Agriculture is facing many challenges.

Conventional farming practices are degrading soil health, releasing carbon from the soil, increasing erosion, polluting water sources, polluting the air and polluting natural ecosystems.

It is estimated that food production and other types of land use are responsible for 25-40% of global greenhouse gas emissions, including emissions from processing, transporting, storing, cooling, and disposing of food.

However, digital technologies, including sensors on farming equipment and plants, drones, robots, land imaging, remote sensing, advanced irrigation systems, distributed ledger technology, artificial intelligence and data analytics are being used to address some of the challenges in agriculture and improve global food security.