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

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Title Critiques of digital tools in agriculture: Challenges and opportunities for using digital tools to scale agroecology by smallholders
 
Creator Shelton, Sadie W.
Gehan, Charlotte
Wollenberg, Eva K.
Costa, Ciniro
Burns, Sessie
Rowland, Bailey
 
Subject agroecology
digital agriculture
social inclusion
climate change
food systems
digital extension tools
agriculture
smallholders-smallholder farmers
agroecología
agricultura digital
inclusión social
 
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
 
Date 2022-12-02
2022-12-12T14:33:45Z
2022-12-12T14:33:45Z
 
Type Brief
 
Identifier 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.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125878
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 6 p.
application/pdf