Editorial: On-farm implementation of transformative technologies and practices for sustainability transitions in agriculture

There is increased pressure on agri-food sectors globally to transition to more sustainable food systems (Klerkx and Begemann, 2020). Transformative technology and practices advocated by scholars and policy makers include digitalisation and automation (Ingram et al., 2022, Kukk et al., 2022), agroecological systems (Wezel et al., 2020), diversification (Roesch-McNally et al., 2018), de-intensification, local food systems, circularity (Velasco-Muñoz et al., 2022, Bracke et al., 2023), transformative value chains (Mechri et al., 2023) and land-use change for net zero. These practice changes ultimately need to be implemented at a farm scale, but the implications will impact regional and global food systems.Theories of transformative agricultural technologies and practices are widely researched and modelled. However, greater scholarly focus is required on the farm system level implications, including the positive and negative effects on the livelihoods of those being urged to change 37 (Vermeulen et al., 2018). Transformation can be a process that intersects land, 38 livelihoods, and of the food supply system. Moving from theoretical concepts to 39 reality in farming systems can be difficult to implement for farmers due to unforeseen 40 implications (Romera et al., 2020)