2025: Crisis Management Days Book of Abstracts
Climate and global changes (food, health, waste, environment, and safety)

Animal welfare and farm sustainability in crisis: Hazards of AI in food production

  • Hanna Michnowska,
  • Patryk Sztandarski,
  • Joanna Marchewka
Hanna Michnowska
Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Patryk Sztandarski
Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Joanna Marchewka
Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Published 2025-05-16

Keywords

  • Animals,
  • Welfare,
  • AI,
  • Food production,
  • Crisis management

How to Cite

Michnowska, H., Sztandarski, P., & Marchewka , J. (2025). Animal welfare and farm sustainability in crisis: Hazards of AI in food production. Crisis Management Days. Retrieved from https://ojs.vvg.hr/index.php/DKU/article/view/725

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Abstract

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into food production, particularly in response to rising demand for fast-growing, healthy protein sources, presents both opportunities and challenges. Animal producers must navigate issues related to the scale of operations and the substantial resources required to maintain them. With the rise of precision livestock farming (PLF), new hazards have emerged—impacting sustainability, food production, and, critically, farming animal welfare. This article presents a systematic review of literature identifying animal welfare risks associated with AI implementation in farming. It synthetises key concerns to create a crisis management roadmap for large-scale food production systems.

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