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Agriculture 4.0 can drive the growth of the agricultural production in emerging countries like Brazil, which is known as one of the primary food and meat producers worldwide, by offering a range of technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, and Machine Learning. However, the development of agriculture 4.0 in Brazil is a complex process, and more needs to be known about the real barriers that impact its adoption among the actors of the agricultural production chain. There is a need for more empirical studies about the perception of Brazilian farmers regarding the barriers that may compromise the successful path of agriculture 4.0.

This article aims to validate the barriers that hinder the development of agriculture 4.0 in the agricultural production chain of Southern Brazil.

Twenty-five barriers were chosen for validation based on a systematic …