Over the decades, agri-food security has become one of the most critical concerns in the world. Sustainable agri-food production technologies have been reliable in mitigating poverty...
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Smartphone-images were used to classify 12 rice diseases and deficiency symptoms.
Image processing and model optimization were used to develop an android...
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Mobile cell phones enhance the efficiency of information flow among smallholder farmers.
The utilization of the mobile phone apps is dependent on attitude, knowledge and...
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A detailed summary about agricultural IoT was given.
Key technologies of agricultural IoT were discussed.
The applications of agricultural IoT were...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched an initiative to assess the existing impediments for scaling innovation and technology in food and agriculture (AgTech) and to identify options to improve...
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Throughout the world, high-quality, timely and relevant data are key to inform actions that promote better access to food and improved nutrition.
Despite the...
This publication on artificial intelligence (AI) for agriculture is the fifth in the E-agriculture in Action series, launched in 2016 and jointly produced by FAO and ITU. It aims to raise awareness about...
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Pesticide use is low and varying in Africa.
Farmer advisory systems increase pesticide use at an extensive margin.
Farmer advisory systems also reduce the...
There is a growing impact of technology and digital connectivity on how we live, from how we socialize and work, to production and governance.
Unsustainable use of water resources and climate change will exacerbate the already existing tensions on resources, especially in the Mediterranean context. Despite investments in modern, economically and energetically...