Is technology a cure for future agriculture?

Now farmers can connect smart devices with the Internet, such as sensors and processing equipment, to improve agricultural farming.

By 2050, the population on Earth will reach 10 billion. At that time, the demand for food will increase by 70%, the need for agricultural cultivation to serve people and cattle at least doubled. These needs are shaping the agricultural market in ways that people have never seen before. In that situation, applying innovative technology to agricultural farming is an effective and necessary way.

Technology is no longer a strange concept for agriculture.

In fact, technology is no longer a concept too far away from agriculture, especially Internet of Things (IoT) technology . In addition to the blockchain technology and artificial intelligence, IoT has truly revolutionized agriculture. Now farmers can connect smart devices with the Internet, such as sensors and processing equipment, to improve agricultural farming.

However, the question is: Is the number of farmers using IoT sufficient? And can they be used sustainably?

Internet of all things for agriculture

People can use IoT in agricultural cultivation by many methods. One of the best examples is accurate agriculture. This is a method of managing agricultural land in a way of zoning and targeting specific areas.

Take the cattle farm, for example. By applying Precision Farming Technologies (PFT) technology , farmers can track each farm animal, including monitoring temperature, nutrient level, or even health status. This allows them to identify sick animals - from which to timely care and treatment. In this example, IoT shows the ability to provide necessary information and ensure animal health, contributing to reducing unexpected losses.

Another example of IoT technology in agriculture is Variable Rate Technology (VRT) . This technology is similar to agricultural precision. However, instead of tracking pets, VRT monitors plowing, cultivating in specific areas using many different global positioning systems.

Smart vineyard

One of the best examples of agricultural technology application is smart vineyards . Grapes are plant varieties that need certain stable climatic conditions. Meanwhile, climate change is becoming more and more complicated. So grape growers must always prepare for these changes or for the harshest weather conditions.

So many grape growers now use sensors to collect environmental data, images and component information and store them on a cloud platform. From there, they will have data to plan day-to-day cultivation more accurately.

Smarter farming

Smart farming is becoming more important than ever. First, farmers need to understand that technology cannot completely replace their responsibilities. Remember the previous unstable agricultural practices, such as harsh irrigation. This is one of the causes of nearly a quarter of agricultural land losses over the past 25 years. This is a huge loss, while the world population continues to increase by 2 billion people in the same period.

This proves the fact that farmers must think and apply the most intelligent and appropriate farming methods. At that time, improved technology is essential.

Of course, IoT or technology is not the only way. There are many other smart farming methods, typically hydroponics. Hydroponics is a technique of cultivating landless plants. Instead, plants are planted directly into the nutrient medium or other substrates (sand, husk, coconut fiber shell, .). Hydroponics helps to consume less water, better control nutrient supply, and improve productivity and quality. Besides, this method does not need to use herbicides.

Change to improve is what we do to ensure a sustainable future. At that time, agriculture around the world needs to apply modern technologies to ensure human food supply in the next few decades.