Our Scans · (ZY.2.01) Agronomy · Weekly Summary

• Polygon mapping is rapidly becoming a de facto best practice for farm-level agronomy programs in the developing world, and will become a requirement for programs involving carbon sequestration, insurance schemes, and traceability systems. TechnoServe
• Excellence in Agronomy is a CGIAR initiative that aims to enhance the productivity and quality of farming for rural smallholder farmers by 2030 using proven technologies in agronomy, focusing on nutrition security, income, resource use, soil health, and climate resilience. ICARDA
• CGIAR's Excellence in Agronomy initiative has worked with farming communities to optimize and de-risk fertilizer use, but smallholder farmers in developing countries need more accurate recommendations tailored to their contexts. Diplomatic Courier
• Two CGIAR partner-led initiatives in which ICARDA is involved, F2 R-CWANA and Excellence in Agronomy, align with Morocco's Green Generation 2020-2030 national strategy, which will deploy conservation agriculture on one million hectares of arable land. ICARDA
• The paper published in Agronomy has investigated the potential of IoT technologies to become a central technology in the move toward smart agriculture in the 21st century. AZoM.com
• By expanding the knowledge of industry-specific areas such as agronomy, food production, greenhouse management, aquaculture, aquaponics and business development, Ontario is providing strategic opportunities that will boost agri-food economic development in Indigenous communities. Farms.com
• In cooperation with Oregon State University, Hopville Farms and Monarch Tractor will work together to create a platform for field data collection that is expected to improve agronomy practices. Mobile Robot Guide
• There is a high probability that by 2024, the vast majority of farms will use precision agronomy or other innovative food production technologies to become more profitable, sustainable, and accountable. JetRuby Agency
• There is a high degree of likelihood that by 2024 the vast majority of agricultural businesses will leverage precision agronomy or other innovative food tech to become more profitable, sustainable, and accountable. AgFunder News
• Raven Industries and Farmers Edge announced today a marketing and collaboration agreement: The two companies are working together to develop new precision agriculture technologies that will rapidly increase expansion of Farmers Edge digital agronomy and risk management solutions in key markets. PrecisionAg
• A failure to upgrade could force sub-Saharan Africa to transform savannahs, rainforests or other natural ecosystems into farmland. Morning Ag Clips
• Lack of political will and the absence of sustainable agriculture policy has rendered vast areas of land in Sindh useless. The Nation
• High-resolution UAV images represent a fast, reliable, and economic resource in crop assessment and could possibly even remove the need for ground inspections entirely. Energies
• Farmers and construction workers will likely be the most affected, with the agricultural sector accounting for an estimated 60% of all global working hours lost due to heat in 2030. Energy Monitor
• USDA is looking for ready-to-go technologies and practices to achieve its goal of increasing agricultural production by 40% to meet global population needs in 2050 while cutting U.S. agriculture's environmental footprint in half. USDA
• The application of the global guidelines and the achievement of their goals will help to conserve forest biodiversity, ensure sustainable forestry, and contribute to the achievement of several Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations linked with forest biodiversity. Phys Org
• The US Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service has scaled up its estimate for India's cotton crop in 2020-21 (Aug-Jul) to 29.4 mln bales (1 US bale = 218 kg) from 28.9 mln bales projected earlier. Investment Guru India
• With the Brazilian Government now providing higher domestic economic incentives to the agricultural sector in response to COVID-19, Brazil is expected to continue increasing its agricultural competitiveness over the next decade. USDA ERS
• For Brazil, large areas of pastureland suited for agriculture remain, with further shifts in production patterns and increased yields projected to occur over the next few years. USDA ERS

Last updated: 15 April 2024