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
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125878
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author Shelton, Sadie W.
Gehan, Charlotte
Wollenberg, Eva Karoline
Costa, Ciniro
Burns, Sessie A.
Rowland, Bailey
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Costa, Ciniro
Gehan, Charlotte
Rowland, Bailey
Shelton, Sadie W.
Wollenberg, Eva Karoline
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Gehan, Charlotte
Wollenberg, Eva Karoline
Costa, Ciniro
Burns, Sessie A.
Rowland, Bailey
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description 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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spelling CGSpace1258782025-11-05T11:14:34Z Critiques of digital tools in agriculture: Challenges and opportunities for using digital tools to scale agroecology by smallholders Shelton, Sadie W. Gehan, Charlotte Wollenberg, Eva Karoline Costa, Ciniro Burns, Sessie A. Rowland, Bailey agroecology digital agriculture social inclusion climate change food systems digital extension tools agriculture smallholders-smallholder farmers agroecología agricultura digital inclusión social 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 2022-12-02 2022-12-12T14:33:45Z 2022-12-12T14:33:45Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125878 en Open Access application/pdf Shelton, S.W.; Gehan, C.; Wollenberg, E.; Costa Jr, C.; Burns, S.; Rowland, B. (2022) Critiques of digital tools in agriculture: Challenges & opportunities for using digital tools to scale agroecology by smallholders. Agroecological TRANSITIONS Policy Brief. Cali (Colombia): Alliance of Bioversity & CIAT December 2022 6 p.
spellingShingle agroecology
digital agriculture
social inclusion
climate change
food systems
digital extension tools
agriculture
smallholders-smallholder farmers
agroecología
agricultura digital
inclusión social
Shelton, Sadie W.
Gehan, Charlotte
Wollenberg, Eva Karoline
Costa, Ciniro
Burns, Sessie A.
Rowland, Bailey
Critiques of digital tools in agriculture: Challenges and opportunities for using digital tools to scale agroecology by smallholders
title Critiques of digital tools in agriculture: Challenges and opportunities for using digital tools to scale agroecology by smallholders
title_full Critiques of digital tools in agriculture: Challenges and opportunities for using digital tools to scale agroecology by smallholders
title_fullStr Critiques of digital tools in agriculture: Challenges and opportunities for using digital tools to scale agroecology by smallholders
title_full_unstemmed Critiques of digital tools in agriculture: Challenges and opportunities for using digital tools to scale agroecology by smallholders
title_short Critiques of digital tools in agriculture: Challenges and opportunities for using digital tools to scale agroecology by smallholders
title_sort critiques of digital tools in agriculture challenges and opportunities for using digital tools to scale agroecology by smallholders
topic agroecology
digital agriculture
social inclusion
climate change
food systems
digital extension tools
agriculture
smallholders-smallholder farmers
agroecología
agricultura digital
inclusión social
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125878
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