A próxima revolução agrícola | Arvind Narayanan | TEDxRathinam Technical Campus

A próxima transformação da agricultura depende de conectar a tecnologia agrícola a capital, infraestrutura, agricultores e mercados. Nesta palestra do TEDxRathinam Technical Campus, Arvind Narayanan parte do seu trabalho na AgResearch Labs, um centro indiano de pesquisa e cultivo aeropônico, e na Growize Farms, uma fazenda aeropônica totalmente gerenciada. A palestra examina como a aeroponia e novas abordagens de infraestrutura agrícola podem ajudar a oferecer alimentos acessíveis sem esgotar o planeta.

• Por que escalar a tecnologia agrícola exige capital e infraestrutura
• Aeroponia e novas abordagens de infraestrutura agrícola
• Trabalho da AgResearch Labs e da Growize Farms na Índia

A farming breakthrough can change how we grow food—but what does it take to put it to work at scale? The talk explores why agriculture’s next transformation depends on connecting technology with capital, infrastructure, farmers and markets. Drawing on his work building AgResearch Labs (ARL) and Growize Farms, he examines how aeroponics and new approaches to agricultural infrastructure could help address the unfinished challenge of feeding people without exhausting the planet. Imagine if everyone, everywhere, could access clean & safe food affordably. That’s the dream I’ve been chasing for 14 years, and that's what gets me out of bed every morning. I’m one of the Founders of AgResearch Labs - India’s own aeroponic research and farming hub. And Growize Farms is where we’ve made it possible for anyone to participate in building India’s clean food grid by owning a piece of the fully managed aeroponic farm. A decade ago, I started asking how we could grow clean food that is affordable for everyone? That curiosity led to AgResearch Labs. And the question is most relevant today as we face climate change and soil exhaustion, which stresses our food security system. After years of learning and experimenting, it grew into Growize Farms, which solves these challenges. Every year, every acre of these farms feeds 70,000 people, saves 400 million litres of water, conserves 36 acres of land and cuts 70 tons of CO2. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx