The emerging agritech ecosystem

The emerging agritech ecosystem The emerging technologies that might help solve one of humanity’s most vexing challenges Sponsored by New Holland In September, on a small field next to a rugby pitch in Shropshire, a rural county in the UK, a very special crop was harvested. The Hands Free Hectare (HFHa) project of local Harper Adams University used autonomous vehicles to sow and maintain wheat and drones to monitor it. 1 It was the first crop ever to be planted, tended and harvested without human involvement. The project, which collected 4.5 tonnes of wheat that the students plan to turn into beer, exemplifies the accelerating pace of technology innovation in agriculture. The term agritech is increasingly being used to describe agricultural innovations—from biotechnology to farm management systems and supply-chain technology. According to research by equity 1 http://handsfreehectare.com

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