Tanzania–Canada partnership tests laser weeding with local farmers
Aga Khan University and Simon Fraser University are examining how LiteWeed can fit East African farming conditions and community priorities.
Source The Aga Khan University
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Robotic Intercropping brings Danish–Dutch research into the field
The RIC consortium reports more than 170 participants at its first field day, connecting diversified cropping systems with robotics research.
Source RIC – Robotic InterCropping
Mobile forage sensing expands to four more European markets
Eurofins Agro and trinamiX added countries, energy estimates and alfalfa silage support to their portable near-infrared feed-analysis offering.
Source BASF / Eurofins Agro / trinamiX
Japanese field study examines why soil-moisture depth matters for broccoli
A low-cost monitoring module combines three-depth moisture measurements with weather variables to investigate broccoli growth in a small experimental plot.
Source Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics / Fuji Technology Press
BILBY buried soil telemetry moves towards market through Sentek partnership
Australia’s Soil CRC chose Sentek to commercialise a buried wireless node designed to keep soil-data equipment out of the path of machinery and livestock.
Source Soil CRC
Australia combines airborne spore sampling with portable DNA sequencing
Curtin researchers are testing an approach to track fungicide-resistance mutations in grain pathogens, with partners across Australia and Europe.
Source Curtin University
Horizon Europe’s Africa Initiative IV opens a broader route for agricultural research partnerships
The EU–Africa research programme includes plant health, food processing and water–nutrient–energy topics within a much wider funding envelope.
Source EU Delegation to the African Union
ICPA and ConBAP strengthen precision-agriculture links across Latin America
ISPA’s July conference report describes regional coordination in Brazil, including broader participation and closer links among research, industry and scientific associations.
Source International Society of Precision Agriculture
Adaptive AgroTech plans an eight-day digital farming workshop tour in Germany and Denmark
The June 2027 organizer programme connects research visits, machinery companies and field demonstrations across Osnabrück, Potsdam and Odense.
Source Adaptive AgroTech organizer announcement, shared by Eduardo Navas Merlo
ECPA 2027 prepares Copenhagen programme spanning sensing, robotics and farm adoption
An October organizer update confirms the July 2027 conference and explains review timing following its extended abstract deadline.
Source International Society of Precision Agriculture
WildDrone connects European robotics and Kenyan conservation fieldwork
A new research paper sets out WildDrone’s drone, ecology and computer-vision programme, including wildlife monitoring at Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy.
Source Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Oman hosts regional training for drone-based desert locust operations
FAO’s Central and Western Region locust commissions launched a programme combining classroom, simulator and field instruction for national surveillance and response teams.
Source FAO