
Farming is one of the world's oldest and most far-reaching endeavours. Meeting the growing food demands of the global population amid accelerating climate change presents an unprecedented high-wire act that requires human ingenuity, good governance, and technology.
The last time the agriculture sector went through a shift like this was when new technologies, such as high-yielding seeds, chemical fertilisers, and irrigation technologies, kicked off the Green Revolution in the 1960s.