The emergence of autonomous irrigation technology streamlines farming operations
The agriculture industry is facing challenges as the global population continues to grow and the amount of arable land decreases. As a result, farmers are using technology to streamline operational processes, influence the way food is being produced and to leave a longstanding positive impact on...
Agri-tech – the next big IoT solution to feed the world
The first weekend of October brought the first glorious days of fall temperatures to North Carolina. After breaking historical precedent with a record temperature of 100 degrees on Oct. 3, 2019, we finally got a break. Everyone complained about the unusual weather, the blistering heat and...
IoT technology helps feed the growing world population
Over the last century, the global population has more than quadrupled. In 1915, there were 1.8 billion people in the world, according to Harvard Business Review. Today, there is an estimated 7.7 billion, and we might reach 9.7 billion by 2050, according to the United Nations. As a result, food...
How IoT is fortifying the agricultural industry
With the world's population growing daily, smart farming has become the need of the hour. But a noticeable contrast exists between the idea of smart farming and the actual implementation of it. IoT, when applied to agriculture, is the most productive form of a technological revolution we'll see....
IoT challenges associated with the agriculture industry
The impact of IoT on the agriculture industry
The agriculture industry has always experienced slower growth compared to other sectors, mainly because of food deficits and hunger problems in some areas of our planet. These are often related to the distribution and imbalance of farming,...IoT in agriculture: Producing the next generation of farming technology
Farming is one of the oldest occupations in the history of mankind, and perhaps among those changing the most in today's world. Modern farmers face challenges like never before. With rising global population rates, changing dietary demands, resource constraints, climate change and enterprise...
Reducing food waste with IoT
With all the technological advances we've made, from self-driving cars to IoT-enabled personal assistants, it's hard to understand why we still waste nearly 40% of the fresh food produced in the...
IoT network integrators: Key to meeting the needs of enterprise customers
The real challenge for enterprises in deploying an IoT solution today is the lack of neutral network integrators able to deliver solutions using any combination of LPWAN technologies. The LPWAN community is supported by several specialists using either Sigfox, LoRa, Ingenu or Weightless...
Lessons from IoT Evolution Expo
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to be involved in a panel discussion at the IoT Evolution Expo in Orlando, Fla. The focus of the panel discussion was around how IoT is driving sustainability. It was interesting to see and discuss the two different talk tracts around this topic. On one...
How IoT can provide greater value to the agriculture industry
Real-time agricultural data contains knowledge about what the farming industry needs, how to make production more efficient and how to establish a better IoT market for the agriculture industry.