Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
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NC State’s 2021 prototype monitored volatile compounds released by tomato plants, exploring a low-cost wearable approach to detecting plant damage and late-blight infection without waiting for a scouting visit.
A SMART-led collaboration reported a nanosensor that separates signals from two forms of iron in plant tissues, offering researchers a more detailed view of nutrient uptake and movement.
MIT researchers reported engineered bacteria whose optical signals could be detected remotely, opening a research route toward biological sensing read by hyperspectral cameras for agricultural and environmental monitoring.
FAO’s 2023 WaPOR expansion brought its satellite-based water-productivity service beyond Africa and the Near East, with Colombia and Pakistan joining capacity-building support for the platform.
ASABE lists a free webinar on irrigation-uniformity benchmarking for 30 October 2026, with Reinke’s Mike Mills discussing methodological frameworks and their implications for irrigation efficiency.
World FIRA’s official website states that the agricultural robotics event will return in 2027, while its currently linked robot lists, speakers and programme materials largely refer to the previous edition.
The Asia-Pacific Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture will meet in Taipei on 4–6 November 2026, with smart farming, agricultural AI, IoT and sustainability on its stated agenda.
Asia Pacific University reports that its November 2025 smart-agriculture workshop brought European and Asian partners together for technical sessions, demonstrations and a visit to a Malaysian university farm.
An Erasmus+ AGRHI workshop at Eastern University, Sri Lanka, combined agricultural visits, IoT discussions and curriculum development, linking European and Asian institutions around practical digital-agriculture education.
Cartagena will host AgroIng on 2–4 June 2027, with precision agriculture, sensors, robotics, irrigation, greenhouse systems and post-harvest engineering among the congress’s announced areas of interest.
Expo AgriTech’s official site now lists 4–5 November 2026 in Málaga, with its exhibition and Agriculture 4.0 congress addressing precision farming, automation, AI and data-driven operations.
The next International Conference on Agro-Geoinformatics is scheduled for 28 June–1 July 2027 in Istanbul, covering agricultural data, remote sensing, digital twins, AI and decision-support systems.
