Este artículo revisa los avances en la construcción de un sistema de indicadores que evalúa los procesos de in/sustentabilidad de los sistemas de producción lecheros familiares en Uruguay. Se presenta brevemente el concepto de sustentabilidad del cual se parte, para luego avanzar sobre la propuesta que se ha venido desarrollando. Se revisan tres casos concretos de su aplicación hasta el presente en distintos momentos y territorios en el departamento de San José. Por último, se identifican las potencialidades y restricciones que hasta ahora han emergido de dicho proceso de trabajo y se da cuenta de algunos resultados obtenidos con la aplicación de la metodología propuesta.

How can digital tools increase national circularity measures in agriculture towards GHG reduction and other national goals? During the 26th Conference of Parties (COP) held in November 2021, it was clear that circularity will play a role in meeting important international targets but that the global community and national governments lack the tools to measure the contribution of circular actions in the agriculture sector towards meeting these commitments. In the absence of monitoring and decision-support tools, governments will not know the full impact of their actions towards meeting commitments. This perspective looks at the way that digital agricultural traceability systems can form the building blocks for government action to incentivize enhanced circularity in the agriculture sector and track progress towards international targets. Among the many countries working on digital traceability systems, Uruguay stands out an example of a country pushing towards systemic traceability in multiple aspects of the food system. We examine Uruguay's use of digital traceability systems for sustainable production and redefinition of green markets as an example of a rapidly modernizing digital food system and a beacon for other countries to follow. The case of Uruguay shows that digital tools can create transparency in productive systems and allow the government to target sustainability policies. By using digital traceability systems for livestock, dairy effluents, soil rotations, agricultural chemicals, and forests Uruguay is creating a replicable framework for circularity and long-term sustainable production in the agriculture sector, one policy at a time. This framework serves as a benchmark for other countries in Latin America to reach their traceability, circularity, and emissions reductions targets.