Internet of Things. Can agritech and IoT enable the agriculture sector to become more sustainable?
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| Authors & editors | |
| Publisher | Milling & Grain |
| Year of publication | 2023 February |
| Languages | |
| Medium | Digital |
| Edition | 1 |
| Topics | Economics & commerce > Feeding the World |
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| Scope & content | The global population recently reached the landmark figure of 8 billion people, with the UN expecting it to rise to 9.8 billion by 2050. Feeding all these people will be a major challenge for the world’s farmers. In fact, the UN estimates that feeding this population would require raising overall food production by some 70 percent from the baseline figure of 2005/07. One way to do this is to increase crop yields and some success has already been achieved. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), countries such as Belgium and Denmark have improved wheat yields to approaching nine tonnes per hectare, around double for the corresponding figure in 1961. Despite these improvements, there remains scope for more, with many countries able to improve their wheat yields by three tonnes-per-hectare or more. There is similar scope with other cereal crops - for example, Nepal has the potential to improve its barley yield by over four tonnes-per-hectare. Read about: More food and a better environment Better information makes for better farming The smart farm The connected farm Get farm data across a continent |
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