Smart Cities

4 Sustainable FoodThe Role of Digital Agritechnology

DOI: 10.1201/9781003272199-6

Toby Mottram

Contents

Acronyms

4.1 Introduction: Digital Agritechnology

4.1.1 First Agricultural Revolution

4.1.2 Second Agricultural Revolution (1914–1980s)

4.1.3 Third Agricultural Revolution (1920s–ongoing)

4.1.4 Fourth Agricultural Revolution (1980s Onward)

4.2 Business Model of Conventional Farming

4.2.1 Inputs to Farming

4.2.2 Why Do Governments Subsidize Farming?

4.3 Food Insecurity

4.4 Environmental Management

4.4.1 Rethinking the Concept of a Farm

4.4.2 Human Food Needs

4.5 Role of Animals in Sustainable Agriculture

4.6 Digital Agritechnology

4.6.1 Vertical Farming

4.6.2 Social Attitudes to Growing Food

4.6.3 Controlling the Mineral Cycles in the Anthropocene ...