Sustainable Transformation of Land-Based Economic Development in the Era of Digital Revolution

Chun Sheng Goh; Amanda Ahl; Wing Thye Woo

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.05.010

Sustainable Transformation of Land-Based Economic Development in the Era of Digital Revolution

Trends Biotechnol. 2021 Jan;39(1):1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.05.010. Epub 2020 Jun 13.

Authors

Chun Sheng Goh¹, Amanda Ahl², Wing Thye Woo³

Affiliations

¹ Harvard University Asia Center, Cambridge, MA, USA; Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. Electronic address: chunshenggoh@fas.harvard.edu.
² Department of Innovation Science, School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; Department of Economics, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.

PMID: 32546309
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.05.010

Abstract

Biotechnology will play a key role in transforming current land-use systems alongside the digital revolution by using five strategies: enhancing productivity at the farm or plantation level, replenishing degraded land, enabling landscape management for resilience, upgrading and diversifying downstream activities, and creating new value propositions.

Keywords: biotechnology; digital revolution; land-use; sustainability; sustainable development goals.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Agriculture / economics
Conservation of Natural Resources / economics
Conservation of Natural Resources / trends
Digital Technology / economics
Digital Technology / trends
Economic Development*
Sustainable Development / economics