Findings

The authors provide empirical evidence to support the contributions of I5.0 drones for cleaner production. The findings showed that food supply chain stakeholders are more concerned with the use of I5.0 drones in specific operations, such as reducing plant diseases, which invariably enhances cleaner production. However, there is less inclination to drone adoption if the aim was pollution reduction, predicting seasonal output and addressing workers’ health and safety challenges. The findings outline the need for awareness to promote the use of drones for addressing workers’ hazard challenges and knowledge transfer on the potentials of I5.0 in emerging economies.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to address I5.0 drones’ adoption using a sustainability model. The authors contribute to existing literature by extending the sustainability model to identify the contributions of drone use in promoting cleaner production through addressing specific system operations. This study addresses the gap by augmenting a sustainability model, suggesting that technology adoption for sustainability is motivated by curbing challenges categorised as drivers and mediators.

中文翻译：

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评估在可持续食品供应链中使用工业 5.0 (I5.0) 无人机进行清洁生产的意图：新兴经济背景

目的

本研究的目的是评估食品供应链利益相关者使用工业 5.0 (I5.0) 无人机在食品供应链中进行清洁生产的意图。

设计/方法论/途径

作者采用定量研究设计，并通过对尼日利亚 264 个食品供应链利益相关者进行的在线调查收集数据。采用偏最小二乘结构方程模型来评估研究的假设关系。

发现

作者提供了实证证据来支持 I5.0 无人机对清洁生产的贡献。研究结果表明，食品供应链利益相关者更关心在特定操作中使用 I5.0 无人机，例如减少植物病害，这必然会增强清洁生产。然而，如果目标是减少污染、预测季节性产量以及解决工人的健康和安全挑战，那么采用无人机的倾向就会较小。研究结果概述了需要提高认识，以促进使用无人机来解决工人面临的危险挑战，并转移有关新兴经济体 I5.0 潜力的知识。

原创性/价值

据作者所知，这项研究是第一个使用可持续性模型来解决 I5.0 无人机采用问题的研究。作者通过扩展可持续发展模型来确定无人机使用在通过解决特定系统操作来促进清洁生产方面的贡献，从而为现有文献做出了贡献。这项研究通过增强可持续性模型来解决这一差距，表明可持续性技术的采用是通过遏制驱动因素和调解因素的挑战来推动的。