There is an increasing recognition of the potential importance of urban agriculture. By 2050 69% of the world population will be living in urban areas, 86% in the developed world. This will create pressures on essentials like energy, food and water. Using Google’s Earth Engine software, as well as population, meteorological, and other datasets, researchers …
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Post harvest improvement is a major opportunity for developing and emerging countries. Through the use of digital systems the farmers can gain greater reward for growing higher value crops, in turn increasing their ability to invest in more sophisticated, competitive improvements and thus reach further into export and affluent marketplaces. As soon as produce is harvested …
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Industry 4.0 technologies have led to a paradigm shift in agricultural efficiency. Applications of the Internet of Things and connected devices on farms and across supply chains allow the collection of exponential amounts of data and enable meaningful analysis for productivity enhancement in agriculture. Precision agriculture encompasses such technological advances. It is broadly defined as …
