The need for a second agricultural revolution

In this TED-Ed video, food system scientist Brent Loken discusses the innovative ways that countries are revolutionising farming, to ensure humanity can be fed in an environmentally-sustainable way.

About 10,000 years ago, humans took up farming, resulting in an agricultural revolution that ultimately enabled the existence of civilisation. In fact, today, nearly 40 per cent of our planet is farmland.

Spread all over the world, land set aside for farming represents pieces to an immensely important global puzzle: in the future, how can we feed every member of a growing population a healthy diet?

The answer may lie in a second agricultural revolution.

View the original video here.

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