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April 2021
Hi – Niall Mottram with my latest update, in which I’m going to broaden the horizon a touch and explore what agri stands to gain from innovation across other industries. Medical technology, for instance, has been galvanised into action for obvious reasons – and is responding with agile decentralisation.
We’ll examine a case in point – sophisticated but scalable at-home COVID testing. But let’s start with soil carbon testing, for now at least a slow, centralised, expensive and non-scalable process…
Is agritech ready to capture carbon?
In his report, my colleague Simon Jordan reveals how modern techniques – proven in other industries – can combine with data science to measure carbon uptake in the soil economically. He explores the transition from traditional farming balance sheet to payments-based outcomes, including carbon sequestration. Read the full report.
Unblocking farming innovation
Now let’s look at why agri technology might be a tougher nut to crack than in other industries. Our Head of Automation & Autonomy Sajith Wimalaratne led an AGRI-EPI webinar on how to overcome obstacles to innovation that’s in massive demand from end users. Might added challenges like seasonal restrictions be causing the bottleneck? Watch the webinar.
Pushing the AI envelope for devices everywhere
Working with the latest Arm processors, our team has achieved game-changing power reductions and speed increases in endpoint AI – which gives meaning to sensor data on devices, without it going to the cloud. This opens the door to even more complex AI workloads on fast, longer-lasting devices across industries – including farming. Read: How we’re pushing the endpoint AI envelope.
Decentralised, scalable testing
We’ve published an in-depth case study revealing our role in the world’s first over-the-counter, fully at-home COVID-19 test to be granted FDA approval in the US. What can agriculture learn from this sophisticated detection technology that successfully decentralises low-cost, mass-manufactured and highly scalable diagnostic testing? Read the full story.
News and events
I enjoyed hosting a roundtable and speaking at World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit back in March. The subject matter – making carbon farming a reality and accelerating soil carbon technologies – prompted plenty of debate. Catch up with my key takeaways here.
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