How can the Data Revolution contribute to climate action in smallholder agriculture?
In this article, we discuss the ongoing Data Revolution in relation to climate action in agriculture. Data are highly relevant for climate action, as climate change makes current local knowledge increasingly irrelevant and requires smarter management of agricultural systems. We discuss five datarela...
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| author | Etten, Jacob van Steinke, Jonathan Wijk, Mark T. van |
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| description | In this article, we discuss the ongoing Data Revolution in relation to climate action in agriculture. Data are highly relevant for climate action, as climate change makes current local knowledge increasingly irrelevant and requires smarter management of agricultural systems. We discuss five datarelated concepts and explore how they are linked with agricultural climate action: lean data, crowdsourcing, big data, ubiquitous computing, and information design. We show practical examples for each of these concepts. There are many opportunities for improving agricultural development projects, providing new services to smallholder farmers, and generating better information for policy- and decision-making. Making the Data Revolution work for smallholder farmers’ climate action not only takes further technological development, but also requires careful governance and public investment to avoid a few actors taking over the current innovation space and stifle further development. |
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| spelling | CGSpace813752025-11-12T05:47:12Z How can the Data Revolution contribute to climate action in smallholder agriculture? Etten, Jacob van Steinke, Jonathan Wijk, Mark T. van data food security climate change agriculture climate-smart agriculture In this article, we discuss the ongoing Data Revolution in relation to climate action in agriculture. Data are highly relevant for climate action, as climate change makes current local knowledge increasingly irrelevant and requires smarter management of agricultural systems. We discuss five datarelated concepts and explore how they are linked with agricultural climate action: lean data, crowdsourcing, big data, ubiquitous computing, and information design. We show practical examples for each of these concepts. There are many opportunities for improving agricultural development projects, providing new services to smallholder farmers, and generating better information for policy- and decision-making. Making the Data Revolution work for smallholder farmers’ climate action not only takes further technological development, but also requires careful governance and public investment to avoid a few actors taking over the current innovation space and stifle further development. 2017-06-06 2017-06-06T13:31:09Z 2017-06-06T13:31:09Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81375 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81017 Open Access application/pdf van Etten J, Steinke J, van Wijk. 2017. How can the Data Revolution contribute to climate action in smallholder agriculture? Agriculture for Development 30:44-48. |
| spellingShingle | data food security climate change agriculture climate-smart agriculture Etten, Jacob van Steinke, Jonathan Wijk, Mark T. van How can the Data Revolution contribute to climate action in smallholder agriculture? |
| title | How can the Data Revolution contribute to climate action in smallholder agriculture? |
| title_full | How can the Data Revolution contribute to climate action in smallholder agriculture? |
| title_fullStr | How can the Data Revolution contribute to climate action in smallholder agriculture? |
| title_full_unstemmed | How can the Data Revolution contribute to climate action in smallholder agriculture? |
| title_short | How can the Data Revolution contribute to climate action in smallholder agriculture? |
| title_sort | how can the data revolution contribute to climate action in smallholder agriculture |
| topic | data food security climate change agriculture climate-smart agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81375 |
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