Part two of the FRUIT LOGISTICA trend report published

The agricultural industry is facing a number of challenges. The world's population is expected to increase to 9.7 billion by the year 2050. How can this number of people be fed using conventional cultivation methods? Part two of the FRUIT LOGISTICA trend report "Fresh Produce Trade 2025" responds to these questions. Parts three and four will follow in May and June 2017.
Conventional cultivation methods will have to change. Big data, precision farming, vertical farming and automated farming are just some of the concepts that will be involved. The latest techniques are described and light is shed on opportunities and the risks they present (Press Release FRUIT LOGISTICA, 21 April 2017).
Click here for the press release.
Click here for the report (319 kB).

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