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Agtech: startups y nuevas tecnologías digitales para el sector agropecuario. Los casos de Argentina y Uruguay

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  • Roberto Bisang

    (IIEP, Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET)

  • Jeremias Lachman

    (IIEP, Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET)

  • Andrés López

    (IIEP, Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET)

  • Martín Pereyra

    (Universidad ORT Uruguay. Facultad de Administración y Ciencias Sociales. Departamento de Economía / CINVE)

  • Ezequiel Tacsir

    (UNU-MERIT / CINVE)

Abstract

En la última década el sector agropecuario fue testigo de un incipiente cambio radical a partir de la creciente utilización de tecnologías de base digital. Esta tendencia global se replicó en los casos de Argentina y Uruguay. Además de hacer más eficientes (y en la etapa primaria más amigables con el medio ambiente) las tareas llevadas a cabo en diversos eslabones de la cadena –desde la producción a campo, pasando por la industrialización, hasta la comercialización-, este paradigma emergente, usualmente conocido como Agtech, derivó en nuevas oportunidades para el escalamiento/upgrading en cadenas globales de valor. Los startups de este sector suelen utilizar tecnologías disruptivas –e.g. Big Data, Inteligencia Artificial, etc.- para brindar sus servicios, los cuales son provistos a través de medios digitales –e.g. aplicaciones móviles, páginas web, etc-. En particular, en este trabajo identificamos una serie de emprendimientos de base digital en Argentina y Uruguay que, a partir de las capacidades del equipo fundador y la interacción con otros actores del ecosistema –e.g. usuarios, incubadoras y aceleradoras, fondos de inversión y organismos de ciencia y técnica-, encontraron en el sector Agtech importantes oportunidades de expansión, no solo en los mercados locales, sino también en terceros países. Estos espacios de apoyo fueron centrales para que los emprendedores puedan identificar oportunidades de negocio, obtener financiamiento, desarrollar y validar las tecnologías, así como también, en algunos casos, encontrar vías para escalar sus empresas a escala internacional. Por último, en el trabajo identificamos diversos obstáculos que estarían limitando las posibilidades de crecimiento de este sector y, en esta dirección, realizamos una serie de propuestas para el diseño e implementación de políticas públicas

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  • Roberto Bisang & Jeremias Lachman & Andrés López & Martín Pereyra & Ezequiel Tacsir, 2022. "Agtech: startups y nuevas tecnologías digitales para el sector agropecuario. Los casos de Argentina y Uruguay," Documentos de Investigación 132, Universidad ORT Uruguay. Facultad de Administración y Ciencias Sociales.
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    Keywords

    AgTech; agrarian technology; public sector; private sector; exports; Argentine; Uruguay;
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    JEL classification:

    • L70 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction - - - General
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products

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