Research Paper on Digital Governments and Farmer-Oriented Pu…

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Research focus

This paper aims to analyze how digital government platforms provide public services oriented to farmers and rural citizens, through a comparative international case study of national government portals.

Core research question

How do different digital governments structure and deliver public services targeted at farmers, and what global trends emerge in the digitalization of rural public services?

Methodological workflow

Step 1 Countries selection

• Define the country sample based on the Digital Government Index (DGI) from the OECD and related literature.
• Selection criteria may include:
• Level of digital government maturity
• Economic relevance of agriculture
• Existence of a centralized national portal
• Availability of digital services for rural users

Step 2 Identification of platforms and services

• Access national digital government portals (e.g. gov.br, gov.uk, gov.pt).
• Locate sections, user profiles, or themes related to:
• Agriculture, farming, rural development, land, environment

Map farmer-oriented services, recording:

• Responsible agency
• Policy area (credit, environment, registration, training, etc.)
• Access type (informational vs. transactional)

Step 3 Analytical framework

Analyze services using standardized dimensions, such as:

• Type of service (informational, transactional, integrated)
• Degree of digitalization (partial vs. fully digital)
• Targeting of farmers/rural users (explicit or implicit)
• Level of platform integration (single service vs. cross-agency)

Step 4 Comparative synthesis and visualization

Produce comparative outputs, including:

• Tables comparing countries and service categories
• Frequency charts of service types
• Visual summaries of platform organization models
• Use spreadsheets (Excel / Google Sheets / CSV) to ensure transparency and replicability.

Recommended structure of the paper

1. Introduction Digital government and rural service delivery; research gap
2. Theoretical framework Digital government, service delivery, state capacity
3. Methodology Case selection, data collection, analytical dimensions
4. Results Description and comparison of platforms and services
5. Discussion Global trends, convergence/divergence, policy implications
6. Conclusion Contributions, limitations, future research agenda

Expected outputs

1. Full research paper, formatted according to high-impact international journals.
2. Dataset and visual synthesis, including comparative tables and charts, suitable as supplementary material.