Lino Miguel Dias It’s Time to Accelerate “The Smallholder Effect” Smallholder farmers are responsible for producing 80 percent of the food that helps feed families in the developing world. Yet, for numerous complex reasons, they often lack access to the resources, technology, knowledge and markets.
Onofre Trindade Junior The Flying Ally As an eye in the sky, drones have allowed the Brazilian farmers to better understand the landscape of their crops, providing precise and reliable data. Affordable and agile, they are transforming the profile of agriculture and will increase productivity worldwide.
Katrina Sasse Learning How to Harvest My father taught me how to drive the header and that the crop requires a certain level of patience, carefulness and skill. You need to keep your eyes further out in front of you. Women in family farming are taking key roles to help operations run smoothly.
Rita Vionnet Alais New Warriors, an Ancient Battle In Buenos Aires a group of millennials are engaging city dwellers in farming topics ranging from protecting the environment to managing a sustainable business. Rita Vionnet Alais, talks about how they do it and the changes in agriculture.
Adrian Percy Times are Changing – And so is Agriculture At a time when agriculture is swiftly and irrevocable transforming, I’m excited about five trends the future holds for the industry and Bayer.
Sachiko Ohashi and Sho Nakamori The Future of Farming Concerns Us All “There are many reasons to be involved in agriculture, and different ways of getting involved; what is undeniable is that we all should contribute to ensure every human being has access to nutritious food.”
Andre-Georg Girg, Franz Schulze Eilfing, Ahmed Karim Dhaouadi Improving Farming – for the Farmers and the Environment xarvioTM helps farmers determine the exact moment to come in the field with a treatment, it’s zone specific. Based on agronomic modelling, satellite data and crowdsourcing from scouting, xarvio is ready to take the world!
José Perdomo Step by Step with Farmers “Agriculture is up against enormous challenges: how to feed a growing world population, the pressure of climate change, and limited natural resources. It behooves us all to find a sustainable solution to address all these issues.”
Andreas Sewing Just Hype or the Path to the Future? Indoor Farming helps growing vegetables with reduced environmental impact. Combined with optimal plant growth knowledge, growers could produce 4-5 times as much per sq.mt.
Adrian Percy Youth Ag-Summit: Real People, Real Problems, Real Solutions “My optimism about the future of farming was reinforced after interacting with 100 young adults reunited in Brussels for the Ag Summit.”
Katrina Sasse The Way Forward for Daughters in Family Farm Business “Women are beginning to take leadership roles in Agriculture at a rapid pace. Daughters like myself are finding our way into this complex business.”
Maja Briswall and Tobias Menne Solving Big Challenges Together How will data sharing in agriculture create transformation and help farmers better manage resources? Maja and Tobias share their vision.
Annie Dee A Dual Farmer’s Perspective on Sustainability and Tech in Agriculture “Great things are happening in sustainable farming. Innovative solutions and technological developments make me optimistic and excited about agriculture’s future.”
Hendrik F. Hamann How to Turn the Promise of Digital Agriculture into Reality “We are looking to digital agriculture to provide the next wave of innovation in food production, but there are at least three key technical hurdles we must overcome.”
Luis H. Tobler Garcia Big Data for Best Results “Imagine you have to manage hundreds of data captured directly at a farm that produces tons of agricultural products. This information collected by sensors and other high-tech devices is what we call Big Data, and it is completely transforming global agriculture.”
Adrian Percy Demystifying Science – Talking Plainly “Finding ways to farm more sustainably to provide safe foods is a challenge that only science can solve. I think it’s time that we share our knowledge and passion!”
Mathias Kremer Disrupting Business – Even Our Own – with Collaborative AgTech Investment “The agricultural industry will continue to innovate as it always has, but what will be the source of the needed breakthroughs in the future?”
The Role of Cooperatives Better Together Dr. William Rolleston, acting president of the World Farmers’ Organisation, explains why farming cooperatives have become even more important for us all.
Hans-Joachim Santel Weeding Through New Technology The scientists involved in Bayer Digital Farming are making exemplary efforts to usher the groundbreaking technology of image recognition into weed identification.
Victor M. Villalobos A View of Ag’s Future – Latin America’s Farming Power “Extreme weather, market and social factors endangers food supplies worldwide. However, there are reasons for Latin America’s optimism.”
100 Minds to Tackle Our Biggest Global Challenges – Together The Youth Ag-Summit is taking place in Brussels this October, where young leaders tackle the humanity’s most pressing problem: how to feed a hungry world.
Justin Whittle Being an Agriculturalist! “The Youth Ag-Summit gave us a truly unique experience to break down barriers and listen to perspectives from young farmers around the world.”
Tobias Menne and Marek Schikora Artificial Intelligence Makes Farming Smarter? These days everyone is talking about artificial intelligence. But what’s in it for farmers?
Bernd Naaf Building Better Livelihoods for Smallholder Farmers Sometimes smallholder farmers are caught in a vicious cycle. It is our obligation to explore business models and solutions that can break this cycle.
Beverley Flatt Future of Farming Dialogue Insight “I could not be more excited to be a part of production agriculture and feeding the world.”
Chris Bagley and Mado Vandewoestyne Two Teams, One Purpose With a global population expected to reach 10 billion people within the next 30 years, today’s generation of Bayer scientists are busy at work helping to make sure the next generation doesn’t go hungry.
Clemens Delatrée Smartening up Tomorrow’s Agriculture “Stakeholders should work together in a solution oriented fashion to provide an information platform that the farmer can adapt to his needs.”
Adrian Percy Future of Farming Dialog 2016 I believe we are all on “common ground” in our shared belief that everyone deserves ready access to healthy, nutritious food.
Professor Stephen Powles Fighting Global Herbicide Resistance “Ensuring diversity in the fight against weed resistance is the only sustainable way forward.”
Pekka Pesonen Meeting Challenges with Innovations “Europe must be able to fulfill its role as the world’s breadbasket well into the future.”
