The Three Pillars of Modern Agriculture
Innovation
With innovation in new products and practices, modern agriculture will sustain our current resources and protect for future demands.
New technologies, products and procedures will help farmers to meet the rising demands of a hungry world while reducing our environmental impact. Modern agriculture is the answer to a future of challenges by allowing us to meet our current food demands and to anticipate the needs to come.
Safety
With millions of lives at stake, producing safe food and protecting natural resources is the goal of modern agriculture.
The agriculture industry works closely with government agencies and other organizations to ensure that farmers have access to the technologies required to support modern and safe agriculture practices. Today’s farmers are supported by education and certification programs that ensure they apply modern agriculture practices and that all inputs are used with care and only when required.
Sustainability
Modern agriculture enables farmers to meet the three goals of sustainability: conserve and protect natural resources; meet the food and fuel needs of a growing population; and be financially viable for both growers and consumers.
Constant innovation is necessary to provide farmers with the tools and resources needed to reduce their environmental footprint and to make farming more sustainable.
New technologies have given rise to innovations like conservation tillage, a farming process which helps prevent land loss to erosion, water pollution and enhances carbon sequestration.
The World Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others have noted that integrated crop management is based on agro-ecological principles and can increase yields while reducing environmental damage. Productivity and sustainability are both possible with modern agricultural practices.
