The agriculture industry doesn't typically come to mind when thinking about sectors on the cutting edge. Yet it has been forging ahead through each industrial revolution, and today innovative farmers are starting to incorporate high-tech solutions to address the new challenges the industry is facing.
Automation and robotics, livestock technology, artificial intelligence, and precision agriculture are all opportunities to harness the power of future tech to bring farming into the 21st century.
Farmers face similar challenges regardless of the time period, including inflating operating costs and a shortage of laborers. This is compounded by the world population continuing to rise, increasing the demand on agriculture.
Now, in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Internet of Things (IoT) offers an opportunity for the agricultural industry to maximize efficiency while reducing costs, directly addressing the demands and challenges.
What Is Smart Agriculture?
Smart agriculture is the use of IoT in agriculture. IoT sensors collect environmental and machine metrics to inform decisions, monitor the state of crops, and optimize efficiency. For example, smart agriculture sensors can track how crops are doing and help farmers use fertilizers and pesticides judiciously.
Overall, the agricultural industry hasn't adopted IoT as quickly as other industries or consumers have, but the market is quite dynamic. The disruptions of the pandemic, including the shortage of workers and supply chain issues, have pushed more farmers to adopt and innovate.
According to reports, the global smart agriculture market size is expected to triple by 2025, reaching $15.3 billion, compared with around $5 billion in 2016.
The market is still developing, but currently IoT can improve agriculture by:
Continue reading: https://www.darkreading.com/the-cyber-future/reinventing-how-farming-equipment-is-remotely-controlled-and-tracked
Automation and robotics, livestock technology, artificial intelligence, and precision agriculture are all opportunities to harness the power of future tech to bring farming into the 21st century.
Farmers face similar challenges regardless of the time period, including inflating operating costs and a shortage of laborers. This is compounded by the world population continuing to rise, increasing the demand on agriculture.
Now, in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Internet of Things (IoT) offers an opportunity for the agricultural industry to maximize efficiency while reducing costs, directly addressing the demands and challenges.
What Is Smart Agriculture?
Smart agriculture is the use of IoT in agriculture. IoT sensors collect environmental and machine metrics to inform decisions, monitor the state of crops, and optimize efficiency. For example, smart agriculture sensors can track how crops are doing and help farmers use fertilizers and pesticides judiciously.
Overall, the agricultural industry hasn't adopted IoT as quickly as other industries or consumers have, but the market is quite dynamic. The disruptions of the pandemic, including the shortage of workers and supply chain issues, have pushed more farmers to adopt and innovate.
According to reports, the global smart agriculture market size is expected to triple by 2025, reaching $15.3 billion, compared with around $5 billion in 2016.
The market is still developing, but currently IoT can improve agriculture by:
Continue reading: https://www.darkreading.com/the-cyber-future/reinventing-how-farming-equipment-is-remotely-controlled-and-tracked
