EXPLANATION | From Tradition to Technology: Creating Smart Farms in the Philippines

Data-driven agriculture is part of smart agriculture, a management concept that uses advanced technologies (such as drones, Internet of Thing sensors and management information systems) to improve agricultural production.

Farms where the environment is controlled – such as a vertical farm in a container truck – are a classic example of a smart farm, according to Elmer P. Dadios, a NAST academic and consultant on robotics and intelligent systems.

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Interview by Patricia Mirasol
Editing by Jayson Mariñas