Prof. Ashok Alur, spoke about innovations that are revolutionizing various aspects of agriculture. He called attention to innovative farming technologies and approaches such as Soil DNA testing, vertical farming, farm automation using drones, autonomous tractors, etc. Prof. Alur has a PhD in Agriculture with 20+ years of experience in Agriculture, Higher Education, International Cooperation, Natural Resources Management etc. He has held different positions in Swiss Agency for Development-Cooperation,International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics & Horticultural University & also served as Vice Chancellor of BESTIU(Andhra Pradesh).Presently he is the Director-Centre of Excellence for Farmer Producer Organizations. He is recipient of many prestigious awards including, Honors from ICRISAT for his contributions to reduce poverty,malnutrition,environmental-degradation;Honorary Recognition(FCRI-Thailand); Honorary-Credential(China); Honors from Government of Mozambique&Swaziland;SarvottamSeva-Award,ScienceCommunicators-Award and Independence Day Honour from Government of Karnataka. He has served as Honorary Expert for the Food Security Programs of Mozambique & Swaziland, Regional-Committee of UNDP-GEF; Israel Technology Committee etc This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx