Solving Global Challenges:  Why AgTech Matters

“A good formula for investing is this one: find a problem and fix it.”

 

The Top 10 Problems Agriculture Must Solve 

 

1. Economic Issues: farmers are struggling, rising food costs 

2. Biodiversity: Birds, Bees and Butterflies… a “Bug Apocalypse”

3. Farmland Sprawl and Deforestation:  Saving the Rain Forest 

4. Climate Change:  heat, drought and flood

5. Growing World Population 

6. Soil Erosion, Soil Degradation:  We Are Degrading the Land We Depend On

7. Food Waste:  About 32% of all food produced gets wasted. 

8. Farm Labor Shortages and Rising Labor Costs

9. Inefficient Use of Fertilizer, Chemicals and Other Inputs affecting Ecosystems

10. Insect and Plant Resistance to Pesticides; Antimicrobial Resistance in Farm Animals   (includes the Loss of Antibiotics for Human use.)

Other Important Factors in the news:  Food Safety and Traceability

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