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NO, Precision Agriculture is not just for the rich!
YES, one can enormously improve one's practices with sober and frugal digital technologies!
NO, digital technology is not necessarily evil incarnate!
YES, I too am fed up with solely hearing about Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and Block Chain.
NO, Precision Agriculture is not necessarily economically profitable (well, not until we put a price on the resources used and give sufficient financial incentives for environmental services rendered).
YES, the digital must serve agronomy and field expertise and must not and cannot replace them.
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Which technologies are needed for low-carbon, resilient and prosperous agriculture?
What technologies for low-carbon, resilient and prosperous agriculture? With The Shift Project, we are releasing our final report, which complements the Agriculture report. Views on technology, which are perhaps even more pronounced when it comes to agriculture, can be very divergent. While it is clear that many agricultural technologies have led to significant developments (yield Read more about Which technologies are needed for low-carbon, resilient and prosperous agriculture?[…]
Which digitalisation(s) to support the agroecological transition?
It’s a subject that crystallizes tensions: is cohabitation possible between agroecological systems, or those on the way to becoming so, and digital technologies? For some, these are two totally opposed worldviews, so different are the epistemological foundations and value systems of agroecology and digital technologies. For others, on the contrary, there’s no reason why digital Read more about Which digitalisation(s) to support the agroecological transition?[…]
Using digital technology to manage pests and diseases in agriculture
Weeds, insects, pests, diseases! These bio-aggressors are the main subject of this blog entry. Once again, the panorama of digital technologies to support their management is particularly broad: fixed and on-board sensors, agro-meteorological models, more or less advanced decision-support tools, agri-equipment and robotics… These digital tools meet a variety of objectives: Monitor the territory (in Read more about Using digital technology to manage pests and diseases in agriculture[…]
Agritech’s Environmental footprint
Digital technologies are generally presented as a powerful lever for decarbonizing the agricultural sector, or even more broadly as tools to support agricultural transition(s), without always knowing what we’re going to put in them… A blind spot in this proposal, however, remains the carbon footprint of these digital tools themselves. Still barely mentioned in the Read more about Agritech’s Environmental footprint[…]
Water management and digital technologies in agriculture
After a first generalized focus on carbon and a second on biodiversity, it looks like water will be the next guest on the podium. A United Nations conference on water was held in New York at the end of March 2023 (the last one was held 50 years ago) to mark World Water Day. The Read more about Water management and digital technologies in agriculture[…]
Towards a classification of digital tools in agriculture
A white paper to classify digital tools in agriculture 🤔 How do you categorize digital technologies in agriculture? To tell you the truth, it’s a bit of a puzzle. Categorizing 10, 20 or even 50 tools – that’s still okay, we get by. When you start to get to 500, 1000 or even 1500, it’s Read more about Towards a classification of digital tools in agriculture[…]
Connected objects (IoT) and communication protocols in agriculture
After a previous report on interoperability and agricultural standards, I’m back with a new popularization work focused here on communication protocols in agriculture. This is an important subject where it is clear that few people really understand anything about it… If I talk to you about MQTT messaging protocol, communication via NB-IOT, Sigfox or LoRaWAN, Read more about Connected objects (IoT) and communication protocols in agriculture[…]
Connected weather stations in arboriculture
Everyone talks about weather stations, but it’s not easy to know where the market really stands. There are many station suppliers, the data sources are very varied, and the economic models associated with weather stations are of all kinds: sale of stations, station rentals, sale/rental to distributors, subscription to a station network, shared access to Read more about Connected weather stations in arboriculture[…]
ASPEXIT BLOG DOSSIER – Consideration of a move to a paid mode
Hello to all the readers! First of all, thank you very much if you read this post, it means that you visit this blog more or less regularly =) That’s already a good thing! You are nearly 300 visitors to spend daily on this blog. For rather technical and niche topics that revolve around digital Read more about ASPEXIT BLOG DOSSIER – Consideration of a move to a paid mode[…]
How to synthesize a history of vegetation maps on large parcels of land?
A short break from the classic files I write to return to my first love of spatialized data processing! This “small” dossier allows me to share and valorize the work done with a wine château during several vintages in a row. This chateau has the time and the means to collect high resolution data, but Read more about How to synthesize a history of vegetation maps on large parcels of land?[…]