As we enter 2025, global food and water security remains under threat— and we must continue to address these challenges, as well as continually push the boundaries of innovation 🌱
To ensure long-term food and water security, we must invest in the right mix of traditional farming, vertical farming, high-and-low-tech glasshouses, and other solutions. By embracing innovation and collaboration, we can build a stronger, more sustainable global food system.
The challenges we face 🚨
📉 Unstable crop yields
💰 Low farmer returns
🌊 Climate change, extreme weather, and increasing variability
📦 Heavy reliance on imports
Despite a number of high-profile failures in the sector, Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) and vertical farming technologies are advancing rapidly, offering resilient, high-yield, safe solutions that are independent of weather conditions, use significantly less water, and reduce reliance on imports.
How vertical farming can help 🙌
🌱 Year-round, climate-resilient food production
💧 Up to 95% less water usage, depending on crop
🏙️ Fewer food miles
🔍 Data-driven crop optimisation, leading to better growing algorithms
🥗 Healthier food through not using pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides
🏗️ Long-term, dependable infrastructure, hedging against climate change
🚀 Increasingly more viable use cases beyond food
🔗 Integration with other forms of agriculture to maximise efficiency and output
What are your thoughts? How do we accelerate the adoption of climate-resilient agriculture?
Let us know below 👇
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