BRIEF 1: FARMERS & DATA - Ethical and legal considerations about data sharing aspects of smart farming, from the farmers’ perspective

Date of the original resource
Nov 2021
Owner(s) of the resource
Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN)
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The first brief produced by GODAN for the Collective Action on Inclusive Digital Ag. This brief focuses on data sharing aspects of smart farming. The brief addresses the following questions: 
- Why do farmers want / need to share data and with whom?
- What are the challenges and risks that farmers, particularly smallholder farmers, face with the adoption of digital technologies and the sharing of their data? 
- What are the measures and safeguards to protect against exploitation when sharing data? How can smallholder farmers harness the benefits from sharing such data?