What knowledge is required to grow food? A framework for understanding horticulture's skills ‘crisis’

Pitt, Hannah

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.05.001

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“…We recognize, for example, the shortcomings of an overly optimistic view of labor in the alternative food sector, which is not exempt from the inequities of food work (Harrison & Getz, 2015;Weiler et al, 2016). Due to lack of state provision of specialist training and the challenges agroecological growers face, unpaid or low-paid traineeships are currently a key developmental pathway, and this risks being exclusive and exploiting those who volunteer their time (Pitt, 2022). Public investment in quality training pathways would help remedy this as an interim solution until these production systems are economically robust enough to generate living incomes.…”

Section: Three Archetypes Of Food Labor Futuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pathways for advancing good work in food systems: Reflecting on the international Good Work for Good Food Forum

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Medland²,

Nicol³

et al. 2023

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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The crucial roles that workers, especially seasonal and migrant workers, play in our food systems have come under renewed attention in recent years. The coronavirus pandemic resulted in food workers being recognized as critical or essential workers in many countries. In 2021, this coincided with the UN International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV), highlighting the importance of horticultural crops to healthy lives globally. Yet, workers’ quality of life in this most labor-intensive form of food production is often disregarded, or in the case of the UN IYFV, misconstrued. The agriculture-migration nexus—on which food systems depend—remains recognized as a challenge, yet there is limited debate about how it could be ameliorated and a lack of articulation of desirable alternatives. While alternative food and peasant movements propose food system transformation and alternative labor futures based on agroecology, labor lawyers and other advocates propose regulation and formalization of workplace regimes to ensure fair working conditions. Most recently, a third possibility has emerged from agri-tech innovators: a techno-centric future with far fewer agricultural workers. These three archetypes of agricultural labor futures (agroecological, formally regulated, and techno-centric) have the potential to leave food scholars and activists without a unified, coherent vision to advance. Addressing this gap, this paper reports and builds on insights harvested from the international Good Work for Good Food Forum, organized by the authors with the aim of shaping consensus on positive visions for work in food systems. About 40 scholar-activists across three continents discussed the current challenges facing food workers and crafted a collective vision for good food work. This vision is documented in the form of nine principles supported by a framework of seven enabling pathways. We conclude by emphasizing the need for a people-centered incorporation of technology and a re-valuation of food workers’ contributions to global food systems. We offer the vision as a collective platform for action to advocate for and organize with workers in food systems.

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Section: Three Archetypes Of Food Labor Futuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pathways for advancing good work in food systems: Reflecting on the international Good Work for Good Food Forum

Klassen

Medland²,

Nicol³

et al. 2023

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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“…Application to horticulture research and practice: The final step involves applying the insights derived from the integrated multi-omics and AI/ML framework to horticulture research and practice. This could involve, for example, informing breeding strategies, enhancing disease detection and intervention methods, improving resource management, or predicting crop yields and quality [210,211].…”

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An Integrated Multi-Omics and Artificial Intelligence Framework for Advance Plant Phenotyping in Horticulture

Cembrowska-Lech,

Krzemińska,

Miller

et al. 2023

Biology

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This review discusses the transformative potential of integrating multi-omics data and artificial intelligence (AI) in advancing horticultural research, specifically plant phenotyping. The traditional methods of plant phenotyping, while valuable, are limited in their ability to capture the complexity of plant biology. The advent of (meta-)genomics, (meta-)transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics has provided an opportunity for a more comprehensive analysis. AI and machine learning (ML) techniques can effectively handle the complexity and volume of multi-omics data, providing meaningful interpretations and predictions. Reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of this area of research, in this review, readers will find a collection of state-of-the-art solutions that are key to the integration of multi-omics data and AI for phenotyping experiments in horticulture, including experimental design considerations with several technical and non-technical challenges, which are discussed along with potential solutions. The future prospects of this integration include precision horticulture, predictive breeding, improved disease and stress response management, sustainable crop management, and exploration of plant biodiversity. The integration of multi-omics and AI holds immense promise for revolutionizing horticultural research and applications, heralding a new era in plant phenotyping.

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“…This situation is in line with Baba's opinion [13], which says that extension officers must provide the broadest opportunity for farmers to design their needs so that the implementation of the extension will be in line with the needs, potential, and problems faced. Pitt [14] added that extension officers need to have managerial skills and technical competence so that in planning extension programs with farmers, they can determine extension goals and goals that suit the needs of farmers.…”

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Implementation of extension program planning on cattle farmers in Padang City West Sumatra

2023

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The study aimed to identify the implementation of extension program planning on cattle farmers in Padang City, West Sumatra. It conducted with a survey method. The respondent was the cattle farmers who had already received transfer innovation related to raising cattle by Extension Officers. It determined sixty farmers from six districts in Padang City. The data obtained with the questionnaire then analysed descriptive quantitatively and presented in percentages. The result showed the implementation of extension program planning of data collecting 11.67% implemented, state analysis 61.67% implemented, problems identification 61.67% implemented, goal formalisations 36.67% implemented, plan formation 50.00% implemented, activities conducted 100% implemented, activities progress evaluation 95.00% implemented, and reconsideration 36.67% implemented. It concluded that the implementation extension program planning on cattle farmers in Padang City are not implemented well.

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What knowledge is required to grow food? A framework for understanding horticulture's skills ‘crisis’

Cited by 11 publications

References 66 publications

Pathways for advancing good work in food systems: Reflecting on the international Good Work for Good Food Forum

Pathways for advancing good work in food systems: Reflecting on the international Good Work for Good Food Forum

An Integrated Multi-Omics and Artificial Intelligence Framework for Advance Plant Phenotyping in Horticulture

Implementation of extension program planning on cattle farmers in Padang City West Sumatra

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