The University of Arizona

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

The Global Institute for Strategic Agriculture in Dry Lands (GISAD)

About Us

Strategic Agriculture is about making agriculture work for people.

It is about making agriculture connected and intelligent to achieve food security, job creation and resource sustainability.

Connected Agriculture is agricultural value chain directly linked to the following vital inputs:

  • Technology Innovation
  • Markets and Economics
  • Resource Sustainability
  • Governance and Policy
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Climate Change Adaptation

Intelligent Agriculture encompasses:

  • Smart-Sized Agriculture/Distributed Agriculture
  • Wired Agriculture
  • Big-Data Agriculture
  • Anytime-Anywhere Agriculture
Whether Agriculture succeeds or fails as a business depends on whether Agriculture is made connected and intelligent.
Food SECURITY
Job Creation
sustainability