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FAO article on 'what is agricultural automation?'

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https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/1c329966-521a-4277-83d7-07283273b64b/content/sofa-2022/agricultural-automation-technological-evolution.html This article highlights the main points of my previous post by showcasing the potential for automation in the agricultural field and why its so important.  the article takes a more global perspective and discusses how we reached this point, what is automation, the challenges that automation poses in various aspects of life and the policies that can be taken to better integrate automation in a way that can address underlying issues like job security.

Automation in Agriculture

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 Agriculture.........what is it and its importance to Trinidad and Tobago? Agriculture, as defined in the oxford dictionary is, 't he science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of  crops  and the  rearing  of animals to provide food, wool, and other products'.  Locally farming can be seen in crop production, livestock production, aquaculture, hydroponics, agroforestry and more. it is diverse and has been apart of the history of Trinidad and Tobago for a very long time. This includes subsistence farming practices by the indigenous peoples to the shift to industrial/commercial agriculture, during the colonial occupation of the islands, to produce crops like sugar cane. After the independence of Trinidad and Tobago from colonial rule local agriculture still plays a vital part in food security for the consistently increasing local population. The food import bill measures around TT$6 billion dollars annually and efforts are being undertaken to