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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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Autores principales: Shelton, Sadie W., Gehan, Charlotte, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Costa, Ciniro, Burns, Sessie A., Rowland, Bailey
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2022
Materias:
agroecology
digital agriculture
social inclusion
climate change
food systems
digital extension tools
agriculture
smallholders-smallholder farmers
agroecología
agricultura digital
inclusión social
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125878
Sumario: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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