GeoAgri
Way towards Smarter Agriculture, Plantation & Fisheries in Asia Pacific
Regional Product Manager Asia Pacific
Geospatial Media and Communications, India
Role of Geospatial Technology in Sustainable Agriculture Development
Vice-President
Malaysian Bio-Industry Organisation and Vice-Chair, RSB
Applications of UAVs in Plantation Agronomy in South East Asia
Climate-Smart Farming: Productivity vs Sustainability
Principal Lead-Agriculture
Global strategy group, KPMG, Singapore
Director, Customer Experience UrtheCast
Precision Agriculture Powered by Satellite Imagery
Precision Farming: Bringing Automation to the Fields
Associate Professor
(Precision Agriculture),
Faculty of Agriculture
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Precision Nutrient Management
CEO/Co-founder
Garuda Robotics Pte Ltd,
Singapore
Towards RSPO: Applying Drone Technology for Management and Compliance
*Panel Discussion Theme
The need of application research & prospect analysis on reliability of Geospatial
Technology in Agriculture
Asia Pacific hosts more than half of the global population, driving major demand for food & agricultural commodities and resources. With only one-fifth of the world's agricultural land, the region is struggling to produce enough food to support itself. The challenges faced by the region, among others, are limited arable land, inadequate water and poor resource management, low farm yields, environmental and soil degradation and infrastructure inadequacy. The region however, is the leading producer of palm oil (Indonesia, Malaysia) and natural rubber (Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam), which contributed a lot to its economies.
Understanding the importance of sustaining and increasing productivity of agriculture and plantation resources, there has been significant increase in the application of smart farming technologies in the region. Geospatial technology is used for surveying and mapping of plantation crops such as rice and oil palms. At the micro level, implementation of geospatial tools is mainly used for mapping of ground water resources, drainage patterns, variable rate application and management of fertilizers, pesticides and insecticides.
At larger scale, the use of highly mechanized instruments, farming practices, fertilizers, pesticides and high yielding seeds has greatly assisted the food production. The combination of GPS and GIS systems in automated farm machinery enables a clear map display, route planning, navigation control, data communication, sensor system analysis and precision positioning.
GeoAgri programme at Geosmart Asia 2016 will highlight the current uptake of smart farming in the region, and demonstrate the critical role of geospatial technologies in the agriculture, plantation and fisheries sectors to increase productivity, effective management of resources, yield forecast and improve farm practices.
Target Audience- Agricultural Associations & Unions
- Agricultural Research Agencies
- Agricultural Universities & Colleges
- Farmers
- Fisheries & Aquaculture Departments
- Geospatial Industry
- Ministries & Departments of Agriculture
- Multilateral Agencies
- Plantation Companies
- Smart Farming Experts
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