The Ultimate Challenge: Integrated Tropical Agriculture
Channel: Forum do Futuro
Date: 13/08/2018

Since the 1970s, tropical agriculture has been developing in Brazil at a groundbreaking pace. Currently, Brazil is prepared to take a historic new leap with the evolution of sustainable and integrated production systems, from a Science, Technology and Innovation Platform.

Tropical Integrated Agriculture is the objective answer to one of the biggest challenges faced by humankind in the coming years: the combination between populational rise (from 7 to 9.7 billion people by 2050), the increase in income in populated areas around the world and longevity. How can this be done and at the same time expand the sustainability of the productive process and rational use of natural resources?