FAO article on 'what is agricultural automation?'

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.

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