The digital installation of the Global Farm of the Future 2030 represents an evolution of the Global Farm of the Future 2.0 of the exhibition pavilion that represented the World Association of Agronomic Engineers in the Universal Exposition of 2015 at Milan EXPO2015, an important experience where more than (?) 530.000 visitors could appreciate for 6 months the exhibition and communication event of the pavilion of The Global Farm of the Future 2.0.
For many years the universal theme of the sustainability of agricultural and livestock production, with their healthiness, their quality, excess or scarcity, the transformation of the identity of the territories, interaction with natural biotic and abiotic elements e, Lastly, meteorological phenomena close to potential climate change is at the center of the international professional and cultural debate of the men and women who populate this planet. With Agenda 2030 approved on 25 September 2015, one week after the conclusion of the VI World Congress of Agronomic Engineers in Milan, objectives have been set to be achieved by 2030. The WAAFORAGENDA2030 Action Plan designed and promoted by the President of the World Association and implemented by the "Agronomists World Academy Foundation, has the objective of contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the agenda 2030 as described in the action plan, available on this site. The Global Farm of the Future 2030 digital is a dissemination tool on the issues of sustainability of agricultural production, zootechnics and forest management in light of the new challenges and experiences of the history of agronomy. Without history and science, we cannot look to the future.
Planet Earth is represented to us, in general, through its components, its natural phenomena, its cities , its agricultural productions, zootechnical or forestry. However, we are represented only by agricultural productions, zootechnical or forestry are organized into companies, in Farms, production units that delimit the land and define the relative behaviors in the management of the soils and in the management of natural resources. The Global Farm represents the unit of measurement for evaluating the well-being of the Planet where the different environmental and production components are measured. The method innovation is to consider the territory of the planet as a large puzzle made up of farms, production units, environmental and social, whose efficiency we evaluate through the actions and behaviors implemented within them.
A second aspect to consider is constituted by the flows of raw materials and finished materials globally and the distribution of food to final consumers., in the cities. In the era of globalization, the flow of goods is a condition of development, but with a view to environmental sustainability and environmental impact assessment, such flow systems show strong discrepancies, they are not in balance, that is, there is no compensation for income and expenses, both in terms of energy, of land consumption and management, of Co2, water, some waste, of the workforce. Indeed, there are strong CO2 productions, very high energy consumption, limitation of fertility, excesses of non-degradable waste production and strong alterations of both natural and agro-zootechnical ecosystems. The scientific-professional reflection that we want to represent is to consider the Planet as a Big Farm (Global Farm) composed of the different Typical Farms of each country where the impacts of current production models are examined with respect to the main system indicators that allow monitoring the status and future of food production. From this basic situation, through the Sustainability Campus we will carry out a series of direct and indirect projects that will build a network where best practices will contribute to the achievement of the Agenda objectives 2030, but even more to the sustainability of agricultural production models.
The models and / or methods applied and their interaction with the conservation or safeguarding of resources will be developed for each Focus area, of the territory or adaptability to changes. The theme of innovation and integration between planning will be developed, design and research with the production and consumption of food. For each reference topic, the indicators useful for defining the "Charter of the Global Sustainable Farm 2030" will be selected, functional to the verification of the impact of new production models in the global system.
The units of measurement for the production compatibility assessment are grouped into the six Focus Areas:
- Climate change and production area
- Nutrition and food waste
- Biodiversity and genetic improvement
- Sustainability and Productivity
- Local development and identity
- Design culture and social responsibility
The path develops around the "Ape" Farm Lab, unit of measure par excellence of the Wellbeing of the Planet, where the visitor can follow, to read, listen and participate in moments of discussion and reflection on the Future of the Planet.
The Bee symbolically represents the life tool of the Farm, and it is there that the culture and social responsibility of professionals and researchers who deal with food production and sustainability of the planet will be represented. The future depends on us.