The global divide in data-driven farming
Big data and mobile technology are widely claimed to be global disruptive forces in agriculture that benefit small-scale farm-ers. Yet the access of small-scale farmers to this technology is poorly understood. We show that only 24–37% of farms of <1 ha in size are served by third generation (3G) or...
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| author | Mehrabi, Zia McDowell, Mollie J. Ricciardi, Vincent Levers, Christian Martínez, Juan Diego Mehrabi, Natascha Wittman, Hannah Ramankutty, Navin Jarvis, Andy |
| author_browse | Jarvis, Andy Levers, Christian Martínez, Juan Diego McDowell, Mollie J. Mehrabi, Natascha Mehrabi, Zia Ramankutty, Navin Ricciardi, Vincent Wittman, Hannah |
| author_facet | Mehrabi, Zia McDowell, Mollie J. Ricciardi, Vincent Levers, Christian Martínez, Juan Diego Mehrabi, Natascha Wittman, Hannah Ramankutty, Navin Jarvis, Andy |
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| description | Big data and mobile technology are widely claimed to be global disruptive forces in agriculture that benefit small-scale farm-ers. Yet the access of small-scale farmers to this technology is poorly understood. We show that only 24–37% of farms of <1 ha in size are served by third generation (3G) or 4G services, compared to 74–80% of farms of >200 ha in size. Furthermore, croplands with severe yield gaps, climate-stressed locations and food-insecure populations have poor service coverage. Across many countries in Africa, less than ~40% of farming households have Internet access, and the cost of data remains prohibitive. We recommend a digital inclusion agenda whereby governments, the development community and the private sector focus their efforts to improve access so that data-driven agriculture is available to all farmers globally. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1100912025-11-11T17:46:43Z The global divide in data-driven farming Mehrabi, Zia McDowell, Mollie J. Ricciardi, Vincent Levers, Christian Martínez, Juan Diego Mehrabi, Natascha Wittman, Hannah Ramankutty, Navin Jarvis, Andy data telecommunications internet information technology agriculture access to information costs smallholders food security Big data and mobile technology are widely claimed to be global disruptive forces in agriculture that benefit small-scale farm-ers. Yet the access of small-scale farmers to this technology is poorly understood. We show that only 24–37% of farms of <1 ha in size are served by third generation (3G) or 4G services, compared to 74–80% of farms of >200 ha in size. Furthermore, croplands with severe yield gaps, climate-stressed locations and food-insecure populations have poor service coverage. Across many countries in Africa, less than ~40% of farming households have Internet access, and the cost of data remains prohibitive. We recommend a digital inclusion agenda whereby governments, the development community and the private sector focus their efforts to improve access so that data-driven agriculture is available to all farmers globally. 2020-11-02 2020-11-09T13:20:22Z 2020-11-09T13:20:22Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110091 en Open Access application/pdf Springer Mehrabi, Z.; McDowell, M.J.; Ricciardi, V.; Levers, C.; Martinez, J.D.; Mehrabi, N.; Wittman, H.; Ramankutty, N.; Jarvis, A. (2020) The global divide in data-driven farming. Nature Sustainability, Online first paper (02 November 2020) ISSN: 2398-9629 |
| spellingShingle | data telecommunications internet information technology agriculture access to information costs smallholders food security Mehrabi, Zia McDowell, Mollie J. Ricciardi, Vincent Levers, Christian Martínez, Juan Diego Mehrabi, Natascha Wittman, Hannah Ramankutty, Navin Jarvis, Andy The global divide in data-driven farming |
| title | The global divide in data-driven farming |
| title_full | The global divide in data-driven farming |
| title_fullStr | The global divide in data-driven farming |
| title_full_unstemmed | The global divide in data-driven farming |
| title_short | The global divide in data-driven farming |
| title_sort | global divide in data driven farming |
| topic | data telecommunications internet information technology agriculture access to information costs smallholders food security |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110091 |
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