Tag: Farming
Chateau Kefraya cultivates smart vineyard pilot in Lebanon
At the Chateau Kefraya vineyard in Lebanon, an IoT-based smart agriculture project is drawing to a close – but valuable data has been harvested.
Lebanese...
Italian start-up Evja launches smart agriculture platform for salad growers
A new smart agriculture platform from Evja, which uses Libelium sensors, promises to help salad farmers get crisp, fresh leaves to market faster.
Ready-to-eat salad...
Dell takes a fresh look at IoT with Aerofarms
Dell has joined forces with agtech start-up Aerofarms to propagate IoT and data science in the business of growing greens.
At Dell's IQT event in New York...
Kar-Tel partners with Cisco Jasper to deliver IoT in Kazakhstan
Telecoms operator Beeline Kazakhstan, also known as Kar-Tel, has partnered with Cisco Jasper in order to deliver IoT services.
The telco, part of the Dutch...
IoT tracks ‘bee talk’ to help improve honeybees health
A graduate student from Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada, is monitoring the health of 20,000 honeybees through IoT.
Oldooz Pooyanfar is a graduate student in...
Norwegian salmon farmers Cermaq to build smart factory in Arctic Circle
Norwegian salmon and trout farming company Cermaq claims that it is building the world's first smart factory for salmon in the Arctic Circle.
Following the...
IoT needed to accelerate global food production, says Inmarsat
IoT monitoring technology is helping the global agricultural sector to meet strict global import requirements and accelerate the production of food, according to research...
Fishing for profits: Colombian shrimp farmers catch on to IoT
At Columbian shrimp production company Oceanos, IoT is helping to tackle theft and ensure that shellfish grow to a bigger size, faster.
As seafood production...
Myriota helps Australian farmers keep a remote eye on water tanks
How does a farmer working in a remote region make sure that far-flung water tanks are kept fully stocked? For many, it involves regular...
Discovery Ag and NNNCo create rural IoT network for Australia’s farmers
Australian agritech business Discovery Ag and connectivity specialist the National Narrowband Network Company (NNNCo) are forming a new joint venture to develop and roll...
Tarzan robot swings above crops for automated agriculture
Researchers at Georgia Tech are developing Tarzan, a sloth-inspired autonomous robot that can gather crop data from above.
Innovation is often born out of necessity. At...
Sensor could cut UK bovine mortality rates by up to 80...
Sensors placed on cows' tails could help save the lives of animals and their offspring during calving season, by predicting when mothers are due to give birth.
The developers of...