Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
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CropX launched a smartphone-based vineyard tool that interprets canopy photographs for water-stress assessment and combines the resulting estimates with other agronomic information in its existing farm-management application.
University of Washington researchers combined a global canal map with SWOT satellite observations to assess water levels across extensive Asian irrigation networks, testing a new approach to monitoring agricultural infrastructure.
Priva and IUNU have integrated climate records and plant observations to produce rolling yield forecasts, giving greenhouse teams an earlier view of changing harvest volumes and operational requirements.
Wageningen researcher Inge de Graaf received a Vidi grant for SAFE-GROUND, a modelling project examining how climate extremes and water demand connect groundwater stress with food production and ecosystems.
A University of Bonn-led analysis estimates that smart-farming technologies can be profitable across 42% of global cropland, while showing substantial differences linked to farm conditions, costs and environmental governance.
A 2021 regional initiative used sustainable rural tourism as an entry point for wider digital participation, connecting service promotion and sales with the livelihoods of rural households.
A research project compared horticulture in Benin, cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire and milk collection in Senegal to understand how infrastructure, costs and local relationships shape digital adoption.
An EU-supported programme reported 12 locally developed digital applications and platforms, combining farmer services with training, research and policy work across five West African countries.
The #DigitAg International Research Community launched during CORDiALL 2026, connecting French research institutions with international partners around inclusive digital tools and responsible agricultural artificial intelligence.
FAO examined 27 international case studies to assess how agricultural automation can improve productivity while avoiding a widening gap between well-resourced farms and small-scale producers.
Planet announced Crop Biomass Version 5 in March 2026, using PlanetScope as its main optical input to increase spatial detail and improve the responsiveness of its daily analysis-ready signal.
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.
