Growing lettuce in the desert using environmentally friendly methods? Yes, it’s possible. Looking ahead, it’s important to start developing new concepts for agriculture. By 2050, 10 billion people are expected to live on our planet, and they’ll all want to be fed. But new agricultural land is becoming scarce, and more and more farmers are struggling with water shortages. (more…)
April 14, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Lisbon, Portugal – Ceres Imaging, a data analytics company that builds precision agriculture solutions to reduce risk and improve sustainability outcomes, is announcing its expansion into Portugal and Spain.
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March 14, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Lausanne, Switzerland and Singapore – Astrocast, a global nanosatellite IoT network operator, and Avirtech, a provider of plantation control systems that monitor site conditions to reduce operational costs and increase yields, announce a smart farming partnership. Astrocast is providing Avirtech with Satellite IoT (SatIoT) connectivity solutions for its BIOTA intelligent farm control system. This includes integrating its technology into Avirtech’s Avirlink – this enables plantation owners to make legacy sensors smart by recording and controlling information remotely over long distances. (more…)
December 7, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Linz, Austria – Huawei and Dronetech, Austria’s drone service provider, announced applications resulting from their collaboration in 5G smart farming. (more…)
October 10, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Guangzhou, China. 27 Dec 2021 – On 22 December, XAG Annual Conference 2021 was held in Guangzhou, China with the theme “Step into Agrifuture”, which launched a series of agricultural innovations to empower farmers with more sophisticated autonomous solutions. Five new products, including the XAG P50 and P100 Agricultural Drone, XAG M500 and M2000 Remote Sensing Drone, and the updated XAG R150 Unmanned Ground Vehicle, are released in China and will be available for global sales in 2022. (more…)
December 28, 2021
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total value of the Agtech market (Agricultural Technology) will reach $22.5 billion (€18.95 billion)by 2025; rising from $9 billion (€7.58 billion) in 2020. This represents an average annual growth rate of 150% over the next five years. (more…)
November 23, 2020
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
Downtime due to information technology glitches is a perennial problem. You can set your watch by their occurrence in the commercial aerospace industry alone, and they’re often a direct consequence of failures in legacy hardware and software. Here, George Walker, managing director of IT/OT management software specialist Novotek UK and Ireland, makes the case for proactively upgrading legacy systems. (more…)
February 28, 2020
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
Cambridge-based Iotic has secured investment of €7.5 million (UK£6.5 million) to accelerate growth and meet increasing demand for its pioneering digital twin technology. (more…)
November 28, 2019
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
Cyberus Labs has launched its IoT cybersecurity solution ELIoT Pro (Easy & Lightweight IoT Protector) simultaneously at both the IoT Solutions World Congress in Barcelona and the Cybersec Forum in Katowice, Poland. The solution is said by the company to be simple-to-use and ultra secure. (more…)
October 31, 2019
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
Smart agriculture is the science and art of improving farming with technology. Innovations in farming are by no means new – since the invention of the wheel and the plough, the industry has been adopting new tools and ways of working for centuries. (more…)
October 3, 2019
Posted by: Anasia D'mello