Policy approaches for enhanced dairy sector innovation – a review of future pathways and policies for effective implementation of digital agriculture

C. R. Eastwood, J. Knook, J. A. Turner and Alan Renwick

New Zealand Economic Papers, 2023, vol. 57, issue 2, 164-171

Abstract: Innovation and technology are a feature of New Zealand’s dairy sector. To overcome current challenges, dairy farmers require agile and multi-dimensional innovation, supported by forward-looking and integrated policy from both the sector and government. In this paper, we outline some of the current dairy sector challenges, and potential technologies to address these challenges. We focus on the future for digital agriculture innovation and discuss policy approaches to enable the sector to leverage digitalisation. These approaches include co-innovation, responsible innovation, multi-scale approaches, micro-innovation and poly-innovation and mission-oriented innovation. Digital agriculture and policy may interact in two ways: (1) policy may be used to enhance digital agriculture innovation and, (2) digitalisation itself may act to enhance agricultural policy design and delivery. Overall, innovation policy requires greater directionality, use of policy bundles and a focus on technology as a mediator of new dairy farming practices and institutional configurations.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/00779954.2022.2161935

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