The book considers micro-data of innovations and agricultural changes in a long-term perspective from revisited farmers, together with national and global agricultural development for food sovereignty for all by 2050. Governments and transnational corporation will be key players in a revolutionary process towards future sustainable agriculture.
"Over centuries, agriculture has developed through technological steps illustrated by previous agricultural revolutions. This book describes and analyses agricultural changes since the mid-1960s in the context of innovation development and their adoption by re-visited resource-poor farmers in Ethiopia, Sweden and Trinidad and Tobago and overall development changes up to the early 2020s. This is a platform for a discussion of current issues for future global food security during globalization and free global trade. This has given economic growth in many countries but also environmental concerns and a rapid increase in transnational corporations (TNCs). Sustainable food production has been agreed as a priority: ecological footprints must be reduced and the book provides examples of possible technical changes. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is insufficient as political attention must also be given to declining biodiversity, the increasing global exploration of natural resources, demography, increased consumption, waste mountains and expanding migration and antibiotic resistance. This requires a gradual societal change based on biological fundamentals for sustainability, leading towards the next agricultural revolution. Agribusiness TNCs will challenge national governments and international donors in both research and development, increasing competition for leadership"--
