Fig. 5: Farmer participation strategy.
From: Narrowing farmland biodiversity knowledge gaps with Digital Agriculture
In current participatory strategies, expert communities conduct research on interactions between biodiversity and field management practices (a), and may involve farmers in monitoring activities and data analyses (b). Resulting literature fuels science-based reporting (c). Policymakers use these reports as a basis for legislation (d) aimed at regulating and funding field-level, biodiversity-supporting management practices (e). In this process, farmers profit from biodiversity monitoring only indirectly. Yet, they are exposed to the uncertainties of biodiversity gains, and of their influence on food production. Biodiversity monitoring, if established through Digital Agriculture, could directly provide insights on agroecosystem conditions and trends (f). Resulting Digital Agriculture data streams would then offer insights on trade-offs between food production and biodiversity (g).
