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Episode 10: Rooting for a farming future
How can we keep growing the food we need while getting the planet back in balance? That’s a question many of us are asking when we hear about nutrient runoff into fragile freshwater and marine ecosystems and the climate impact of greenhouse gas emissions from farmers’ fields.
In agricultural Denmark, the farmers have certainly been feeling the heat of public opinion over such issues.
In this episode, we talk to some of the leading scientists and technology providers who are working on the solutions.
Meet the experts
“The utilisation of the agrobiological system has been too crude so far. What we can hope to achieve is that we get a better understand of how the world is functioning and what is interacting with what. This is what precision agriculture is all about.”
Philipp Trénel, senior consultant, Danish Technological Institute (DTI)
“I started my PhD in plant nutrition and, among all nutrients, it was clear that nitrogen is the most interesting and important. One of the tasks is to find solutions for optimising the cultivation of plants, reducing any negative effects on the environment.”
Ivan Paponov, associate professor, Aarhus University
“Our overall goal is to create sustainable crop production in Denmark. Every year we conduct more than 1,000 field trials. The last 20 years, we’ve looked at how farmers can change their cultivation - to help them innovate and get better each year.”
Mette Langgaard, special consultant, Seges Innovation
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