Stage

Agroecological transformation

Precision agriculture component

Agroecology component

1

Minimizing inputs with optimization prescriptions.

Develop effective prescribes for nitrogen fertilizer, compost, and cover crop treatment at specific sites.

Minimize harmful inputs and consequences to the environment.

2

Replacing self-sustaining inputs with location variable rate technology.

Improve cash crop, cover crop, and animal manure agronomic practices with variable rate technology.

Replace harmful input rates with sustainable, ecological, and location-specific ones.

3

Integrating functional ecosystems into agroecosystems with exact preservation technology.

Employ yield maps and remote sensing to track the ecosystem services provided by non-crop habitat.

Improve ecological integrity and benefits through enhancing diversity.

4

Hooking up farmers and consumers via value-based food ecosystems.

Using production and distribution data, to enhance value-based supply chains.

Create a variety of food networks built around personal connections.

5

Establishing equitable agroecology.

Use the PA data stream to guide policies on every facet of the agriculture and food systems.

Consider the environmental and societal implications of food and farming systems.