The second offline meetup AgroCode Talk was recently held in the Boiling Point business space in Moscow. At the meeting, they discussed what technologies a Russian farmer needs to work today.
The event was attended by 100 people. Participants and guests of the event were greeted with a welcome coffee break, the first part of the meeting was attended by invited speakers, then it was possible to ask questions and leave your contact details. The participants spoke about their projects and discussed topical issues. Some of them may be of interest to readers of our journal. Let's consider them in more detail.
Alfiya Kayumova, co-founder of Green Growth, raised the issue of the potential for introducing the Internet of Things (IoT) into Russian agriculture. Using her work as an example, she spoke about why farmers can use such technologies and what benefits they can get from it, as well as how the IoT market will develop in Russia.
She gave an excellent definition of the concept of “Internet of things” for agriculture: “In agriculture, IoT devices are local stations for measuring wind strength and humidity, soil sensors that transmit information about the biochemical composition of the soil, its moisture and temperature. and sensor and sensor systems for harvesters that measure yield per hectare.”
Evgeny Karpov, IntTerra Product Owner, spoke about how Big data and artificial intelligence technologies can bring the Russian agricultural sector to a fundamentally new level. He also stressed that today holdings and suppliers of plant protection products and seeds cannot do without digitalization. Whereas small agricultural enterprises rather need professional agronomists, inexpensive reliable equipment, effective plant protection products and cheap fertilizers and fuel.
Alexey Trubnikov, CEO of Agronote, spoke about Russian solutions for precision farming. According to him, in 2022, due to the departure of Western electronics manufacturers, farmers in Russia have grown interested in upgrading the equipment they have on farms with the help of domestically produced equipment. As for solutions for precision farming, here farmers are more interested not in software, but in a turnkey service for preparing task maps.
Anna Kudinova, CEO of ExactFarming, discussed with the participants the current trends and demands in the field of agricultural mapping technologies, as well as the prospects for solutions at the intersection of technologies and industries. She emphasized that technologies in the agro-industrial complex are needed to reduce the cost of products and to scale the business. And she added that all the most interesting things usually happen at the intersection of specialties and sciences, which is why agrocartography is a very promising and developing direction today.