The Innovation Revolution in Agriculture A Roadmap to Value Creation
This open access book is an important reframing of the role of innovation in agriculture. Dr. Campos and his distinguished coauthors address the need for agriculture to feed a growing global population with a reduced environmental footprint while adapting
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The Innovation Revolution in Agriculture A Roadmap to Value Creation
The Innovation Revolution in Agriculture
Hugo Campos Editor
The Innovation Revolution in Agriculture A Roadmap to Value Creation
Editor Hugo Campos International Potato Center Lima, Peru
ISBN 978-3-030-50990-3 ISBN 978-3-030-50991-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50991-0 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021 . This book is an open access publication. Open Access This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this book are included in the book’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the book's Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
Innovation is the source of progress. Without it, livelihoods contract and prosperity declines. In medicine, innovation leads to disease prevention and cures. In the farming and food sectors, innovation increases production, improves post-harvest handling, as well as reduces the environmental footprint to deliver greater value to consumers. Innovation in these sectors is needed more than ever. More than 800 million people are chronically undernourished worldwide, while two billion suffer from micronutrient deficiencies. Water, land and forests are under increasing pressure with changing weather and climate patterns negatively impacting agriculture. Many of the world’s poor live in rural areas and depend on farming and natural resources for employment and livelihoods. Innovation is needed, but what constitutes innovation in this field
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