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Farm software, sensors, satellites, drones and AI, and the digital public infrastructure being built for agriculture.
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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Precision & digital, GlobalThe impact of technology on farm labor and employmentExplains how automation, robotics and digital tools are cutting manual farm work while creating jobs in data, engineering and robotics, and how training can support the shift.
- Precision & digital, GlobalThe future of food packaging and packaging technologyFood packaging is moving towards sustainable options, with smart packaging, barrier films, modified atmosphere packaging and biodegradable, edible and plant-based materials.
- Precision & digital, GlobalAutomated farmingAutomation, robotics and data-driven smart farming can cut costs, spot pests earlier and save water, but need costly investment, use more energy and reduce farm jobs.
- Precision & digital, GlobalPrecision agriculture and data-driven farmingPrecision agriculture uses GPS, remote sensing and data analytics to guide planting, fertilising and pest control, aiming to raise yields, cut input costs and improve soil health.
- Precision & digital, GlobalAgtech for smallholder farmersExplains the problems smallholder farmers face in reaching markets, inputs, finance and know-how, and how digital tools and agtech could help.
- Precision & digital, IndiaVodafone India Foundation has collaborated with Nokia to deploy a smart agriculture solutionVodafone Idea's CSR arm, Vodafone India Foundation, and Nokia are deploying an IoT-based smart agriculture service for 50,000 farmers in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
- Precision & digital, TelanganaNasscom launched ‘Innovation Factory’ to encourage AI in agricultureNasscom and the Telangana AI Mission have started an Innovation Factory contest inviting startups to apply AI to farm problems such as precision farming and price discovery.
- Precision & digital, India5 MoUs signed by agriculture ministry for digitalised agricultureThe agriculture ministry signed MoUs with Cisco, Ninjacart, Jio Platforms, ITC and NCDEX e-Markets for digital pilot projects, as it builds a federated farmers database.
- Precision & digital, GlobalSmart greenhouses and controlled environment agricultureSmart greenhouses use sensors, climate control and lighting to manage growing conditions year-round, but high costs, skills shortages and a lack of standards slow adoption.
- Precision & digital, United KingdomAeroponic vs hydroponic vs aquaponic: choosing the right soil-free system for UK commercial productionHydroponics is the cheapest soil-free system to set up, aeroponics uses the least water and aquaponics adds fish revenue but grows fewer greens, based on UK commercial installations.
- Precision & digital, United KingdomThe mainstream adoption of precision agriculture in UK farming: trends, barriers, and the competitive edgePrecision farming is spreading across UK farms, led by guidance systems and large arable operations in areas such as East Anglia, while cost, skills and rural connectivity hold back smaller farms.
- Precision & digital, IndiaNarendra Singh Tomar inaugurated virtual Agri-hackathon Atmanirbhar KrishiNarendra Singh Tomar has launched the two-month virtual Agri India Hackathon with IARI Pusa, offering Rs 1 lakh prizes and incubation support to 24 winning innovations.
- Precision & digital, IndiaIndian agriculture department to fly drones over 100 districts; DGCA grants permitThe DGCA has allowed the agriculture department to fly drones over 100 rice and wheat districts to estimate crop yields and speed up claim settlements under PMFBY.
- Precision & digital, IndiaTata-Cornell Institute builds hub for FPOs with $1 million grant from Walmart FoundationThe Tata-Cornell Institute has set up an FPO hub in New Delhi with $1 million from the Walmart Foundation, built around a database of over 4,400 farmer producer organisations.
- Precision & digital, GlobalWhat are the latest trends in agrotech in November 2022?Outlines agrotech trends including smart farming tools and platforms, AI and machine learning, the internet of things, blockchain and data analytics for farmers.
- Precision & digital, IndiaAccess to market info: a major factor for a flourishing agricultureExplains how timely market information strengthens farmers' hand with traders, and how literacy and language limit farmers' use of ICT, citing western Rajasthan.
- Precision & digital, GlobalThe role of artificial intelligence in agriculture, and how it is being used to improve crop yields and reduce costsExplains how AI is used in farming for precision input use, farm management, crop monitoring, soil analysis, yield prediction and livestock monitoring, and its limits.
- Precision & digital, GlobalAg-tech and the digital transformation of rural areasDiscusses how agtech could raise productivity and incomes in rural areas, the barriers of connectivity, cost, skills and data privacy, and what policymakers can do.
- Precision & digital, GlobalBest agrotech apps in 2022Agrotech uses robotics, sensors, data analytics and the internet of things to produce and store food with fewer inputs, and careers in it call for software and data skills.