Infrastructure

Sensors help monitor plant and fruit growth. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

Smart farming represents the application of modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into agriculture, leading to what can be called a ‘Third Green Revolution’, according to the smart farming thematic network, SmartAKIS

The regional partnerships will help uplift the core of the Climate Innovation Challenge, thereby impacting partnerships, applicability and scalability. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

Cropin, a global agri-ecosystem intelligence provider, has recently won the Climate Innovation Challenge (CIC) grant, a sub-component of the Program for Asia Resilience to Climate Change, a trust fund administered by the World Bank and funded by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

A ClearSky image showing crop growth and areas that need attention, via Origin Digital’s Contour platform. (Image source: Origin Digital)

Origin Digital, an agriculture technology company and Aspia Space, an advanced satellite imagery provider have announced ‘ClearSky’, a world-first service with an aim to revolutionise the way satellite imagery is used in precision agriculture by farmers around the world

The partnership aims to address sustainable agriculture, climate change, land management, and risk mitigation for drought and floods for small farmers in remote communities. (Image source: Farmer Charlie)

Kacific, a satellite operator providing high-speed broadband internet service for the South East Asia and Pacific Islands regions and Farmer Charlie, an enabler of connectivity, data and agribusiness to remote smallholder farmers globally, have partnered to grow agricultural output and support sustainable development across South East Asia and the Pacific