How internet technology can improve agriculture, food security

THE world is in dire need of ways to improve food production and productivity to match the urgent and increased demand for food from a growing global population in the face of ongoing and widespread adverse impacts of climate change.

It appears that a greater part of the answer to the global food challenge, may unequivocally lie in internet of things (IoT)-driven technological innovation, which form the bulk of new innovations that are transforming modern commercial agriculture around the world.

The most promising and productive new innovations cited around the world include indoor vertical farms, farm automation, blockchain, remote sensors, genetic engineering and drones, almost all of which are IoT-driven technology and promise to be the future of commercial and modern agricultural systems.

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