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Coversation between a scientist and a farmer
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- Farmer:Abdul RahmanScientist:Dr . KhanAbdul Rahman:good morning Dr Khan I am glad to have this opportunity to discuss the challenges B farmers face in increasing crop production with the growing population it's becoming increasingly difficult to meet the food demands . Dr Khan:good morning to I completely understand your concerns the world's population is projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2015 putting a huge train on our food systems what's specific challenges do you face in your farming practices ?Abdul Rahman:one of the major challenges in is water scarcity we rely heavily on rainfall and irrigation systems but which changing weather patterns its becoming increasing the difficult to manage water resources additionally soil degradation and best management and or also significant concerns. Dr Khan:those are indeed critical issues Technology can play a vital role in addressing these challenges for instants Precision agriculture can help optimise water usage and reduce waste we can use drawn then satellite imaging to monitor soil health directly sands of fest and diseases and apply targeted interventionAbdul Rahman:that sound promising . but how can we as small scale farmers SS and afford such Technology ?we often lag the resources and expertised to implement these solutions . Dr. Khan:that's a valid concerned . to address this Where working on developing affordable and user friendly technology is that can be easily integrated into existing farming practices for example mobile apps can provide farmers with real time information on weather soil confidence conditions and market price we also Explorer public private partnership to make the technology is more accessible to small scale farmers . Abdul Rahman:I am glad
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- Scientist:KaghanFarmer:Asif
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