From June 1–3, the 21st Forum Istanbul Conference took place under the main theme “Towards 2023, Horizon 2050.” On the second day, the 4th session titled “Agriculture 5.0: The Future of Agri-Food Technologies” was held.
In this session, our founder Tülin Akın participated as a guest speaker alongside:
- Stuart Oda, Future Designer & Agriculture-Focused Investor at Alesca Life
- Prof. Dr. Mehmet Emin Çalışkan, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture Sciences and Technology at Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University
- Nafiz Karadere, Chairperson of WWF Turkey
- Yusuf Kıraç, Deputy General Manager of Technology at Türk Telekom
- Moderator: Vahap Munyar, General Coordinator at Dünya Newspaper
The session covered critical topics on how agricultural and food technologies are driving transformation. Key discussions included:
- How Agriculture 5.0 can reduce costs and increase productivity.
- Strategies to meet the record-level food demand required to feed a global population projected to reach 10 billion by 2050 through new technologies.
- Transformations in the agricultural supply chain enabled by big data and blockchain technologies.
- Smart water management policies, considering that 70% of the world’s freshwater resources are used in agriculture.
- Providing farmers with technical infrastructure and education.
- Establishing standards and regulations for e-agriculture applications.
- Expanding infrastructure investments in cooperation with mobile operators.
- Implementing smart agriculture as a state policy and scaling its systems.
- Incentivizing the development of agricultural machinery, equipment, and domestic software compatible with 5G networks through public-private collaboration.
- Technical innovations for alternative protein sources.
The session offered a comprehensive roadmap for aligning technology, policy, and innovation to secure sustainable and productive agriculture for the future.