Remote Sensing, UAV and Spectroscopy: A Game Changer in Philippine Agriculture

Ronaldo T. Alberto
ABSTRACT With the availability of various satellite data sources such as Landsat and Sentinel images, use of spectral data and its application in agriculture are currently being tried and tested in the Philippines. These moderate to high resolution satellite imageries provide spectral variability...
Country: Philippines Topic: Smart agriculture
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Agricultural Data Collaboration Platform: WAGRI-System Structure and Operation

Takeshi Saito, Atsushi Shinjyo, Mitsuhiro Wada, Mitsunori Ishihara, Shigehiko Hayashi, Takehiro Shiomi
ABSTRACT The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) established the Research Center for Agricultural Information Technology in October 2018 to lead data-driven agriculture. The research center’s missions are agricultural AI study, the operation of agricultural data...
Country: Japan Topic: Smart agriculture
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Japan’s New Policy on Foreign Laborers and its Impact on the Agricultural Industry

Yoshihisa Godo
ABSTRACT In Japan, heated debates take place on whether and how the country should accept unskilled foreign laborers. The Japanese government’s long-held principle that these laborers should not be allowed to work in Japan reflects citizens’ anxiety about the threat to job opportunities and...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
2,068
227

Application of Common Information Platform to Foster Data-Driven Agriculture in Taiwan

Jyh-Rong Tsay, Chun-Tang Lu, Ting-Chieh Tu
ABSTRACT In 2017, the Council of Agriculture in Taiwan initiated “Smart Agriculture (SA)”, a 6-year research program. Based on sensor/sensing technologies, intelligent robots, Internet of Things (IoTs) and big data analytics, it is expected to build smart production, marketing and digital...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Smart agriculture
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367

Agriculture 4.0: Data-Driven Approach to Galvanize Malaysia’s Agro-Food Sector Development

Ahmad Safuan Bujang, Badril Hisham Abu Bakar
ABSTRACT Food security, self-sufficiency level and pursuance of environmental stewardship have long been emphasized as the mainstay of Malaysia’s national agendas for development. Achieving all three essentials requires an agricultural sector that is robust to vagaries of nature and market....
Country: Malaysia Topic: Smart agriculture
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