Digitisation in Agriculture Providing 'Smart Farming' with Greater Precision

Agriculture is set to become'smarter' with digitisation and new technologies such as facial recognition for animals promising to provide the sector with greater control over its processes. Dr. Venkat Maroju, Chief Executive Officer of'SourceTrace' a provider of software solutions to the agriculture and allied sectors, said that digital technologies have an "enormous potential" to impact agriculture in several aspects by enabling farmers, on the one hand, to produce more while at the same time reducing the environmental impact of agricultural production. "Digital technology comes with several solutions to make this happen from farm management and traceability to certification and market linkage," he said. In September, itelligence AG the SAP software and technologies services company in partnership with the German Technical University OWL and HARTING Foundation & Co. KG a provider of industrial interconnection technology announced the launch of HARTING MICA . This is a system designed to enable the most efficient method of farming a given acreage of wheat using data collected via sensors from the soil, agricultural machinery and satellite images.