Precision sustainable agriculture

Feeding 10 billion people by 2050 will require transformative changes to our food production systems. Increased use of sustainable agricultural practices, such as reduced-tillage, diversified crop rotations, planting cover crops are necessary to balance the needs of people and the environment. Sustainable agriculture demands precision tools to account for the genetic and environmental nuances in complex, adaptive, agricultural systems, while also responding to the complex social, technological, and economic contexts of farming. Learn more about Precision Sustainable Agriculture here.

The Agroecology Lab is collaborating on nation-wide project funded by the United States Department of Agriculture to increase the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices by developing decision support tools, real-time on-farm monitoring systems, and flexible remote sensing technologies.

Dr. Tully is part of the education team, which is developing a collaborative, multi-state course, Cover crops in agroecosystems, which has been taught since 2021.