Advancement of Modern Agriculture & Farming with Environmental Biology and Biotechnology

The advancement of modern agriculture and farming through the adoption of novel microbiological, veterinary parasitological, agricultural genetic engineering, and other techniques, although effective, come at a cost. This is because tinkering with nature is not something that nature likes and very often comes with its own set of consequences. In fact, nature conservationists and other green-ecosystem proponents have for a long time protested against the adoption of such techniques to resolve the agricultural problems that the entire globe is facing.

The only way to appease both – those from the agriculture sector (who want to be able to earn a decent living by pursuing farming and not have to sustain any loss of livelihood due to the destruction of their crops and harvests) and a large section of the global populace (who are aware of the problem that the world will face as a result of the drastic drop in food production levels all across the planet), as well as, the nature conservationists and green-ecosystem proponents (who are against genetically modifying plant species to make them disease resistant, drought-resistant, and so forth), is to adopt sensible environmental biology practices and make clever use of advancements in biotechnology to address common challenges faced by farmers and agriculturists, today.

The best way to go about gaining more knowledge about these environmental biology and biotechnology trends in modern agriculture is to partake in a high-level biotechnology paper summit conference 2024, where you will gain numerous opportunities not just to learn more and educate yourself on the latest research studies, discoveries and innovations, but also to pursue the Scopus indexed journal publication of your own research work.

Transforming Crop Health, Yield & Disease-Resistance through Genetics in Agricultural Sciences

The most prevalent topic of discussion in agricultural and farming circles and communities all over the planet has to do with the discovery and invention of more disease, drought, and pest-resistant varieties of crops, vegetables, herbs, and fruit trees. The reason why the global agricultural and farming communities are focusing on these topics is because of the fact that the combined effects of climate change and global warming have proven to be detrimental to the state of agriculture as well as food production across all continents. Food production levels are decreasing all over the planet drastically, making the prices for vegetables, fruits, grains (such as rice, millet, barley, etc), wheat, corn, and other produce, increase considerably.

While most people put this down to inflation and the dire states of the local economies, very few are aware of the actual reason – the decrease in food production levels. This decrease in food production is not something that has been voluntary. On the contrary, it is something that has been forced on farmers and agriculturists all over the planet, by way of climate change and global warming. When thinking of global warming, they think about the rise in temperatures. However, the effects of global warming are much more than that. They also entail –

1. increased pestilence,
2. extensive crop damage through widespread disease,
3. the detrimental effects of droughts and flooding (owing to the erratic weather patterns),
4. Lower yields with reduced shelf-lives (making the product less attractive and enticing).

All these factors contribute tremendously to the modern-day farmer’s woes. This is why, genetically engineered plant species, by way of combining disease-resistant species having lower yields with higher-yielding varieties that are prone to diseases, is the best way to overcoming these contemporary agricultural problems and amplifying the food production levels to where they are meant to be, so that the global populace may be continuously stocked with an abundance of food and not have to worry about dwindling production levels.