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Digital Agriculture Sandbox for Collaborative Research

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.15990v1
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 02:41:35 GMT
Title: Digital Agriculture Sandbox for Collaborative Research
Authors: Osama Zafar, Rosemarie Santa González, Alfonso Morales, Erman Ayday,
Abstract summary: Digital agriculture generates valuable data that could help address global food challenges, but farmers are hesitant to share it due to privacy concerns.<n>This paper presents the Digital Agriculture Sandbox, a secure online platform that solves this problem.<n>The platform enables farmers (with limited technical resources) and researchers to collaborate on analyzing farm data without exposing private information.
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Abstract: Digital agriculture is transforming the way we grow food by utilizing technology to make farming more efficient, sustainable, and productive. This modern approach to agriculture generates a wealth of valuable data that could help address global food challenges, but farmers are hesitant to share it due to privacy concerns. This limits the extent to which researchers can learn from this data to inform improvements in farming. This paper presents the Digital Agriculture Sandbox, a secure online platform that solves this problem. The platform enables farmers (with limited technical resources) and researchers to collaborate on analyzing farm data without exposing private information. We employ specialized techniques such as federated learning, differential privacy, and data analysis methods to safeguard the data while maintaining its utility for research purposes. The system enables farmers to identify similar farmers in a simplified manner without needing extensive technical knowledge or access to computational resources. Similarly, it enables researchers to learn from the data and build helpful tools without the sensitive information ever leaving the farmer's system. This creates a safe space where farmers feel comfortable sharing data, allowing researchers to make important discoveries. Our platform helps bridge the gap between maintaining farm data privacy and utilizing that data to address critical food and farming challenges worldwide.

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