Responsible innovation key to smart farming
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Publisher | Milling & Grain |
Year of publication | 2019 February |
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Medium | Digital |
Edition | 1 |
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Scope & content | Responsible innovation, that considers the wider impacts on society, is key to smart farming, according to academics at the University of East Anglia (UEA). Agriculture is undergoing a technology revolution, supported by policy-makers around the world. While smart technologies will play an important role in achieving improved productivity and greater eco-efficiency, critics have suggested that consideration of the social impacts is being side-lined. In a new journal article, Dr David Rose and Dr Jason Chilvers, from UEA’s School of Environmental Sciences, argue that the concept of responsible innovation should underpin the so-called fourth agricultural revolution, ensuring that innovations also provide social benefits and address potentially negative side-effects…. Read more. |