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Critiques of digital tools in agriculture: Challenges and opportunities for using digital tools to scale agroecology by smallholders

KEY MESSAGES ◼ Two themes manifest in the challenges outlined, unequal power relations and a disconnect from farmers’ needs and input. ◼ Agricultural digitization should strive to follow ethical principles specific to the sector, agroecology offers an existing framework. ◼ Digital technical assis...

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Main Authors: Shelton, Sadie W., Gehan, Charlotte, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Costa, Ciniro, Burns, Sessie A., Rowland, Bailey
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: 2022
Subjects:
agroecology
digital agriculture
social inclusion
climate change
food systems
digital extension tools
agriculture
smallholders-smallholder farmers
agroecología
agricultura digital
inclusión social
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125878
Summary:KEY MESSAGES ◼ Two themes manifest in the challenges outlined, unequal power relations and a disconnect from farmers’ needs and input. ◼ Agricultural digitization should strive to follow ethical principles specific to the sector, agroecology offers an existing framework. ◼ Digital technical assistance that advances the interests of smallholders and is relevant to their farms can facilitate a shift towards agroecology through farmer-to-farmer networks and knowledge exchange. ◼ Recommendations include: ▪ Govern for an inclusive digital ecosystem & economy ▪ Leverage and expand food, data & social justice movements ▪ Code ethics into digital development

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