Farmers need to embrace advanced technologies such as the IoT in the next few years in order to support the growing human population, new research has claimed. With the global population set to reach 11 billion by the end of the century (according to UN estimates) and climate change set to affect agriculture, changes are required in how we source and grow food, analyst firm Beecham has said. Report co-author and chief research officer, Saverio Romero, cites the UN Food and Agriculture Program, saying global production of food, feed and fiber will need to increase by 70 percent by 2050, to meet…
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