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Title: Perspectives of digital agriculture in diverse types of livestock supply chain systems. Making sense of uses and benefits
Contributor(s): Baker, Derek  (author)orcid ; Jackson, Elizabeth L (author); Cook, Simon (author)
Publication Date: 2022-12-02
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.992882
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/56180
Abstract: 

Digital technology is being introduced to global agriculture in a wide variety of forms that are collectively known as digital agriculture. In this paper we provide opportunities and value propositions of how this is occurring in livestock production systems, with a consistent emphasis on technology relating to animal health, animal welfare, and product quality for value creation. This is achieved by organizing individual accounts of digital agriculture in livestock systems according to four broad types-commodity-based; value seeking; subsistence and nature-based. Each type presents contrasting modes of value creation in downstream processing; as well as from the perspective of One Health. The ideal result of digital technology adoption is an equitable and substantial diversification of supply chains, increased monetization of animal product quality, and more sensitive management to meet customer demands and environmental threats. Such changes have a significance beyond the immediate value generated because they indicate endogenous growth in livestock systems, and may concern externalities imposed by the pursuit of purely commercial ends.

Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Frontiers in Veterinary Science, v.9, p. 1-9
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
Place of Publication: Switzerland
ISSN: 2297-1769
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 300208 Farm management, rural management and agribusiness
300210 Sustainable agricultural development
300302 Animal management
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280101 Expanding knowledge in the agricultural, food and veterinary sciences
280108 Expanding knowledge in economics
280115 Expanding knowledge in the information and computing sciences
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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