Down on the robofarm

摘要

Next time you stand at the supermarket checkout, spare a thought for the farmers who helped fill your shopping basket. They are finding life hard right now, and you can be sure this will mean higher food prices for you, and tougher times for the millions in the world for whom food shortages are a matter of life and death. Worse, studies suggest that the world will need twice as much food by 2050. Yet while farmers must squeeze more out of the land, they must also reduce their impact on the environment. All this means rethinking how agriculture is practised, and taking automation to a whole new level.