A drone flies over a potato field in Sinaloa, Mexico and informs a farmer 30 kilometres away that the humidity of the air around his crops is low. Meanwhile, a computer in San Diego, California, processes the data and calculates how much water the potatoes need.
In another city, a farmer sells his strawberries on the international market with the support of blockchain – an electronic logbook tracking the fruit from field to dining table.
This is Agriculture 4.0 – a new age of food production that harnesses digital technology and the Internet of Things to cater more precisely to the needs of crops, farmers and consumers. Advocates of Agriculture 4.0 believe it will solve the food security problems of the future.
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