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

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

Content Provider	Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Author	Shelton, Sadie W. Gehan, Charlotte Wollenberg, Eva Karoline Costa, Ciniro Burns, Sessie A. Rowland, Bailey
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
Sponsorship	European Union CGIAR Trust Fund International Fund for Agricultural Development
Related Links	https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/752beaf0-a7c2-49e7-b084-90b8ff7118b9
File Format	PDF
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	CC-BY-NC-4.0
Subject Keyword	Agroecology Digital Agriculture Social Inclusion Climate Change Food Systems Digital Extension Tools Agriculture Smallholders-smallholder Farmers Agroecología Agricultura Digital Inclusión Social
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Report
Subject	Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science

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