The Digital Farm of the Future (DFoF) at Wageningen University & Research is an experimental and practice‑oriented learning environment in which digital technologies such as sensors, data analytics, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI) are used to make agriculture more sustainable, efficient, and resilient.
Within this context, ethical, legal, and societal aspects (ELSA) play a crucial role. The Digital Farm of the Future demonstrates that digital innovation in agriculture goes beyond technology alone: questions surrounding data ownership, algorithmic transparency, farmer autonomy, responsibility for decision‑making, privacy, and power relations within the value chain are intrinsically connected to the use of AI and data‑driven systems.
In collaboration with the ELSA Lab at WUR, an ELSA Scan and stakeholder dialogues are organised, to gain insight into the implications of digitalisation for farmers, companies, policymakers, and society at large. In this way, the Digital Farm of the Future contributes to the development of responsible, human‑centred, and socially supported digital agricultural systems, in which technological progress is aligned with public values and sustainable food systems. Read more about the DFoF here (Dutch).
