The food industry needs a revolution to feed a growing population, and new generations of graduates are required.Agricultural evolution first occurred 10,000 years ago when plants were selected and grown as crops, and animals were domesticated. Further revolution of our food industry – from mechanisation in the early 18th century right through to genetic selection today – has been driven by technological innovation and the dissemination of knowledge.
Yet another revolution will be required to increase by 70% in the next 40 years to feed a growing world population. It will have to do so with the same agricultural footprint, and without depleting our natural resources or destroying our environment.
e the growth, disease control and precision engineering necessary in our future food industry. Food production will have to
It will be a revolution of discovery, and it will require collaboration between all the elements of a food industry – which has itself evolved through searingly competitive practice. Universities, research institutes and industry will need to harness their combined intellect to make the substantive advances necessary to keep feeding our people.
New generations of graduates should leave university with the intellectual capacity to use technology in imaginative, productive and profitable ways. They should have the flexibility to embrace the unknown.
Why wait? Apply for an agro-based degree today!
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