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Agriculture 4.0 – The Future Of Farming Technology
A number of global trends are influencing food security, poverty, and the overall sustainability of food and agricultural systems.
The World Government Summit launched a report called Agriculture 4.0 – The Future Of Farming Technology, in collaboration with Oliver Wyman for the 2018 edition of the international event. The report addresses the four main developments placing...
Top 5 Technologies that aid Agriculture
Just as every sector has benefited from the impact of technology, so has agriculture. Farmers depend on information technology for many things; not just in managing farm operations. In fact, information technology has changed the way in which farmers manage crops and livestock. To sum up, such e-Agriculture is a new phenomenon, is here to stay, and is one that is...
Innovation to help manage beehives on mobile phone
Two university students have come up with an app dubbed Ibees that helps farmers detect problems within the hives in real-time.
Jackline Tum and Clinton Odour who are Electrical and Electronic Engineering students at Dedan Kimathi Univesity of Technology came up with the innovation in February 2021. They say they were driven by the need to take care of bees given their...
Tech Innovations in Farming for Sustainable Future
By Eric Hamilton
Apart from producing food, farmers also protect natural resources – soil, water, and biodiversity. They are also innovators. Since the inception of agriculture, farmers have had to change, adapt and create new ways of cultivating crops, coping with difficult terrain, and enduring extreme climatic conditions and ag weather events. Currently,...
Uganda fertile land can feed 200m says FAO
Uganda’s fertile land can feed about 200 million people, according to a new report by International Trade Administration to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation.
The report says 80 percent of Uganda’s land is arable but only 35 percent is being cultivated. In the fiscal year 2020-2021, agriculture accounted for about 23.7 percent of Gross Domestic Product, and 31...
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