Teagasc project to boost technology benefits

Teagasc has launched a project to identify key technologies with the potential to underpin agri-food competitiveness, sustainability and growth for the next 20 years.

“Teagasc has a responsibility to begin looking now at the many new technologies which are now beginning to impact on other sectors of the global economy,” said Teagasc director Prof Gerry Boyle.

“Advances in areas such as big data, 3D printing, artificial intelligence, robotics, nano-technology and biotechnology, among others, are already altering existing economic systems and business models.