Feeding the world: MEPs survey development issues and technological options

Feature published by the European Parliament's newsroom, following the adoption of several reports by the plenary in June 2016 regarding agricultural technology.

MEPs highlighted the need to invest in this sort of technology in the framework of an increasing demand for food, while still reducing agriculture's ecological impact.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Commission: Precision farming will increase EU productivity http://www.europeansources.info/record/commission-precision-farming-will-increase-eu-productivity/

ESO: Background information: Innovation in EU agriculture http://www.europeansources.info/record/innovation-in-eu-agriculture-2/

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