Understanding Digital Agriculture

by Véronique Bellon-Maurel (editorial coordination), Karine Gauche (editorial coordination), Martha-Lucia Enriquez (editorial coordination), Nathalie Lyon-Caen (editorial coordination), Vincent Martin (preface)
august 2026
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For 10 years (2017-2026), the #DigitAg Convergences Institute conducted research on digital agriculture, the result of the transformation of agriculture through digitalisation, bringing together an interdisciplinary community of researchers from various French research and higher education organisations (INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, University of Montpellier, INRIA, ACTA, AgroParisTech).This book describes the tools and methods developed, covering the entire data chain: from sensors to satellite imagery, including data processing, artificial intelligence, and decision support systems. Their uses for phenotyping, sustainable livestock farming, and food security are detailed. The book also explores the impacts of digitalisation on farmers' practices, ecosystems, and agricultural models in France and in the Global South. Interdisciplinarity is at the heart of this reflection: how did this community manage to bring together such diverse expertise? How did this approach contribute to rethinking the agriculture of tomorrow? This book provides concrete answers to these questions, drawing on a decade of collaborative research.This book is intended for students and researchers, and anyone interested in methodological advances in digital science and technology in agriculture.

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Table of contents

Preface

Vincent Martin

General Introduction

Karine Gauche, Véronique Bellon-Maurel

Part 1. Research for digital agriculture: development of digital tools

Chapter 1. Acquiring high-quality field data by improving sensors and their application

Véronique Bellon-Maurel, Ryad Bendoula, Ludovic Brossard, Jean-Michel Roger, Bruno Tisseyre

Chapter 2. Processing of massive and multi-source data

Dino Ienco, Roberto Interdonato, Alexandre Termier

Chapter 3. Information systems, semantic modelling and knowledge management for agriculture

Sandrine Auzoux, Alexandre Bazin, Marianne Huchard, Clément Jonquet, Pierre Martin, Marie-Laure Mugnier, Mathieu Roche, Catherine Roussey, Lucile Sautot, Danaï Symeonidou, Maguelonne Teisseire

Chapter 4. Supporting decision-making through digital modelling, simulation and data integration

Frédérick Garcia, Olivier Naud, Ivana Aleksovska, Bachar Tarraf, Sébastien Roux, François Brun, Laure Raynaud, Mathilde Chen, Olivier Gauriau, Luis Galarraga, Alexandre Termier, David Makowski, Léo Pichon, Yulin Zhang, Bruno Tisseyre, Julien Sarron, Émile Faye, Éric Malézieux, Anice Cheraiet, Sébastien Codis, Léa Courteille, Léa Tardieu, Hazaël Jones, Patrice Loisel, Marie Gosme, Gabriel Volte, Rodolphe Giroudeau, Éric Bourreau, Alain Rapaport, Bruno Cheviron, Ruben Chenevat, Nesrine Kalboussi, Patrick Taillandier, Ellen Laclef, Amandine Lurette, Arthur Scriban, Étienne Delay, Jonathan Vayssières, Paulo Salgado, Larisa Lee-Cruz, Eve Miguel, Annelise Tran

Part 2. Processes, practices, and instruments: understanding the multiple dimensions of agricultural digitalisation

Chapter 5. Agricultural digitalisation in the face of transitions: processes, stakeholders and systemic dynamics

Karine Gauche, Leila Temri, Mauro Florez, Boris Biao, Bekanty Kouass

Chapter 6. Digital practices and usages among farmers: insights into the relationship between digitalisation and the greening of agriculture

Chloé Alexandre, Noémie Bechtet, Romane Guillot, Pierre Labarthe, Théo Martin, Jeanne Oui, Louis Rénier, Nadège Ressia, Cadeau Rushigira, Éléonore Schnebelin, Jean-Marc Touzard

Chapter 7. Digital tools as instruments of intermediation: from multiple expectations to contrasted realities

Sophie Mignon, George Aboueldahab, Magali Aubert, Ysé Commandré, Micheline Mazawan Coulibaly, Romane Guillot, Anne Mione, Florent Saucède, Jan Smolinski

Part 3. How digital technology contributes to key agricultural challenges

Chapter 8. Contributions of digital technology to plant phenotyping

Benoît de Solan, Marie Weiss

Chapter 9. Sustainable livestock farming systems

Charlotte Gaillard, Masoomeh Taghipoor, Céline Tallet, Yannick Le Cozler, Ludovic Brossard, Jean-Baptiste Menassol

Chapter 10. Observing, predicting, and explaining food security

Agnès Bégué, Roberto Interdonato, Valentine Lebourgeois, Louise Leroux, Élodie Maître d’Hôtel, Mathieu Roche, Maguelonne Teisseire, Sarah Valentin

Part 4. Reflective analysis and outlook for the Convergences Institute

Chapter 11. A perspective on the #DigitAg ‘Sud’ challenge: digital agriculture in the Global South

Nicolas Paget, Jean François Le Coq, Camille Richebourg, Émile Faye, Chloé Alexandre, Serena Ferrari, Jean-Daniel Cesaro, Martin Notaro, Pascal Bonnet

Chapter 12. The architecture of interdisciplinarity: an experiment in institutionalising an interdisciplinary scientific community at #DigitAg

Jongheon Kim, Karine Gauche

Chapter 13. The emergence of new digital models: towards accessible and responsible digital agriculture

Véronique Bellon-Maurel, Leila Temri, Florent Saucede, Guilhem Brunel, Isabelle Piot-Lepetit, François Brun

Conclusion

Véronique Bellon-Maurel, Karine Gauche
Appendices
Authors and affiliations
Acknowledgments

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Features

Language(s): English

Publisher: Éditions Quae

Edition: 1st edition

Published: 5 august 2026

EAN13 eBook [ePub]: 9782759243617

EAN13 eBook [PDF]: 9782759243600

DOI eBook [PDF] : 10.35690/978-2-7592-4360-0

Pages count eBook [ePub]: 202

Pages count eBook [PDF]: 202

Interior: Colour

Reference eBook [ePub]: 03092EPB

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