Editorial: Agile data-oriented research tools to support smallholder farm system transformation

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationBangor Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeLivestock and Climate
cg.contributor.initiativeMixed Farming Systems
cg.coverage.countryBurkina Faso
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BF
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierJames Hammond: 0000-0002-4897-3595
cg.creator.identifierJacob van Etten: 0000-0001-7554-2558
cg.creator.identifierAniruddha Ghosh: 0000-0003-3667-8019
cg.creator.identifierMark van Wijk: 0000-0003-0728-8839
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1128513en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2571-581Xen
cg.journalFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systemsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No povertyen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen
cg.volume7en
dc.contributor.authorHammond, Jamesen
dc.contributor.authorPagella, Timen
dc.contributor.authorEtten, Jacob vanen
dc.contributor.authorGhosh, Aniruddhaen
dc.contributor.authorWijk, Mark T. vanen
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-24T15:11:37Zen
dc.date.available2023-01-24T15:11:37Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/128059
dc.titleEditorial: Agile data-oriented research tools to support smallholder farm system transformationen
dcterms.abstractSmallholder farming systems produce the majority of the food consumed in many lower- and middle-income countries and contribute significantly to national and local economies. However, a transformation is needed to deliver food security and decent incomes for the farmers themselves and to feed the growing populations within those countries. This transformation must be environmentally and socially sustainable to be successful in the long term. One obstacle is the lack of good quality, timely, and targeted information. In this editorial, we unpack three key terms from the title of this Research Topic and use the articles published to illustrate those terms. The key terms are “data-oriented,” “agile,” and “system transformation.” The term “data-oriented” is used to refer to big data, the compilation of data, replicable analysis methods, and the various other developments facilitated by the digital revolution. Dealing with one of the negative features of the digital revolution is a recurring theme: information overload—or “infobesity”—whereby the flood of non-useful information hampers rational decision-making. The term “agile” is used to refer to an emerging but not yet clearly defined methodological style, which tends to be enabled by the digital revolution, attempts to deal with problems of infobesity, and attempts to deal with the challenge of conducting outcome-oriented science in complex and uncertain situations. The term “system transformation” refers to efforts to stimulate and facilitate sustainability transitions within the smallholder farming sector. These terms are explored further below. The Research Topic focuses on research tools (tools or methods for knowledge creation) and excludes tools which are primarily geared toward the implementation of farming activities.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDonorsen
dcterms.audienceNGOsen
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2023-01-23
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHammond, J., Pagella, T., Etten, J.V., Ghosh, A. and Wijk, M.V. 2023. Editorial: Agile data-oriented research tools to support smallholder farm system transformation. Frontiers Sustainable Food Systemsen
dcterms.issued2023-01-23
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherFrontiers Mediaen
dcterms.subjectagricultural innovationen
dcterms.subjectsustainable developmenten
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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