The global precision agriculture market size is predicted to reach $23 billion by 2030. However, adoption of agriculture technology and automation is still low in Malaysia, despite the […]
Category: smart agriculture
The palm oil revolution: Traceable, Visible, Sustainable
Malaysia’s palm oil sustainability has a competitive edge over its counterpart, Indonesia. In 2006, Indonesia overtook Malaysia to become the world’s largest producer of palm oil. Recently, Indonesia’s decision […]
How Land, Policies, and Tech seeks to answer Malaysia’s food security question
Lately, Malaysia’s food production challenges have been in the spotlight due to rising food prices and shortages of certain foodstuffs that’s threatening the country’s food security. Economist Dr. […]
A full plate: Increasing food security with tech solutions
The ongoing challenges concerning food security and rising food prices in the country has put more emphasis on the need for agritech advancement. Prices everywhere are increasing drastically. […]
What’s in the Ground? Know Your Land for Better Harvests
Soil is an important asset to oil palm plantations. It provides the water and nutrients needed for palm trees to grow and flourish. Good soil management, among other […]
Newest Developments in Agritech
Lately, the Malaysian agriculture scene has seen more and more industry players tapping into agritech. Simply put, the term “agritech” means technology application in agriculture to make the […]
Malaysia Agriculture 4.0
Realising Agriculture 4.0 is not without its challenges. For one, the industry is still very much dependent on manual labour. Shortage of manpower coupled with productivity issues has […]
Smart Farming and Analytics
Malaysia’s agriculture industry is gradually shifting away from traditional to smart farming. However, “technology” remains the number one challenge faced by companies in the industry. A study by […]
Why Visibility Matters in Your Oil Palm Plantation
Complexity a Determining Factor in Business Process Visibility Analysts from Forrester Research defines business complexity as “the condition of having several interdependent and interconnected stakeholders, information technology systems […]
Feeding the World with Smarter Farming: From Agritech to What We Eat
In 2022 – 2023, the world population will cross the 8 billion mark. With the population steadily increasing, the global community must step up efforts to increase the […]