Emerging Technological Frameworks for the Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Management

The global human population is constantly increasing whereas the agricultural land resources are declining for reasons of urban settlements and industrial growth. This has certainly strained the agricultural sector for increased annual yields, especially under the changing climate. To accomplish the rising demand of consumers’ for food, feed and fiber, up to 70% upsurge in the crop production is farsighted by 2050. For this purpose, the accessible resources of the modern agriculture have been harnessed mainly through conventional genetics approaches in the past decades. Presently, the advent of state-of-the-art biotechnologies is addressing such field challenges for continuous ‘agricultural success’. Here, we deliberate about the resourceful agricultural practices by the durable alliance of i) molecular breeding, genetic-engineering (GE) and gene-editing technologies for increased crop yields and decreased biotic/abiotic stress-mediated agricultural losses, and ii) environment resilience including solutions to make all aspects of our lives sustainable. We also provide an overview of the ecological affability of engineered crop events worldwide; and also the deployment of biotechnology methodologies to address challenges in the sustainability of renewable resources including biomass to biofuel, and bioremediation processes. Further, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)-empowered solutions to crop challenges is revolutionizing the prevailing agri-resources and providing a roadmap to the next-generation crop management and environment resilience. In order to enhance the agricultural production under continuously changing climate, and to achieve the environmental sustainability goals, various technological field-innovations have been discussed, and research gaps are identified for future research developments.