Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
Robotics. Intelligence. Agriculture.
5 stories matching “IoT”.
A February 2024 university report describes a solar-powered monitoring and control approach for avocado oil machinery, developed for settings where reliable grid electricity and labour-saving infrastructure are limited.
The Internet of Food and Farm 2020 project’s closing event brought technology trials and farmer needs together, including low-power sensing for wheat management and discussion of organic farming applications.
Grain SA’s 2025 NAMPO Cape preview described smart irrigation, GPS guidance, livestock tracking and integrated sensor dashboards, showing the breadth of digital farming tools being presented in South Africa.
AgriSMART Lestari combines remote monitoring and automated irrigation with a pilot using kenaf biomass as a mushroom-growing substrate.
Penn describes inexpensive soil and leaf sensors, field communications and a startup working to reveal crop stress before visible damage becomes widespread.
