Jakku, Emma (author), Taylor, Bruce (author), Fleming, Aysha (author), Mason, Claire (author), Fielke, Simon (author), Sounness, Chris (author), and Thorburn, Peter (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2019-12
Published:
Netherlands: Elsevier
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12272
13 pages, Advances in Smart Farming and Big Data applications have the potential to help agricultural industries meet productivity and sustainability challenges. However, these benefits are unlikely to be realised if the social implications of these technological innovations are not adequately considered by those who promote them. Big Data applications are intrinsically socio-technical; their development and deployment are a product of social interactions between people, institutional and regulatory settings, as well as the technology itself. This paper explores the socio-technical factors and conditions that influence the development of Smart Farming and Big Data applications, using a multi-level perspective on transitions combined with social practice theory. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 26 Australian grain farmers and industry stakeholders to elicit their perspectives on benefits and risks of these changes. The analysis shows that issues related to trust are central concerns for many participants. These include procedural concerns about transparency and distributional concerns about who will benefit from access to and use of "farmers' data". These concerns create scepticism about the value of `smart' technologies amongst some industry stakeholders, especially farmers. It also points to a divergence of expectations and norms between actors and institutions at the regime and niche levels in the emerging transition towards Smart Farming. Bridging this divide will require niche level interventions to enhance the agency of farmers and their local networks in these transactions, and, the cooperative design of new institutions at regime level to facilitate the fair and transparent allocation of risk and benefit in farming data information chains.
Neale, Tim (author), Nolan, Shaun (author), and Lucy, Mike (author)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
2001-10-05
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 119 Document Number: C13524
Notes:
5 p., APEN (Australasia Pacific Extension Network) 2001 International Conference, Oct3-5, 2001, at University of South queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
33 pages, This study surveyed 258 organic grain farmers in Iowa in the U.S. Midwest. We identified seven areas of challenges related to organic grain farming adoption: organic farming operations, marketing, policy, finance, inputs and information, social pressures, and land tenure. Respondents reported three key areas where extension programs were needed: education, research, and technical services. Regarding outreach formats, organic farmers preferred events where peers were featured or provided leadership, such as field days, one-on-one mentor programs, and farmer-to-farmer workshops. Results provided empirical evidence to support theoretical discussions and policy implications on issues related to adoption of organic grain farming.
International: Common Courage Press, Monroe, Maine.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C20420
Notes:
163 pages, Authors' contention is that "the quest for corporate profits has ridden roughshod over questions of public health, freedom of choice and ecological sustainability."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D02447
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Page 86 - Abstract of a paper presented at the International Conference of the Australasia Pacific Extension Network (APEN), Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand, August 26-28, 2013. 100 pages.
Erbaugh, J. Mark (author), Maseki, Salome (author), Kilima, Fredy (author), Larson, Don (author), and Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
Format:
Abstract
Publication Date:
2011-07
Published:
Tanzania
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 185 Document Number: D00417
Notes:
Abstract of article in proceedings of the annual meeting of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education in Windhoek, Namibia, July 3-7, 2011.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29919
Notes:
307 pages., Includes discussion about agricultural coverage of the paper during this period. Describes the Pulitzer Prize winning agricultural reporting by Lauren Soth (international relations), Nick Kotz (meat packing industry) and James Risser (grain trade).
Platania, Marco (author) and Privitera, Donatella (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Italy
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29847
Notes:
Pages 121-138 in Adam Lindgreen, Martin K. Hingley and Joelle Vanhamme (eds.), The crisis of food brands: sustaining safe, innovative and competitive food supply. Gower Publishing Limited, Surrey, England. 352 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 47 Document Number: B05712
Notes:
In T. M. Arndt, D. G. Dalrymple, and V. W. Ruttan (Eds.), Resource allocation and productivity in national and international agricultural research. Minneaspolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. 209-236.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 119 Document Number: C13546
Notes:
5 p., APEN (Australasia Pacific Extension Network) 2001 International Conference, Oct3-5, 2001, at University of South queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23658
Notes:
Presented at a symposium sponsored by the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Farm Foundation January 27-28, 2003. 11 pages., Suggests that biotechnology, environmental regulaton and product traceability act like pull-factors, increasing the benefits that would accrue from being better able to track food additive throughout the food system. The technologies associated with precision agriculture and internet communications act as push factors, making it less costly to provide those system tracking capabilities.
