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Resultat
Vitenskapelig foredrag
2019

Digital fences for goats in Norwegian agriculture sessions

Bidragsytere:
  • Roger Andre Søraa og
  • Jostein Vik

Presentasjon

Navn på arrangementet: XXVIII European Society for Rural Sociology Congress "Rural futures in a complex world"
Sted: Trondheim
Dato fra: 25. juni 2019
Dato til: 28. juni 2019

Arrangør:

Arrangørnavn: Ruralis

Om resultatet

Vitenskapelig foredrag
Publiseringsår: 2019

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Tittel

Digital fences for goats in Norwegian agriculture sessions

Sammendrag

This paper explores a new technology for digital fences for goats called Nofence, where digital technology mixed with mechanical goat-collars create novel ways of goat farming in Norway. Digital agriculture poses challenges and opportunities both for animals, society and the natural landscape. The Nofence technology allow the farmer to define a digital fence on a map. When the goats approach this fence they first receive a sound signal; if they continue to the fence they receive a small electric shock. The technology allows the farmer to utilise grassland without physical fences. Employing a sociological approach, we investigate both human and non-human actors and their relationships in developing and implementing this technology, as well as its impact on rural governance. How do innovation in digitization technologies give new meanings to human and non-human relations and assemblages? Does digitalization of agriculture make it more sustainable? How can Norwegian mountain goats point towards wider implications for rural social relations and environments? ICT has the potential for improving productivity and efficiency in agricultural production. For goats, however, this technology may lead to surprising outcomes. Our case study shows that goats can become digitally skilled and that goats who possess these skills,may bee more valuable alive then dead, as they can be trained to “EAT GRASS” in very precise areas. As the rural governing standards concerning animal welfare have been slowing down the implementation of this technology, we will also investigate how the implementation and innovation practises have been progressing.

Bidragsytere

Roger Andre Søraa

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier ved Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet

Jostein Vik

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Institutt for sosiologi og statsvitenskap ved Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
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