Harnessing Digital Twinning for Sustainable Agriculture: Predictive Characterisation and Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives
The rapid growth of the human population presents significant challenges for global agricultural production, exacerbated by the impacts of climate change. To achieve the ambitious targets set by the UN Sustainable Development Goals and address the critical issue of global food insecurity, it is imperative to enhance food production. This necessitates the development of crops with higher yields, improved nutritional values, and enhanced resilience against diseases and changing environments. To this end, there exist untapped genetic resources within crop wild relatives which may prove pivotal in securing sufficient yields and resilience in current production systems.
