Question

Benefits and Consequences of Technology As Hite and Seitz (2016) discuss in Chapter 8: Technology, technological advancements and changes may affect how we can work to find solutions for the global threats discussed so far. Technological advances can and do affect development in positive and negative ways. Besides biotechnology, identify one technology that seems to have the greatest potential positive effect on food security. Discuss any potential negative uses of that technology. Do the benefits of these technologies outweigh the potential negative consequences they have on food security

Answer 1

Answer: Digital technology

Explanation:

Digital technology is a technology that helps show that devices can be more compact, faster, lighter, and more versatile and that information can be stored locally or remotely without minding the capacity and moved around instantaneously and conviniently . It has been a catalyst for efficiency of innovation this recent times.

Digital technology have been the basis for precision agriculture, geographic information system a technology that has helped agriculture to be more precise and apt.

Precision agriculture include the use of computerized system/Remote sensing to monitor a field or farm on the appropriate amount of a particular input that is needed and where exactly. It has been used for fertilizer application, herbicide application and it has reduce wastage to the minimum and efficiency is ensured in terms of output and this has helped food insecurity. The potential benefits of digital agriculture outweighs its disadvantage.