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#News(AgriTech) [ via IoTForIndiaGroup ]
If you’ve seen Netflix’s new series, “The Society” then you’ll know it follows a group of highschoolers coming to terms with the sudden disappearance of all adults. With no explanation as to how their parents disappeared, the teenagers have to adapt and learn how to survive independently. With complete social and economic collapse, they have no consistent food supply. This means they have to learn how to farm their own food in order to guarantee supply for an uncertain future.
You may wonder what this has to do with feeding a world of 9 billion people – and the role technology may play. But, this is a striking allegory for how we need to develop more sustainable farming practices if we are to guarantee food-supply for the ever-growing human population. It’s a topic on all of our minds. Global food demand is on the rise. In fact, according to McKinsey, if current trends continue, then by 2050, caloric demand will increase by 70 percent, with crop demand for human and animal consumption set to increase by at least 100 per cent. These demands are shaping our agricultural markets in a way that we have never witnessed before.
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