Approccio ecosistemico e dilemmi Malthusiani. Percorsi interpretativi sull’Agricoltura di Precisione in una prospettiva storica

Producing enough food for a growing population with sustainable methods is the main challenge of the agricultural development programs proposed by international institutions. After the ecological failure of traditional industrial agriculture, Precision Agriculture has many productive characteristics and the underlying systemic vision to respond in a new and effective way to the old but never fully resolved Malthusian problem. As demonstrated by its history and the theoretical perspectives to which it can be compared, Precision Agriculture enhances the ecosystem approach and recognizes the production limit in the environmental sphere. Technological tools such as GPS and drones does not represent only ambitious technological innovations, but they are part of a long-term vision that wants to make socioeconomic reproducibility the principle of productive processes