There are some niche applications where innovative greenhouse technology, AI and similar tech can contribute to better agriculture. But this "tech think" compl

There are some niche applications where innovative greenhouse technology, AI and similar tech can contribute to better agriculture. But this "tech think" completely misses the point, when it comes to Agriculture. We already have all the technology we need to convert Agriculture from a major emitter to a CO2-dump. We could dramatically increase current and future arable land by using known sustainable farming techniques without loosing or even while enhancing productivity per hectare. Especially the idea that we need ultra-productive greenhouses in urban settings is plainly speaking stupid and ignores basic economics. Land is actually quite plentiful, even directly adjacent to major agglomerations and (with the right tools and techniques) can be highly productive without capital intensive tech projects. Innovation is needed much more in terms of giving producers the right incentives to farm sustainably – at the moment much of government subsidies and trade incentives has a directly opposite effect. Of course it would be nice, if a farmer could use a $2,000 drone to weed their fields pesticide free by employing AI, etc. But the real holy grail would be to get a farmer to use known techniques to drastically reduce fertilizer and pesticide use while increasing the diversity of crops and the carbon content of his soil.