Journal article
Embedding digital agriculture into sustainable Australian food systems: Pathways and pitfalls to value creation
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
2021
Abstract
Digital agriculture is exciting attention because of an expectation that food systems will be disrupted by new digital technologies through improvements in precision, efficiency, volume, speed of process or identity of product. This is against the background of the drive for sustainability in food systems. A diversity of technology applications is unilaterally emerging in all food chains with benefits realized through human acceptance and adoption in business processes. This paper focuses on Australia but the lessons apply to digital agriculture globally. We propose that sustainable food systems frameworks identify the relation of individual changes to broader systemic change, to relate individual changes to one another and to understand how multiple changes within a system can trigger major shifts in entire agri-food chains. With this rapidly-changing landscape in mind, we argue that food system frameworks cover five domains: production, market, capitals, governance and data technologies. We analyse experience from agricultural systems, compare it to digitization in non-agricultural systems and conclude that change will be both disruptive and cumulative. We consider the role of systems governance to be under-reported. Governance will prove critical in areas of IP legislation, policy harmonization and targeted investment.
Details
- Title
- Embedding digital agriculture into sustainable Australian food systems: Pathways and pitfalls to value creation
- Authors/Creators
- S. Cook (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityE.L. Jackson (Author/Creator) - Curtin UniversityM.J. Fisher (Author/Creator) - International Center for Tropical AgricultureD. Baker (Author/Creator) - University of New EnglandD. Diepeveen (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
- Publisher
- Earthscan
- Identifiers
- 991005543720407891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- Citation topics
- 6 Social Sciences
- 6.263 Agricultural Policy
- 6.263.898 Sustainable Agriculture
- Web Of Science research areas
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- Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
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- Agricultural Sciences