[HTML][HTML] A review of social science on digital agriculture, smart farming and agriculture 4.0: New contributions and a future research agenda

L Klerkx, E Jakku, P Labarthe - NJAS-Wageningen journal of life sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
While there is a lot of literature from a natural or technical sciences perspective on different
forms of digitalization in agriculture (big data, internet of things, augmented reality, robotics …

Robots in agriculture: prospects, impacts, ethics, and policy

R Sparrow, M Howard - precision agriculture, 2021 - Springer
Agriculture is both the site of development of important new technologies and a key area of
application of technologies developed elsewhere. It is little wonder, then, that many thinkers …

The politics of digital agricultural technologies: a preliminary review

S Rotz, E Duncan, M Small, J Botschner… - Sociologia …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Digital technologies are being developed and adopted across the agro‐food system, from
farm to fork. Within decision‐making spaces, however, little attention is being paid to political …

Managing socio-ethical challenges in the development of smart farming: from a fragmented to a comprehensive approach for responsible research and innovation

C Eastwood, L Klerkx, M Ayre, B Dela Rue - Journal of agricultural and …, 2019 - Springer
Smart farming (also referred to as digital farming, digital agriculture and precision
agriculture) has largely been driven by productivity and efficiency aims, but there is an …

Systemic perspectives on scaling agricultural innovations. A review

S Wigboldus, L Klerkx, C Leeuwis, M Schut… - Agronomy for …, 2016 - Springer
Agricultural production involves the scaling of agricultural innovations such as disease-
resistant and drought-tolerant maize varieties, zero-tillage techniques, permaculture …

New but for whom? Discourses of innovation in precision agriculture

E Duncan, A Glaros, DZ Ross, E Nost - Agriculture and Human Values, 2021 - Springer
We describe how the set of tools, practices, and social relations known as “precision
agriculture” is defined, promoted, and debated. To do so, we perform a critical discourse …

Dynamics and distribution of public and private research and extension roles for technological innovation and diffusion: Case studies of the implementation and …

C Eastwood, L Klerkx, R Nettle - Journal of rural studies, 2017 - Elsevier
Precision farming technologies represent an innovation challenge in terms of their diffusion
into farming practice, and create a new dynamic for research and extension roles. The …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial intelligence and ethics within the food sector: Developing a common language for technology adoption across the supply chain

L Manning, S Brewer, PJ Craigon, J Frey… - Trends in Food Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is growing in food supply chains. The
ethical language associated with food supply and technology is contextualised and framed …

Crop–livestock integration beyond the farm level: a review

G Martin, M Moraine, J Ryschawy, MA Magne… - Agronomy for …, 2016 - Springer
Paradoxically, the number of crop–livestock farms is declining across Europe, despite the
fact that crop-livestock farms are theoretically optimal to improve the sustainability of …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating narratives and trends in digital agriculture: A scoping study of social and behavioural science studies

K McGrath, C Brown, Á Regan, T Russell - Agricultural Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT CONTEXT Narratives dominate the agricultural discourse that digitalisation is
the 'silver bullet'to agricultural, environmental, and global issues, resulting in an external …