farming innovation
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Examples of how to innovate in farming.TRANSCRIPT
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Farming innovation
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Question # 1
Are you growing the right crops?
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A new generation of highly productive crops are part of the solution to address global hunger - seeds that are drought-resistant, disease-resistant, productive, and nutritious could benefit farmers.
Some of the crops can be bred through traditional methods, but Bill Gates thinks many African countries will adopt GMOs, or genetically modified organisms.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/18/8056163/bill-gates-gmo-farming-world-hunger-africa-poverty
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Question # 2
How can coachinghelp farmers?
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To improve farming, governments have sent hundreds of thousands of agriculture extension agents to visit farmers across America and every
corner of the world and teach them up-to-date methods for increasing their crop yields.
Such programs have been extraordinarily effective.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/07/29/slow-ideas
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Question # 3
What about doing more indoor farming?
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http://qz.com/295936/toshibas-high-tech-grow-rooms-are-churning-out-lettuce-that-never-needs-washing/
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Question # 4
What about doing more urban farming?
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What can happen when a greenhouse is added to the roof of a supermarket or farmer’s market?
http://urbanfarmers.com/productsservices/uf-globe/
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Why is local production important for people?
Some reasons: Perception of more fresh products. Perception of community / relationship building. Small scale production. Reduced costs for transportation.
http://smartblogs.com/food-and-beverage/2014/11/17/farmers-markets-as-ground-zero-for-local-the-new-organic/
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Further inspiration
http://edenworks.org/http://urbanfarmers.com/
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Question # 5
What would happen if more farmers were women?
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http://modernfarmer.com/2014/11/picturing-women-farmers-euro-edition/
Example # 1:Rona Uitentuis, Netherlands
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http://modernfarmer.com/2014/11/picturing-women-farmers-euro-edition/
Example # 2:Alice Holden, UK.
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Further inspiration
http://www.slideshare.net/frankcalberg/gender-diversity-9869793http://www.slideshare.net/frankcalberg/differences-between-women-and-men
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Question # 6
What about connecting products to the Internet?
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John Deere and AGCO are beginning to
connect not only farm machinery but
irrigation systems and soil and nutrient sources with information on weather, crop prices, and commodity futures to optimize overall farm performance.
https://hbr.org/2014/11/how-smart-connected-products-are-transforming-competition
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Managing the internet of things.
HBR webinar, November 20th, 2014.
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Question # 7
What other websitesdo you use?
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http://www.fastcompany.com/3041655/most-innovative-companies-2015/the-worlds-top-10-most-innovative-companies-of-2015-in-latin-
With the monitoring and alerting system included with www.tambero.com you will know when your animals require dietary changes or produce below the expected level.
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Question # 8
What about delivering things using drones?
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Question # 9
What can we do to improve roads and
other infrastructure?
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The introduction of roads in 15 rural villages in Ethiopia increased consumption by households by about 16%, while lowering poverty about 7%.
http://www.ifpri.org/publication/impact-agricultural-extension-and-roads-poverty-and-consumption-growth-fifteen-ethiopianhttp://www.theverge.com/2015/2/18/8056163/bill-gates-gmo-farming-world-hunger-africa-poverty
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Further inspiration
http://www.farm2050.comhttps://hbr.org/2014/02/transforming-rural-india-through-agricultural-innovation
https://hbr.org/2013/04/using-the-crowd-as-an-innovation-partnerhttp://ponix.cohttp://sciencewatch.com/articles/food-shortages-and-food-price-fluctuations-are-things-pasthttp://www.stadtmilch.chhttp://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/invest-soil-sustain-lifehttp://youtu.be/P8mitOebMag