With an abundance of produce and meat in our markets, Americans may
consider a cheap, reliable food supply to be a challenge only for
developing countries. But a changing climate and booming population will
stretch the resources of even the most tech-savvy nations. In the U.S.,
extreme Western droughts
and Midwestern floods test the resilience of our agricultural systems.
Engineers have long provided ways to raise agricultural production and
efficiency, harkening back to the plow and irrigation systems. They
continue that work today. The potential payoff: a high-tech harvest of
new tools and understanding of increasingly complex agricultural
systems.
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