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Report Highlights Science Breakthroughs to Advance Food & Ag Research by 2030

Jul 19, 2018

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine concludes that stresses on the U.S. food and agricultural enterprise will not be resolved if business as usual prevails.  Innovation is needed to make the U.S. food and agricultural system more efficient, resilient, and sustainable.  The American Soybean Association (ASA) helped fund the study. Using input from the broad scientific community, the report identifies five scientific breakthrough areas that could have the greatest positive impact on food and agriculture:

  1. Transdisciplinary Research and Systems Approach
  2. Sensing Technologies
  3. Data Science and Agri-Food Informatics
  4. Genomics and Precision Breeding
  5. Microbiome

The report also recommends investing in physical and cyber infrastructures, engaging non-agricultural professionals, and recruiting talented individuals into food and agriculture research.

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