Agriculture Around the World · Technology The Future of Farming Is Already in the Field Drones over rice paddies in China, drip lines in the Israeli desert, glasshouses in the Netherlands and solar panels over German orchards: the technologies changing how the world grows food. The world needs to feed more people every year, with less water, less available land and more extreme weather. Farmers everywhere are answering that challenge with technology, and some of it would have sounded like science fiction twenty years ago. Not every innovation is a success, and not every one makes sense for a small family farm. But many ideas that started on big commercial farms are now cheap enough to reach smallholders and even home gardeners . In this article: eight agricultural technologies shaping farming worldwide, where they are used most, what works and what doesn't, and which ideas you can borrow for your own garden. 1. Agricultural Drones: China Leads the Sky Drones have b...
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