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𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚: 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 A new wave of Indian farmers is harnessing technology to grow more with less. => Precision farming employs GPS, sensors, drones, and satellite data to optimize irrigation, fertilization, and pest management.  => These advanced tools facilitate real-time, data-driven decisions that enhance crop yields while conserving water and other inputs.  => Although challenges such as high initial costs and limited awareness persist, government programs and agritech startups are increasing accessibility for smallholder farmers. Get to know more from here - https://lnkd.in/dTrpEmaZ

Modern AgriTech solutions have demonstrated dramatic improvements in productivity and resource efficiency globally. A recent report suggests that the adoption of tools like precision irrigation, AI-based advisory, and IoT monitoring across Pakistan, including Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), could lead to a yield increase of up to 30% and a 75% reduction in cultivation losses, translating into billions of dollars in added value, revolutionizing the agricultural landscape of Gilgit-Baltistan. While significant basic infrastructure has been developed through programs like the Economic Transformation Initiative Gilgit-Baltistan (ETI-GB)—an IFAD and AICS-supported development program in Gilgit-Baltistan that has irrigated 39,573 acres and built 398 km of farm-to-market roads since 2016—the next phase requires technology integration. Specifically, the introduction of vertical farming has already started improving the year-round availability of fresh vegetables in Gilgit-Baltistan. A recent study by the Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) titled ‘𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐢𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐭-𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧 – 𝐀𝐧 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐩’, recommends scaling smart farming by deploying affordable Internet of Things (IoT) devices—such as soil moisture sensors, weather micro-stations, and smart irrigation controllers—to fully revolutionize the region's agricultural landscape. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dUWdjAdv Agriculture, Livestock & Fisheries Department Gilgit-Baltistan IFAD ASIA AICS Islamabad International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Agri Tech Fellows GB @followers

Fixing Farming with Tech: How Adithyan Asokan is Empowering Indonesia’s Smallholder Farmers How do you modernize agriculture without destroying traditional ecosystems? Meet Adithyan “Adit” Asokan, founder of FarmAgain, an agritech startup based in Indonesia. After growing up in India, earning a scholarship to study in Singapore, and diving into Southeast Asia’s startup scene, Adit found his calling: building scalable, tech-driven solutions to support smallholder farmers. In this episode of The Startup Vagabond, host Grant Watkins sits down with Adit to discuss: 🌾 Why Indonesia’s farming sector is broken—and how FarmAgain is fixing it from the ground up 📊 How FarmAgain uses smart soil diagnostics, precision farming, and climate-resilient SOPs to improve yields 🌏 The importance of inclusive innovation: working with (not against) the existing agricultural value chain 🇮🇩 Adit’s entrepreneurial journey from India to Singapore to Indonesia—and what makes Indonesia’s chaotic startup ecosystem unique ⚠️ The trap of “disruption” vs. the power of understanding local systems before building Whether you care about climate resilience, sustainable food systems, or the future of emerging markets, this is a conversation you can’t miss. 🔗 Mentioned Startup: FarmAgain – https://www.farmagain.co/ https://lnkd.in/g9pMmBWx

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗼 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮-𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 ZTN Technology Solutions has developed AgroNod, a sensor-based device that monitors soil conditions and transmits data to an analytics dashboard. The system enables farmers to apply water and nutrients more precisely, conserving resources and enhancing yields. The team is now piloting the technology in Afar and Somali regions, where irrigation efficiency often determines farm survival. Read more about the startup. https://lnkd.in/dTkbj6a7

The Carinthian AgriTech startup avemoy, a spin-off of the University of Klagenfurt (AAU), is revolutionizing the greenhouse industry with its new AI solution Hortiscan. #Hortiscan #Greenhouse #Agriculture #Agritech https://lnkd.in/e8r-szZg

Latest news from our AgNewsWire service. Verditex Verditex, a leading provider of advanced smart agricultural solutions, today announces two new flagship products at Agritechnica 2025, one of the industry’s most prestigious international trade fairs. The new innovations are part of an extensive product suite, each designed to deliver a significant leap in performance and reliability. The Verditex FMA300 Pro Agriculture Auto Steering System is the next-generation evolution of Verditex’s proven FMA300 platform. It inherits the core capabilities that make the FMA300 a flagship product, including seamless operation across the entire agricultural process from cultivation to harvest, multi-terrain adaptation, and easy installation. The FMA300 Pro advances this foundation with a significant extension of its operational speed range, now functioning with high precision from 0.3 km/h to 22 km/h, ensuring reliable, centimeter-level accuracy (≤2.5 cm) even at very low speeds. This enhancement guarantees superior performance for precise tasks like seeding and transplanting, while maintaining the robust, hands-free operation for which the series is known. The FBS200 GNSS Base Station represents the next step in Verditex’s base station technology, building upon the robust, industrial-grade foundation of the FBS100. It retains the core advantages of its predecessor, including full-system, full-frequency GNSS support, high ingress protection (IP68), and easy configuration for reliable, high-precision positioning. The FBS200 introduces a fully integrated, all-in-one design that merges the base station and radio into a single, portable unit. This streamlined design enhances deployment flexibility with a built-in radio offering a range of over 8 km and a high-capacity internal battery, enabling rapid setup and sustained operation in any field environment. “The launch of our FMA300 Pro and FBS200 is a direct response to the industry’s need for unwavering reliability and greater operational ease, delivering tangible cost savings and productivity gains,” said Andy An, General Manager, Verditex. “Visitors at the show are welcome to drop by our booth to see not only these two products but also a complete ecosystem designed to maximize efficiency, from signal to steering for the ultimate in professional farming operations.” https://lnkd.in/gvRbdFwv

Your first look at the PrAEctiCe decision support tool 👇 A tool that supports precision farming. The DST application makes farm data easy to manage with four simple tabs: Farms, Indicators, Analytics, and Documents, which provide farmers and advisors with insights, metrics, and resources all in one place. DOWNLOAD APP HERE: https://lnkd.in/dhqUiTju Africa Agribusiness Academy(AAA)-Kenya Apodissi Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) Maseno University Makerere University Uganda Martyrs University RUFORUM Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania Knowledge and Technology Transfer Office at the University of Maribor University of Gothenburg Kenya Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development INCiTiS-FOOD CANALLS Project CIRAWA TALLHEDA Creats International

I will share a post from my own experience in facing technical challenges in implementing Satellite Imagery based Precision Farming decisions. Farming is becoming a less interesting profession, not only in Africa, but in India and surprisingly in many European nations even. The success mantra for current Agritech startups: Bring proven, affordable, implementable technologies for solving multiple challenges of Farmers.

Listing the major technical challenges: 1) Fungal or viral diseases can spread within hours and affect 10-15 hectares of field within 2 days. 2) Satellite remote sensing indices NDVI, NDWI are way too far from giving clear reasoning of plant health stress, plant moisture requirement. 3) Satellite based soil moisture prediction is not yet useful for Agritech startups to include in crop advisory, due to the big pixels of 5 km , 25 km size 4) Satellite pass timing, acquisition, processing and release of final data leads to lag of several hours with field visit in case of a strong working team 5) Satellite images also have lot of atmospheric errors, not everyone is aware of correcting the errors technically Positive side: Satellite images are 1) much more Carbon friendly, 2) cheap 3) easy to acquire 4) easy to process