An international model estimates that smart-farming technologies are already profitable on 42% of global cropland and could pay off on 50% within 20 years.
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Shahrear Roman, Hadi Hadi, Wyclife Agumba Oluoch, David Zilberman, Robert Finger and David Wuepper* Smart farming innovations can reduce the use of fertilizers, plant protection products, fuel and water, but whether they are spreading depends on whether they are counting on the plants. In a new study in PNAS (Roman et al., 2026), we show for the first time globally and [...]