Silal, Abu Dhabi's leading fresh food and agritech company, launched the Digital Agronomy Service. The new service aims to deploy IoT sensors in 100 farms in 2022. Silal collaborated with Hoogendoorn, one of the world's horticultural innovators, to enable local farmers and advisers to make better farming decisions.
Abu Dhabi's food production initiative aims to advise farmers on irrigation, crop management, and fertilization to maximize locally-grown fresh produce. Additionally, the sensors will capture critical parameters like temperature, humidity, soil moisture, and pH. Silal's CEO, Salmeen Obaid Alameri, stressed the importance of AI and IoT in augmenting sustainability in the agricultural sector. He explains that "at Silal, we believe that digital transformation is key to enhance agricultural sustainability practices while empowering local farmers."
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Why This Trend Is Growing
- Iot Sensors in Agriculture
- Silal's new Digital Agronomy Service deploys IoT sensors in farms, indicating a trend for smart agriculture to improve farming efficiency and productivity.
- AI-assisted Farming Decisions
- Silal's Digital Agronomy Service, which employs AI to advise on irrigation, crop management, and fertilization, may revolutionize the agriculture industry by enabling farmers and advisers to make better farming decisions.
- Localization of Produce Production
- Silal's Digital Agronomy Service aims to maximize locally-grown fresh produce production through the use of IoT sensors in farms, indicating a trend towards localized food production and sustainability.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Agriculture
- Silal's Digital Agronomy Service may disrupt the agriculture industry by improving farming decision-making processes through the use of technology.
- Iot Technology
- The Digital Agronomy Service by Silal, which incorporates IoT sensors, may disrupt the IoT Technology industry by introducing innovative methods of gathering agricultural data.
- Horticulture
- Silal's collaboration with Hoogendoorn, a horticultural innovator, highlights a trend towards the integration of horticulture with technology in order to enhance crop productivity.
