DEPLOYMENT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURE (A CASE STUDY OF ADAMAWA STATE)

Abstract

ABSTRACT The· concept of sustainable development brings bear on the present generation the burden of the survival of figure generation while meeting the needs of the present. The question is how prepared are we to reconcile the imperatives of environmental conservation with that of food production in Nigeria? There is no doubt that histor owe oil larges responsibility _ for the restoration of agro-based pre-oil economics of the 1960s. Climate change and he depletion of natural resources posed challenged to science and technology. New technologies are emerging that substitutes natural resources with synthetics, provide various means of communication and hold promise for the sustainability of human development. This thesis examine the level of adoption of emerging technologies in the sustainability of agriculture, assess the reasons for stagnation in the sector and profer solution to problems of the conservation of agricultural and environment resources. However the success of conservation strategies is in the creation of an interdisciplinary professional society committed to the maintenance of environmental integrity in addition to the creation of environmental policies that are people oriented, consistent lementary