Agricultural Solutions

With rapid population growth, the demand for food and active crops will surge 70% by 2050. According to a United Nation’s study, around 9.9% of the world population still remains hungry, so reaching the expected goal is a daunting task. With unpredictable climate changes, it is necessary to incorporate technology in agriculture to bring in innovations.

Still, the sign of agricultural innovation is evident that it keeps hope alive. Universal Key Solutions have studied, explored and discovered innovations and technologies that will influence human life in the future.

Indoor Vertical Farming

The average yield of rice price per hectare is 3 to 6 tonnes. With this innovation, farmers do not need to face this limitation. Indoor vertical farming grows farm-produced stacks in another controlled and closed environment.

This technology follows growing shelves mounted vertically to enhance yielding in limited places. Usually, the shelves do not require soil because they are aeroponic or hydroponic.

  • Aeroponic: It leaves the crop's root in the air and sprays water and nutrients for optimal growth.

  • Hydroponic: It promotes plant growth in nutrients and water.

This technology allows farmers to artificially grow crops by controlling variables such as temperature, light, water, carbon dioxide, etc. for massive yield. Moreover, indoor vertical farms reduce water usage by 70%, that not only reduces energy but also labor costs.

Livestock Farming Technology

It is a new and emerging technology that offers farmers accurate data-driven insights to help them manage farm management, enhance livestock care, and improve productivity.

These are some steps that have been taken for the refinement of livestock:

  • Automated cleaning systems: It automatically removes waste, maintain a high cleaning level, and prevent disease outbreaks.

  • Automated diary installation: This technology milks the cows automatically without human effort. The addition of milk sensors also helps the farmers to test the quality of milk.

  • Automated feeder system: It offers animals food mixtures prepared according to their requirement.

  • Armenta’s non-antibiotic treatment: This technology utilizes acoustic pulse technology and significantly reduces the annual loss of livestock.

Precision Agriculture

It is a resource management strategy that gathers, retains, and evaluates data as well as offers insights to assist farmers to improve the quality of soil as well as the potential to produce good crops. Management decision count on accurate data points of agriculture to improve land and soil for the farm, including key areas such as Quality

  • Productivity

  • Sustainability

  • Efficiency

  • Profitability

This agriculture innovation utilizes big data to help management decide and enable farmers to control main yielding variables such as soil conditions, microclimates, and moisture levels to maximize output.

It depends on remote sensing, robotics, drones, as well as automation to improve crop quality and optimize resources.

We are living in an age where climate change and environmental concerns are at a genuine and all-time high. With an increasing population, the shortage of water and land poses a great threat to food. To cope with the late inconvenience, advancement in agriculture and innovation is necessary. You can see the glimpses of efforts in the shape of genetics, precision agriculture, and farm automation which are expected to improve with time.