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Agtech Innovation Awards 2022: Part 1

Farmer's Weekly

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September 23, 2022

In the farm-management solutions category this year, the focus was on recording, analysing and integrating information into a single dataset that can be used by farmers in decision-making. Janine Ryan reports.

-  Janine Ryan

Agtech Innovation Awards 2022: Part 1

FAST FACTS

The AgTech Breakthrough Awards, which are held annually by AgTech Breakthrough, a market intelligence organisation, recognises the top companies, technologies and products in the global agricultural and food technology markets.

According to the company, the purpose of the awards programme is to conduct the industry's most comprehensive analysis and evaluation of agricultural and food technology categories.

"This [includes] Internet-of-Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI)-based agricultural technologies, farm management, indoor farming, food quality, data analytics and many more.

"This year's [programme] attracted more than 1 600 nominations from over 15 different countries throughout the world." There are 19 categories, including farm management solutions, automation and robotics, in-door farming solutions and livestock innovation, among others.

This week's article takes a look at the winners in the farm-management solutions category.

PAIRTREE INTELLIGENCE

Farmers across the world have become accustomed to using various smart devices, such as probes and sensors, to monitor on-farm productivity. However, these devices are often not compatible with each other, and farmers are forced to look at each dataset separately, rather than as an integrated dataset.

This is where Pairtree Intelligence comes in, according to AgTech Breakthrough.

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