The role of citizen science in addressing grand challenges in food and agriculture research

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - Tập 285 Số 1891 - Trang 20181977 - 2018
Sean F. Ryan1,2, Nancy Lee Adamson3, Athena Aktipis4, Linnea K. Andersen1, Robert Austin5, Linda Barnes6, Malcolm Beasley7, Kristin Bedell8, Suzanne Briggs9, Ben Chapman10, Caren B. Cooper11, Judy Corn12, Nancy G. Creamer13, Jason Delborne11, Perrotta Domenico14, Elizabeth Driscoll13, Jean Goodwin15, Angelique Hjarding16,17, Joseph M. Hulbert18, Scott A. Isard19,20, Michael G. Just21, Kaberi Kar Gupta22, Margarita M. López‐Uribe23, John O’Sullivan24, Elizabeth A. Landis25, Anne A. Madden1, Erin A. McKenney1,26, Lauren M. Nichols1, Benjamin J. Reading1, Shona Russell27, Nilanjan Sengupta28, Lori R. Shapiro1, Leonora Shell26, Julie Koch Sheard29, DeWayne Shoemaker2, Daniela Magdalena Sorger1,26, C. Starling30, Siddhartha Thakur31, Ranga Raju Vatsavai32, Meredith Blackwell Weinstein33, Pamela Winfrey34, Robert R. Dunn1
1Department of Applied Ecology, NC State Extension, Raleigh, NC, USA
2Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
3Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation/USDA NRCS ENTSC, Greensboro, NC, USA
4Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
5Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, NC State Extension, Raleigh, NC, USA
6Lincoln Heights Environmental Connections Magnet Elementary School, Fuquay-Varina, NC, USA
7Knightdale High School of Collaborative Design, Knightdale, NC, USA
8School of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
9NC Plant Sciences Initiative, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, NC State Extension, Raleigh, NC, USA
10Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences, NC State Extension, Raleigh, NC, USA
11Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, NC State Extension, Raleigh, NC, USA
12William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State Extension, Raleigh, NC, USA
13Department of Horticultural Science, NC State Extension, Raleigh, NC, USA
14Curriculum Enhancement Programs at Wake County Public School System, Cary, NC, USA
15Department of Communication, NC State Extension, Raleigh, NC, USA
16North Carolina Wildlife Federation, Charlotte, NC, USA
17The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
18Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
19Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
20Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
21Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, NC State Extension, Raleigh, NC, USA
22Biodiversity Lab, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC, USA
23Department of Entomology, Center for Pollinator Research, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
24Center for Environmental Farming Systems, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, USA
25Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
26Research and Collections, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC, USA
27Millbrook Environmental Connections Magnet Elementary School, Raleigh, NC, USA
28Consultant - Biodiversity Conservation & Sustainable Development, Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India
29Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
30Heritage High School, Wake Forest, NC, USA
31College of Veterinary Medicine, NC State Extension, Raleigh, NC, USA
32Department of Computer Science, NC State Extension, Raleigh, NC, USA
33Evaluation and Accountability Coordinator Extension Administration, NC State Extension, Raleigh, NC, USA
34Arizona State University Biodesign Institute, Tempe, AZ, USA

Tóm tắt

The power of citizen science to contribute to both science and society is gaining increased recognition, particularly in physics and biology. Although there is a long history of public engagement in agriculture and food science, the term ‘citizen science’ has rarely been applied to these efforts. Similarly, in the emerging field of citizen science, most new citizen science projects do not focus on food or agriculture. Here, we convened thought leaders from a broad range of fields related to citizen science, agriculture, and food science to highlight key opportunities for bridging these overlapping yet disconnected communities/fields and identify ways to leverage their respective strengths. Specifically, we show that (i) citizen science projects are addressing many grand challenges facing our food systems, as outlined by the United States National Institute of Food and Agriculture, as well as broader Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations Development Programme, (ii) there exist emerging opportunities and unique challenges for citizen science in agriculture/food research, and (iii) the greatest opportunities for the development of citizen science projects in agriculture and food science will be gained by using the existing infrastructure and tools of Extension programmes and through the engagement of urban communities. Further, we argue there is no better time to foster greater collaboration between these fields given the trend of shrinking Extension programmes, the increasing need to apply innovative solutions to address rising demands on agricultural systems, and the exponential growth of the field of citizen science.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Tập 285 Số 1891

20181977

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