Project Name: FarmBeats Project

Deployment Location: USA, Kenya, Australia

Targeted Industry Type: Agriculture

Project Partner(s):

Perhaps we can have a quick reality check. Man-made environmental disasters, climate change, unsustainable corporate behaviors, pollution, and increasing socioeconomic inequalities are some of the buzzwords that define our unsustainable epoch. Now, let’s narrow down the scope of today’s agenda here. According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the world’s population will reach 9.1 billion by 2050 (Figure 1), with a rapidly-rising population of developing countries. Consequently, urbanization will steadily increase, and current food production would need to increase by 70% to accommodate the upcoming urban population. (FAO, 2009).

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