Hydroponic— The Future of Farming

The future of farming and conservation.

THE RESEARCH ARTICLE BY R. E. GREEN ETAL. “Farming and the fate of wild nature” (28 Jan., p. 550) adds to the already burgeoning literature on agroecosystems and conservation. The authors are to be commended for their attempt to develop a model that could be of use in decision-making about agricultural development and wildlife conservation. Unfortunately, this work contains some critical errors...

Genome Editing and the Future of Farming

Modern animal breeding strategies based on population genetics, molecular tools, artificial insemination, embryo transfer and related technologies have contributed to significant increases in the performance of domestic animals, and are the basis for a regular supply of high quality animal-derived food at acceptable prices. However, the current strategy of markerassisted selection and breeding ...

The future of farming: pig cities

A focus on the future of intensive sheep farming

Some of the problems for the New Zealand sheep industry over the next decade are outlined, as are the changes necessary to overcome them. The future for the next generation of intensive sheep farmers should be promising if they can co-operate to realise the potential of genetics for flock improvement, be adaptable, overcome the problems of drench resistance and chemical and drug residues, incre...

Tephrosia vogelii: a pesticide of the future for African farming

Global population is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, increasing pressure on food production (Godfray et al., 2010). Constraintson crop production areparticularly acute in Africa where population growth is greatest and where 80% of all food is produced by small holder farmers on farm sizes of less than one hectare (Stevenson and Belmain, 2016). Crop losses caused by pests and diseases are t...