Protofarm 2050

Design Indaba commissioned a range of top designers to conceive the ways in which farming will adapt in the future.

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Design Indaba commissioned designers, Futurefarmers, 5.5 designers, Dunne&Raby, Revital Cohen and Frank Tjepkema, to conceive the ways in which farming will adapt in the future.

Based on the challenges already facing agriculture, and those predicted to arise by 2050, Protofarm 2050 proposes solutions that will allow for, "the sustainable cultivation of a renewable resource".