Amid the looming sustainability challenges of our time is how the world will feed 2.5 billion more people in a few decades — even as rising sea levels and warmer temperatures take away some arable land. Farm productivity will need to increase and food waste decrease if 9 billion people are to have enough food to survive. And those productivity gains will be most needed in developing nations in Africa, southern Asia and Latin America…
Big Data may help deliver more food for a growing population
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