Farmers' perception of the barriers that hinder the implementation of agriculture 4.0

Agricultural Systems, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 208, С. 103656 - 103656

Опубликована: Апрель 6, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Transformative Technologies in Digital Agriculture: Leveraging Internet of Things, Remote Sensing, and Artificial Intelligence for Smart Crop Management

Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 13(4), С. 39 - 39

Опубликована: Июль 8, 2024

This paper explores the potential of smart crop management based on incorporation tools like digital agriculture, which considers current technological applied in such as Internet Things (IoT), remote sensing, and artificial intelligence (AI), to improve production efficiency sustainability. is essential context varying climatic conditions that affect availability resources for agriculture. The integration IoT sensor networks can allow farmers obtain real-time data their crops, assessing key health factors, soil conditions, plant water status, presence pests, environmental among others, finally result data-based decision-making optimize irrigation, fertilization, pest control. Also, this be enhanced by incorporating drones unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), increase monitoring capabilities through comprehensive field surveys high-precision growth tracking. On other hand, big analytics AI are crucial analyzing extensive datasets uncover patterns trends provide valuable insights improving agricultural practices. highlights advancements applications management, addressing challenges barriers global adoption these new types technologies emphasizing need ongoing research collaboration achieve sustainable efficient production.

Язык: Английский

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Digitalisation in agriculture: A scoping review of technologies in practice, challenges, and opportunities for smallholder farmers in sub-saharan africa

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 18, С. 101286 - 101286

Опубликована: Июль 9, 2024

Digitalisation in agriculture is transforming the way farming practised worldwide, and its potential benefits for smallholder farmers sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are particularly promising. Yet, scientific evidence on digital technologies utilised by food producers SSA associated challenges still needs improvement. This review attempts to provide a thorough overview of currently being employed while also exploring opportunities. Through systematic literature search, 27 relevant studies were analysed identify region-wise current technologies, challenges, Results show that various employed, including extension services marketing agricultural products. These improve access information markets enhance productivity. However, hinder widespread adoption. Limited internet connectivity, low literacy, inadequate infrastructure, affordability issues impede progress. Gender disparities further limit equitable distribution digitalisation benefits. Despite these significant opportunities arise from adopting technologies. The advantages market access, better decision-making capabilities, increased income livelihoods. offers transformative possibilities SSA. Overcoming barriers such as limited connectivity literacy crucial. By harnessing can offer, livelihoods be uplifted, contributing growth

Язык: Английский

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Fostering social inclusion in development-oriented digital food system interventions

Agricultural Systems, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 215, С. 103882 - 103882

Опубликована: Янв. 31, 2024

Digital innovations can enhance the participation of often-marginalized social groups – including women and resource-poor farmers in low- middle-income countries sustainable, profitable food systems. But digital interventions also reinforce existing inequities by further increasing competitive advantage user privileged with literacy, access to smartphones, or high investment capacity. To ensure that transformation Global South leaves no one behind, therefore, deliberate efforts are needed promote inclusivity emerging innovations. date, however, there is a lack practical guidelines tools critically assess, demonstrate, systems interventions. Too often, remains blurry concept distant objective. In result, development researchers practitioners have limited incentives for investing time effort into safeguarding inclusivity. With this short communication, we intend contribute future, practice-oriented discussions about development-oriented sustainable We provide critical reflection on current discourse around inclusion context outline challenges opportunities considering design deployment system Drawing literature as well authors' own experiences implementation within research-for-development, highlight 'blind spots' country context. then develop suggestions overcoming these limitations. propose concrete agenda enabling other innovation stakeholders, donors, more inclusive countries. First, standard procedure required transparently assessing services. Second, many stakeholders work under resource constraints, simple help them effectively consider criteria during solutions. Lastly, stronger emphasis throughout research-for-development system, ensuring processes themselves inclusive, rather than only final products. As importance keeps growing wider agricultural discourse, article helps gain conceptual clarity goal inclusion. Through how could be considered practice, promotes equitable,

Язык: Английский

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Agricultural extension and food security – The case of Uganda

Global Food Security, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 36, С. 100678 - 100678

Опубликована: Фев. 17, 2023

Язык: Английский

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A Review of CABI Digital Tools for Plant Health and Pest Risk Management

Journal of Agricultural & Food Information, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 22

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Analyzing the evolutionary game of subsidies’ strategy in the digitization of marine ranch: a theoretical framework

Frontiers in Marine Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 11

Опубликована: Апрель 8, 2024

This study establishes a three-party evolutionary game model that includes marine ranch firms, consumers, and the government, with focus on digital transformation pattern of ranching. Subsequently, researchers conduct gaming simulation to analyze government subsidy strategy in The following findings are derived: (1) Government subsidies have potential facilitate ranches, benefiting both supply demand sides. positively influence firms involvement consumers this process. (2) from system demonstrate alterations cost–benefit dynamics each participant lead adjustments steady state, thereby prompting adapt its optimal strategy. (3) More not always better. Excessive will destroy stability system, which is conducive realization digitization ranch. (4) Subsidizing more effective driving than subsidizing firms. Subsidies whereas contributes stability.

Язык: Английский

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Harnessing digital innovations for climate action and market access: Opportunities and constraints in the CWANA region

Global Food Security, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 41, С. 100763 - 100763

Опубликована: Апрель 26, 2024

There is growing optimism about the potential of digital innovations to support climate action and transform agricultural markets. We review characterize landscape in Central West Asia North Africa (CWANA) region. highlight major success stories associated with facilitate rural market transformation action, including adaptation mitigation. Our desk identifies various used Egypt, Morocco, Uzbekistan. then create a typology based on seven broad service categorizations: weather climate; finance; energy early warning systems; data crowdsourcing; information place; extension advisory information; supply chain coordination. Three technical validation workshops supplement this review. shows that have build resilience change increase access, but their adoption remains low varying across contexts. Significant heterogeneity differences exist these countries, possibly due different institutional regulatory frameworks guide demand capacity. identify several demand-side constraints facing ecosystem existence significant divide fueled by gender, literacy gaps, related socioeconomic psychosocial constraints. A seeming disconnect also exists between pilots scale-ups, as most existing applications are unsuccessful expanding beyond pilot phase.

Язык: Английский

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Beyond the Hype: Ten Lessons from Co-Creating and Implementing Digital Innovation in a Rwandan Smallholder Banana Farming System

Agriculture, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15(2), С. 119 - 119

Опубликована: Янв. 7, 2025

The fourth agricultural revolution (or Agriculture 4.0) promises to lead the way an sector that is smarter, more efficient, and environmentally socially responsible. Digital data generating tools are seen as critical enablers for this transformation expected make farming planned, predictive, productive, efficient. To vision a reality, producers will first adopt use technologies, but easier said than done. Barriers such limited digital infrastructure, low (digital) literacy, incomes, socio-cultural norms major factors causing sub-optimal access of technologies among smallholder farmers. Beyond these challenges usage, evidence exists support notion extant add enough value provide substantial benefits targeted In paper, we unravel insights from six-year agriculture innovation project which was implemented develop deploy multi-modal control banana disease. By reaching over 272,200 farmers in Rwanda through smartphone app, unstructured supplementary service data, chatbot, other ancillary channels, assessed various assumptions regarding intrinsic motivation, incentives, skills retention target tool users. These suggest embedding requires intentional user-engagement, proper incentivization next-users, communication foster adoption. We present ten (10) salient, non-exhaustive, lessons showcase realities developing delivering extended period, spanning ideation, development, testing scaling stages. relevant broad audience, including stakeholders across space who can utilize our experiential notes guide development deployment similar innovations improved outcomes systems.

Язык: Английский

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Digital Revolution in Agriculture: Using Predictive Models to Enhance Agricultural Performance Through Digital Technology

Agriculture, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15(3), С. 258 - 258

Опубликована: Янв. 24, 2025

Digital innovation in agriculture has become a powerful force the modern world as it revolutionizes agricultural sector and improves sustainability efficacy of farming practices. In this context, study examines effects digital technology, reflected by economy society index (DESI), on key performance metrics, including output real labor productivity per person. The paper develops strong analytical method for quantifying these associations using predictive models, such exponential smoothing, ARIMA, artificial neural networks. fully illustrates how economic technological components interact, productivity, output, GDP capita. results demonstrate that technologies significantly impact productivity. These findings illustrate importance transformation modernizing improving agriculture’s overall efficacy. study’s conclusion highlights necessity integrating technology into policy to address problems nurture sustainable growth sector.

Язык: Английский

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