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sus-tain-a-bil-i-ty
[suh-stey-nuh-bil-i-tee]
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noun
1.
the ability to be sustained, supported, upheld, or confirmed.
2.
Environmental Science. the quality of not being harmful to the
environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby
supporting long-term ecological balance:
The New Geopolitics of FoodThe New Geopolitics of Food
To provide enough food to feed the
world, that is safe, nutritious and
affordable…
… whilst not limiting the opportunity
for future generations to do the same
With population levels
booming and 3 billion people
trying to enter middle-class,
meat demand is skyrocketing
More people, more burgers:
The ability to grow food is
fast becoming a new form
of geological leverage and
countries are scrambling to
secure their own parochial
interests at the expense of
the common good
Food is the new oil:
Decline in nutrient
content of crops
from 1950 to 1999
Journal of American College of Nutrition Vol. 23 (6): 2004: 669-682
Are Drones the Future of Ag?
Absolutely not! Part of the toolkit
• Drones are only as useful as the data that guides them
Where does the data come from to guide autonomous
UAV/Drones?
• Sensors, Big Data Analytics, and Deep Machine Learning
� Digitising the Agricultural process!
We have only
identified 1% of all
microbes in the soil!
What if we were
to harness theunidentified 99%?
What do these regions have in common?
Salinas Valley
(California)
Broye Valley
(Switzerland)
Chateaurenard
Region (France)
Canary Islands
Little to no soil disease!
Salinas Valley
(California)
Broye Valley
(Switzerland)
Chateaurenard
Region (France)
Canary Islands
• Contain microorganisms that
naturally protect plants from disease
• A tight-knit army of soil microbes for
defense
Suppressive Soils
Milk yield per ton of silage
Control: 1525 kg milk/ton silage
Grain-Set: 1612 kg milk/ton silage
Gain: 5.7% or 88 kg milk/ton silage
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To conclude
• Sustainable food production is a major consideration for governments, retailers, food producers and the consumer
• Sustainable food production is achievable, but will require a change of mindset
• Technology will play a big part from food production all the way through to food distribution and storage
• Changes need to be made now