On-Farm Experimentation: a global movement to accelerate the transformation of agriculture

Restructuring farmer–researcher relationships and addressing complexity and uncertainty through joint exploration are at the heart of On-Farm Experimentation (OFE). OFE describes new approaches to agricultural research and innovation that are embedded in real-world farm management, and reflects new demands for decentralized and inclusive research that bridges
sources of knowledge and fosters open innovation. Here we propose that OFE research could help to transform agriculture globally. We highlight the role of digitalization, which motivates and enables OFE by dramatically increasing scales and complexity when investigating agricultural challenges.

Press Release

On-Farm Experimentation: a global movement to accelerate the transformation of agriculture, INRAE

Farmer-centric On-Farm Experimentation to transform global agriculture – in a nutshell, MAK’IT, Montpellier University

Australian-led study finds harvesting knowledge can transform world agriculture, Curtin University

Reference

Lacoste M, et al. On-Farm Experimentation to transform global agriculture. Nature Food (2022) – DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00424-4. Online acces here: https://rdcu.be/cDLSP