Innovative agricultural technologies and practices promote productivity and resilience
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2021-04-13
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Global Agricultural Productivity Initiative, Virginia Tech
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Agricultural productivity is not just essential for sustainably meeting the demands of a growing world. The technologies and practices that enable producers to produce more output with the same amount, or less inputs, can also be harnessed to cultivate resilience.
In addition to COVID-19, agricultural communities battle pandemic-scale pest and disease outbreaks every year. The health and productivity of people, livestock, and crops are all vulnerable, and resilience in the face of these threats has never been more important.
The stories below describe how the GAP Initiative’s Supporting Partners are working with communities around the world to improve their productivity and resilience.
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data, agricultural productivity, innovation, smallholder farmer, Bayer Crop Science, Corteva, John Deere, Smithfield Foods, livestock, crops, mechanization, animal feed, animal health