INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - The world stands at a critical crossroads in the battle against hunger, with climate change, population growth, and resource
scarcity threatening global food security.In this complex challenge, an unlikely hero has emerged from the digital revolution: data science
Across continents, from sprawling industrial farms to small family plots, a quiet transformation is taking root as farmers harness the power
satellites orbiting overhead capture detailed images of crop health, creating a living digital map of our planet's agricultural
decade ago, predicting pest outbreaks before they happen, calculating the exact moment when crops will reach peak ripeness, and even
of Africa, where mobile apps deliver personalized farming advice to smartphones, helping subsistence farmers protect their livelihoods
move food from fields to tables, reducing the heartbreaking waste that sees nearly a third of global food production never reach hungry
Yet for all its promise, this technological revolution faces sobering realities; the digital divide leaves many smallholder farmers behind,
democratize these tools and policymakers grapple with questions of data ownership and equity, one truth becomes clear: while data science
alone won't solve world hunger, it may provide the smartest tools humanity has ever had to cultivate a more food-secure future for all.
This article first appeared/also appeared in Tehran Times
