BROWSING: agriculture
IoT helps Italy’s farms recover from drought with precision agriculture
A problem with corn production, and a precision agriculture solution
Italy is one of the top maize grain producers in the European Union alongside France, Germany, Hungary and Spain, producing 7,069,000 tons of corn in an area of 700,000 hectares in 2015, according to EuroStat crop statistics. According...
Increasing banana production with precision agriculture in Colombia
Agriculture is evolving
Smart farming and precision agriculture have become important parts of modern agricultural practices. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), by 2050, food production may increase 70% to feed 9.6 billion people. Food and agricultural companies are...
Increasing banana production with precision agriculture in Colombia
Agriculture is evolving
Smart farming and precision agriculture have become important parts of modern agricultural practices. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), by 2050, food production may increase 70% to feed 9.6 billion people. Food and agricultural companies are...
Use cases: The many IoT applications of drones
Drones are a capitivating IoT example
According to a report from retail research firm NPD Group, sales of drones have more than tripled over the last year, reaching around $200 million. The increasing interest in using these aerial devices is one of the best illustrations of how...
How big data can save our depleting water supply
The projected status of the world's water supply and quality in the next decade looks bleak: widespread shortages, difficulties growing food for a booming global population and billions exposed to diseases caused by poor sanitation. These anticipated outcomes result from the combination of wasted freshwater...
Rural farms connect to harness precision agriculture
"Connecting" rural farming to accommodate a booming global population
Connected and precision agriculture, which heavily revolves around providing low-income rural farming areas with mobile networks for access to the internet, is becoming a necessity for the stability of those areas, as well as to accommodate...
OnFarm teams with ThingWorx to optimize precision agriculture
There are a number of variables that can impact a farmer’s yield, from variations in temperature to soil composition. IoT deployments allow all of these aspects to be outfitted with sensors that send relevant information to a farmer's PC or tablet. However, all varying data...