Agriculture in Germany and around the world is undergoing a digital revolution. The sector has been reorganizing itself for several years in order to meet the challenge of more efficient, sustainable farming while maintaining the same high quality of products. Digital tools and methods are helping farmers to fundamentally redesign processes such as harvesting or livestock farming, as well as the organization of farms and the marketing of products.
The article High-tech in the field: Digital transformation in agriculture (PDF) uses examples from the fields of smart farming and precision farming to illustrate the solutions and potential that digital change offers for agriculture. Automation, new sales opportunities and the use of weather and geodata are already noticeably changing production and work in the fields, pastures and stables.
In the future, the application of artificial intelligence, in combination with powerful sensor technology and the use of big data, will play an increasingly important role in the transformation towards digital agriculture. The aim is to produce sufficient quantities of healthy food in an environmentally friendly and climate-resilient way. This article also looks at funding opportunities for agricultural businesses and the use of new technologies in the sector.
The specialist dossiers of aconium GmbH are published in loose succession and deal with the effects and potential of digitalization.
Photo: A farmer navigates a drone via tablet.
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