Agriculture Innovation: Tech Trends
By 2050, the demand for food will surge 70%, in line with rapid population growth. A UN study found that about 9.9% of the world’s population still goes hungry, so the thought of feeding almost 10 billion mouths is a daunting prospect. With environmental changes hard to predict, we must turn to innovation in agriculture technology.Thankfully, the signs so far offer hope. We don’t have to wait....
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Technologies In Precision Agriculture
Many media companies regularly rank their favorite or most important developments for the past year in various Top 10 lists because they provide a nice snapshot of what’s been taking place in a particular marketplace. And if there ever was an industry ripe for list making, it is precision agriculture. From the top 10 bold predictions, to the top 10 people, precision ag offers every thing you need to.....
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Agritech Solutions Can Drive Smart Development
Bangladesh has set a vision of sustainable, safe and profitable agriculture that is in line with smart development policy. However, agriculture has been struggling with on-farm productivity constraints with respect to 16.5 million small and scattered farm holdings. The average farm size is 0.60 hectares (ha), far below the world's smallholders....
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Smart Livestock Farming Through Technology
The government aims to promote the development of smart livestock farming in the country through the establishment of sustainable farms and the utilisation of technology to enhance production while maintaining the quality. Stakeholders have indicated that the development of smart livestock farming will require the implementation of various....
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iFarmer: The tech-enabled one-stop solution
Bangladesh is home to about 16.5 million farmers, constituting about 28% of the country's 170 million population. Agriculture alone contributes to 40% of the national employment, and citizens of all classes are dependent on naturally grown rice, wheat, jute and vegetables for daily sustenance. Most local farmers are smallholders...
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Technology is key to enabling Agriculture
The next phase of the revolution that, it is hoped, will transform agriculture worldwide will be driven by the power of technological innovation, according to new insights from GlobalData, the London, UK-based data analytics and consulting house. According to the Innovation Explorer database of GlobalData's Disruptor Intelligence Centre, key innovation....
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