Wednesday, 29 September, 2021 - 16:00 to 17:00
Our food in the future: The importance of agri-tech and sustainability - hosted by ICAEW Staffs, Salop and Wolverhampton
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As part of ICAEW Midlands’ focus on sustainability, we are pleased to welcome James Lowenberg-DeBoer of Harper Adams University who will talk about the relevance of agri-tech to sustainability.
Agri-tech has an essential role to play in improving the sustainability of agriculture, while maintaining food security and enhancing the economic viability of rural communities.
This session will cover:
- Agricultural technology - a broad category that includes the ways that humans have used to coax more food, fibre and fuel from biological systems, including improved seeds, pesticides and fertilizers.
- Range of technology - in our technology-driven world, agri-tech describes the range of electronic and mechanical technologies in use in agriculture, such as global positioning system (GPS) guidance, satellite remote sensing, drones, machine vision and robots and automation.
- Benefits – research at Harper Adams University shows that agri-tech could help UK farmers to lower the cost of production, reduce investment in farm equipment and enhance biodiversity.
- The future - with the right legal, regulatory and policy environment, agri-tech could lay the basis for a new wave of rural entrepreneurship that becomes possible when human labour and attention are no longer the key constraints for farm businesses.
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