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Investments in AgriTech
Welcome to the publication of my Nuffield Scholarship study. This study explores and evaluates various agricultural technologies and innovations and considers their impact on farming and food production.
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Introduction
Introduction
In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) called for “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of…
Dr Edward Thomas Jones
Jan 19, 2022
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Covid-19)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Covid-19)
On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organisation (WHO) received reports of an unknown virus behind several pneumonia cases in Wuhan, the…
Dr Edward Thomas Jones
Jan 19, 2022
Investments in AgriTech
Investments in AgriTech
Despite the uncertainty surrounding Covid-19 and the adverse impact on the economy of governments’ public policy response (“lockdowns”…
Dr Edward Thomas Jones
Jan 19, 2022
Precision farming
Precision farming
Farmers are constantly forced to make crucial decisions based on countless variables. All too often, they don’t make the best decisions…
Dr Edward Thomas Jones
Jan 19, 2022
Robots and drones
Robots and drones
Barriers to new farmers entering the profession, environmental degradation and a growing world population are putting increasing pressure…
Dr Edward Thomas Jones
Jan 19, 2022
Biotechnology and genomics
Biotechnology and genomics
For about 10,000 years, farmers have been improving wild plants and animals through the selection and breeding of desirable…
Dr Edward Thomas Jones
Jan 20, 2022
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
In the first half of the 20th century, science fiction familiarized the world with the concept of artificially intelligent robots. It began…
Dr Edward Thomas Jones
Jan 21, 2022
Blockchain
Blockchain
Agricultural technologies, such as precision farming, mapping of farmlands, crop management systems, sensors and location intelligence, and…
Dr Edward Thomas Jones
Jan 21, 2022
Food distribution systems
Food distribution systems
Cities may occupy just 2 per cent of the earth’s land surface, but they are home to more than half of the world’s population and generate…
Dr Edward Thomas Jones
Jan 21, 2022
Urban farming
Urban farming
In 2018, over 50% of the world population lived in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 68% by 2050. Urbanization…
Dr Edward Thomas Jones
Jan 21, 2022
Farming in controlled environments
Farming in controlled environments
Controlled environment farming often falls in line with ‘urban farming but the concept remains unique. As part of her 2017 study, Sarah…
Dr Edward Thomas Jones
Jan 21, 2022
Alternative protein
Alternative protein
Protein delivery is an important component of a healthy diet. As population growth heads towards 9.7 billion, we also see a shift in…
Dr Edward Thomas Jones
Jan 21, 2022
Augmented Reality (AR)
Augmented Reality (AR)
Augmented reality, or AR, has been called the next big paradigm shift in computing, tantamount to the kind of transformational changes that…
Dr Edward Thomas Jones
Jan 21, 2022
Low technologies
Low technologies
The evolution of agricultural technology began some 10,000 years ago. The earliest implement was probably a crude tree branch which was…
Dr Edward Thomas Jones
Jan 21, 2022
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