Silva, Leidiane Da, Berisha, Fjolla, Pourzolfaghar, Zohreh and Helfert, Markus (2025) Socio-Technical Challenges Impacting Data Quality in Agriculture: An Integrated Review. 2025 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor). pp. 232-237.
Preview
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike.
Download (1MB) | Preview
Abstract
The agricultural sector is becoming more
digitalised, where data is crucial for decision-making to improve
food security and sustainability. Thus, making successful
decisions dependent on high data quality (DQ). However, the
quality of agricultural data (agri-data) faces numerous
challenges that stem from the complex interaction between
social and technical approaches. This study presents an
integrated socio-technical view of challenges affecting the
quality of agri-data. We identified the following social
challenges: (1) digital and data literacy limitations; (2) trust and
data sharing, (3) knowledge and cultural resistance, (4)
organisational challenges; and technical challenges: (5) systems
interoperability and integration, (6) infrastructure and
scalability, (7) temporal and spatial data validation complexity,
(8) data heterogeneity and standardisation, (9) data sovereignty.
The findings reveal that socio-technical challenges are
interconnected. In order to create effective solutions, it is
required to address DQ of agri-data through a holistic view that
considers people, organisational and technical aspects equally,
with regard to their data collection, validation, sharing and use.
This integrated perspective offers valuable insights for
researchers, policymakers and technology providers working to
enhance the DQ and trustworthiness of data ecosystems in
agriculture.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Agricultural Data; Data Quality; Smart Farming; IoT; Socio-Technical; Challenges; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science & Engineering > Computer Science Faculty of Science & Engineering > Research Institutes > Hamilton Institute Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Innovation Value Institute, IVI Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business |
| Item ID: | 21981 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1109/MetroAgriFor66923.2025.11512500 |
| Depositing User: | IR Editor |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Oct 2026 15:54 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | 2025 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor) |
| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Related URLs: | |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year
Share and Export
Share and Export