Food security is a rising concern as the global population is expected to reach 10 billion by 2100 By 2050 there will be two billion more people on Earth than there are today. Today’s agriculture can’t deliver enough food to meet that need. So change is needed to increase […] Click here to view original …
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Growing trends … Bryon Majusiak, a senior mechanical engineer, works on his computer on a farm Sunnyvale, California. • Emerging technologies are changing the role of farmers, agronomists and agricultural intermediaries. • Every job in farming will require some reskilling in the coming decade. • As the human-robot relationship […] Click here to view original …
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Ulises Fariñas All parents remember the moment when they first held their children—the tiny crumpled face, an entire new person, emerging from the hospital blanket. I extended my hands and took my daughter in my arms. I was so overwhelmed that I could hardly think. Afterward I wandered outside […] Click here to view original …
According to UN projections, the world’s population could reach 9.15 billion by 2050, creating a 60 percent increase in demand for food. Add to this that crops may also be used increasingly for bio-energy and other industrial purposes. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts that global warming will reduce agricultural yield by 2 …