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Canada’s agri-food sector needs to accelerate adoption of innovative technologies
Mark LoweyJune 19, 2024
Canada’s agri-food sector must step up its use of advanced technologies to achieve the expected 68-per-cent increase in global food production needed by 2050, experts told Alberta Innovates’ Inventures.
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