A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE WITH AGRICULTURE 4.0

Abstract

Rapid increase in world population has been observed in recent years. This increase brings the nutritional problem, which is the most important building block for the maintenance of humanlife, and it is imperative to find a sustainable solution to the problem. The world population, which is 7.7 billion, is estimated to reach 9.7 billion people in 2050, and it is thought that agricultural production should be increased by 70% in order to meet the nutritional needs. The solution to find out how to achieve this agricultural production increase and how it will be permanent in the changing climate conditions today will also reduce the nutritional problem. Traditional farming methods are no longer enough. In some countries, practices are given to increase efficiency and reduce costs with Agricultural 4.0 systems. This practice refers to the digitalization of the agricultural sector. For this reason, it will be possible with the process such as less water, fertilizer, fuel used in production and at the same time to obtain more of the product resulting from production. In this study, the necessity of our country to adopt Agriculture 4.0 practices in order to achieve more efficient, more environmentally friendly, sustainable growth, smart growth based on knowledge, innovation and technology in the agricultural sector was mentioned. At the same time the agricultural sector and that a significant position in terms of exports of agricultural products Netherlands, Taiwan, Israel, Japan, the United States and examined the UK's smart farming practices and experiences in analyzing the overall situation of Turkey is made.