Agriculture 4.0: making it work for people, production, and the planet

Rose, D. C., Wheeler, R., Winter, M., Lobley, M. and Chivers, C.-A. (2021) Agriculture 4.0: making it work for people, production, and the planet. Land Use Policy, 100. 104933. ISSN 0264-8377 doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104933

Abstract/Summary

Three tenets of sustainable intensification should guide the fourth agricultural revolution: people, production, and the planet. Thus far, narratives of agriculture 4.0 have been predominately framed in terms of benefits to productivity and the environment with little attention placed on social sustainability. This is despite the fact that agriculture 4.0 has significant social implications, both potentially positive and negative. Our viewpoint highlights the need to incorporate social sustainability (or simply ‘people’) into technological trajectories and we outline a framework of multi-actor co-innovation to guide responsible socio-technical transitions. Through the greater inclusion of people in agricultural innovation systems guided by responsible innovation principles, we can increase the likelihood of this technology revolution achieving social sustainability alongside benefiting production and the environment.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/91825
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104933
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Agri-Food Economics & Marketing
Publisher	Elsevier
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