Australian agriculture needs to be digital and data-ready to unlock its full potential according to a new report by Griffith Law School’s Associate Professor Leanne Wiseman and Associate Professor Jay Sanderson from the University of the Sunshine Coast..
“Digital agriculture is transforming agri-food networks, and new technologies have been introduced and are embedded in many parts of the agri-food supply chains,’’ Dr Wiseman said.
“From GPS-enabled tractors, drones, sensors and other date-driven devices, producers and farmers have access to a vast array of data to help measure performance, and make better informed decisions and increase efficiency.”
But Dr Wiseman says the current legal and regulatory frameworks around agricultural data are piecemeal, fragmented and ad hoc.
“The absence of clear and consistent data governance within Australia’s rural industries has the potential to expose Australian producers to threats to their privacy, security and safety of their agricultural data.”
She said there was an urgent need for a
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