Food Security and Precision Agriculture.

Precision Agriculture has witnessed unprecedented growth in the last decade, especially in the developed countries such as the United States, Europe and others. While the rest of the world has been relatively slow in embracing precision agricultural practices, the change is coming.  From Australia to Zimbabwe, precision agriculture is growing across the globe. With increasing global population and limited or decreasing arable land available for crop production the question arises “will we be able to overcome future challenges such as “Food Security” and “Climate Change” and seize them as opportunities?” What role can Precision Agriculture play towards agricultural productivity, resource management and associated livelihood and food security? Could precision agriculture be part of the solution in addressing this grand challenge of “Food Security” of our times?