Technological Advances to Achieve Sustainable Agriculture and Global Food Security
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- 10.2991/978-94-6239-606-7_15How to use a DOI?
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- Sustainable Agriculture; Food Security; Artificial Intelligence; Climate; Resilient Farming
- Abstract
While technological changes in the 21st century have taken over as promoting factors for sustainable agriculture to global food security, it’s high time the skilled youth joined in to effectively utilise such innovations in modern agriculture and food systems. While the country enjoys a major demographic advantage, the youth need to be endowed with advanced agricultural skills to bring improvement in productivity and sustainability. In this direction, significant investments are required. Transition from small-scale to large-scale farming, promotion of corporate partnerships, organic and eco-friendly farming will add to both production and ecological balance. Advanced machinery, mechanization of farms, the use of drones, and AI-based technologies can give completely new contours to the methods of cultivation, monitoring, and management practices. Additionally, incentives for intercropping systems, along with developing efficient value chains, strengthen the agro-ecosystem and enhance farmers’ income, thereby ensuring food security. Other long-term food resiliencies relate to the enhancement of soil quality, ecological balance, and aqua boosts through artificial yet controlled modes. As India is estimated to reach a population of about 1.7 billion by 2060–2070, the need to feed such a large population through sustainable farming methods will be vociferously argued. It is anticipated that other inventions would be harnessed for the sake of ensuring the future food system through new varieties, bio-degradable fertilizers, bio-compatible pesticides, and climate-resilient methods of agricultural production. However, carbon emission, climate change, and environmental pollution have acted as threats to agricultural sustainability and biodiversity. The measures taken globally to shift to alternative energy resources have not yet achieved any significant cut in carbon emissions, mainly owing to their substantial emission from developed countries like the US and China. The withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement further weakened the mitigation efforts at the global level. Carbon neutrality no later than 2070 has to be achieved as an urgent need to protect humanity for sustainable food security in the future. Some of the keywords are as follows: sustainable agriculture, food security, technological innovation, artificial intelligence applications in agriculture, mechanization in agriculture, climate resilience, carbon neutrality, environmental sustainability, organic farming, and aquaculture development.
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TY - CONF AU - L. Narasimha Rao AU - P. Aravind Swamy AU - Srinivasa Rao Narra AU - S. Arun Kumar PY - 2026 DA - 2026/03/05 TI - Technological Advances to Achieve Sustainable Agriculture and Global Food Security BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Resilient Innovations for Subsistence Environment (IC-RISE-2025) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 130 EP - 138 SN - 2468-5747 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-606-7_15 DO - 10.2991/978-94-6239-606-7_15 ID - Rao2026 ER -