By Patricia Waldron

June 21, 2022

When Gloire Rubambiza, a doctoral student in the field of computer science, was installing a digital agriculture system at the Cornell Orchards and greenhouses, he encountered all kinds of problems — connectivity and compatibility issues, equipment frozen under snow, and sensor connections that did not obey the “righty-tighty, lefty-loosey” rule. 

As technology begins to transform farming, a team of Cornell researchers is exploring how digital agriculture could affect small and midsized farms, as well as its likely effect on the environment, to inform the design of these developing technologies.