From industrialization to servitization in agriculture Consequences for sustainable development

This article analyses the transformation of the agricultural sector and the transition from industrial to service-based agriculture. In particular, we examine the concept of servitization in agriculture, which is still poorly investigated, and show that it is much more than the simple addition of services to the traditional agricultural offer. We thus highlight the important role of the service relationship and, more broadly, of the propagation of a service culture underlying servitization. We go on to discuss the impacts of servitization on sustainable development, with a particular emphasis on social aspects.