Digital agriculture will perpetuate injustice unless led from the grassroots

Madeleine Fairbairn; Hilary Oliva Faxon; Maywa Montenegro de Wit; Kelly Bronson; Zenia Kish; Sarah Louise Ruder; Jane Ezirigwe; Selamawit Abdella; Chidi Oguamanam; Matthew A. Schnurr

doi:10.1038/s43016-025-01137-8

Digital agriculture will perpetuate injustice unless led from the grassroots

Madeleine Fairbairn
, Hilary Oliva Faxon
, Maywa Montenegro de Wit
, Kelly Bronson
, Zenia Kish
, Sarah Louise Ruder
, Jane Ezirigwe
, Selamawit Abdella
, Chidi Oguamanam
, Matthew A. Schnurr

W. A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation

University of California at Santa Cruz
University of Ottawa
Ontario Tech University
University of Cambridge
Dalhousie University

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Situating digital agriculture within recent histories of uneven agrarian development reveals its potential to perpetuate injustice. To avoid this outcome, we argue for innovation processes that centre the needs, knowledge and priorities of communities who work the land.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	312-315
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature Food
Volume	6
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01137-8
State	Published - Apr 2025

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