08/03/2024
Agriculture 4.0 trajectory: Most of us are swinging in Agtech and Food tech but we are not knowledgeable about what happened behind the scenes.
Agriculture 4.0 was introduced in 2018 and was described as the next way of feeding the entire world effectively while going easy on the environment.
Therefore, we can Agriculture 4.0 as the use of Things (IoT), Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics to extend, speed up, and increase the efficiency of activities that affect the entire production chain.
Adopting 4.0 solutions in agriculture means:
Avoiding unnecessary waste by calculating the exact water requirements of the crop or detecting in advance the onset of certain plant diseases or pests
Having greater control over cost and being able to plan all stages of cultivation, sowing and harvesting with a great deal of precision, saving both time and money
Improving the traceability of the supply chain can result in a short supply chain that is capable of producing high quality food in a sustainable manner with little margin for error.