EU: Agriculture 3.0 or (Smart) Agroecology?
While transforming food and agriculture to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals is becoming increasingly urgent, ‘smart farming’ appears to many as an attractive way to achieve sustainability, not least in terms of profit, writes Francesco Ajena at P2P Foundation. In the European Commission’s plan, the new Common Agricultural Policy is intended to fund the huge investments this 3.0 agri-revolution would require.
In a context of changing environment and agriculture, this vision seems to be fitting with the need for modernizing and making agriculture ‘climate-smart’. But what are the risks and the real opportunities behind this vision? Could synergies between agroecology and digital tools be found to satisfy the needs of modernization while ensuring the independence of farmers and a legitimate use of public funds?
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