Abstract
In this paper, we raise the question whether we can conceptualize precision livestock farming (PLF) in biomimetic terms as ‘living machines’, which are no longer characterized by the exploitation, domination, instrumentalisation and commodification of nature, but instead, are embedded in and in accordance with the natural environment. The concept of biomimicry will be used to conceptualize PLF technologies as ecological innovations which are embedded in and in accordance with the natural environment. Such a biomimetic approach of PLF could take advantage of its potential advantages like mitigating climate change, while at the same time avoiding the ethical issues related to the industrialization of the agricultural sector by traditional PLF technologies.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Food futures: ethics, science and culture |
Editors | I.A.S. Olsson, S.M. Araújo, M.F. Vieira |
Publisher | Wageningen Academic Publishers |
Chapter | 86 |
Pages | 562-568 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789086868346 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789086862887 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 28 Sept 2016 |
Event | EurSafe 2016 - Porto, Portugal Duration: 29 Sept 2016 → 1 Oct 2016 |
Conference/symposium
Conference/symposium | EurSafe 2016 |
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Country/Territory | Portugal |
City | Porto |
Period | 29/09/16 → 1/10/16 |