Agriculture is undergoing a technology revolution supported by policy-makers around the world. While smart technologies will play an important role in achieving improved productivity and greater eco-efficiency, critics have suggested that consideration of the social impacts is being side-lined.
Innovation rush aims to help farmers, rich and poor, beat climate change,
In the Péloponnèse region of southern Greece, some of the olive trees are a hundred years old and have been farmed via tried and tested methods over the decades; but these time-honoured approaches are now being augmented by Precision Farming.
A farmer works so the world can eat. His hard work serves food on our plates.
The global population is constantly increasing, and it presently stands at 7.7 billion people. One question that arises is, "What are these individuals going to eat?" primarily, this question is directed at the agricultural sector.