Farmings reliance on new technology risks undermining food security

A Government push to make farming ever more reliant on technologies of control such as big data, AI, quantum computing and biotech risks undermining the UKs food security, a leading academic has warned.

Abi Kay
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Farmings reliance on new technology risks undermining food security

A Government push to make farming ever more reliant on ‘technologies of control' such as big data, Artificial Intelligence, quantum computing and biotech risks undermining the UK's food security, a leading...

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