{"id":41,"date":"2024-05-23T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T09:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalanimals\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2025-10-24T15:06:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T15:06:54","slug":"digital-technology-agroecology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalanimals\/projects\/digital-technology-agroecology\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Digital Technology in Agroecology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalanimals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2024\/06\/Panel-wide-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Panel discussion at the Future of Digital Technology in Agroecology workshop.\" class=\"wp-image-189\" style=\"width:768px;height:432px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalanimals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2024\/06\/Panel-wide-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalanimals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2024\/06\/Panel-wide-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalanimals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2024\/06\/Panel-wide-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalanimals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2024\/06\/Panel-wide-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalanimals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2024\/06\/Panel-wide.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image: Tom Law<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Research has indicated that agroecological approaches to farming \u2013 a sustainable approach to agriculture that applies ecological concepts and principles in farming such as organic farming, silvopasture and regenerative agriculture that are underpinned by commitments to food sovereignty and social justice \u2013 have been neglected by digital technology developers. In collaboration with the non-governmental organisation <em><a data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/abiggerconversation.org\/\" href=\"https:\/\/abiggerconversation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Bigger Conversation<\/a><\/em>, we organised a workshop at the University of Exeter in April 2024 to explore success stories of digital technologies in agroecology and investigate what future technology might be needed in this sector. The aim of this project is to start a public conversation to shape the future of agri-technology so that it serves diverse approaches to agriculture, beyond industrialised farming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/digit.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2024-Hartley-et-al-Digital-Tech-in-Agroecology-Workshop-Report.pdf\">report of the workshop<\/a> can be accessed online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research has indicated that agroecological approaches to farming \u2013 a sustainable approach to agriculture that applies ecological concepts and principles in farming such as organic farming, silvopasture and regenerative agriculture that are underpinned by commitments to food sovereignty and social justice \u2013 have been neglected by digital technology developers. In collaboration with the non-governmental organisation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1877,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Future of Digital Technology in Agroecology - Digital Animals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalanimals\/projects\/digital-technology-agroecology\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Future of Digital Technology in Agroecology - Digital Animals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Research has indicated that agroecological approaches to farming \u2013 a sustainable approach to agriculture that applies ecological concepts and principles in farming such as organic farming, silvopasture and regenerative agriculture that are underpinned by commitments to food sovereignty and social justice \u2013 have been neglected by digital technology developers. 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