Monitoring systems that incentivize, track and verify compliance with social and environmental standards are widespread in food systems. In particular, digital monitoring approaches using remote sensing, machine learning, big data, smartphones, platforms and blockchain are proliferating. The increasing use and availability of these technologies put us at a critical juncture to leverage these innovations for enhanced transparency, fairness and open access, rather than descending into a dystopian landscape of digital surveillance and division perpetuated by a powerful few. Here we discuss opportunities and risks, and highlight research gaps linked to the ongoing digitalization of monitoring approaches.

激励、跟踪和验证社会和环境标准遵守情况的监控系统在食品系统中广泛存在。特别是，使用遥感、机器学习、大数据、智能手机、平台和区块链的数字监控方法正在激增。这些技术的使用和可用性的增加使我们处于一个关键时刻，需要利用这些创新来提高透明度、公平性和开放获取，而不是陷入由少数有权势的人持续进行的数字监视和分裂的反乌托邦局面。在这里，我们讨论机遇和风险，并强调与监测方法持续数字化相关的研究差距。