How Precision Farming will feed 9 billion people in 2050
Why: Water scarcity - CO uses over 80% of water for agriculture - Increased drought seasons and length of time; desertification of previous agricultural breadbowls - Rapidly decreasing fresh water supplies and aquifers Food Security - Global output is down by 15 percent, while in 10 years we need to be producing a third more grains - Increased meat consumption leads to higher need for grain output
Ways Open Data mingles with farming: