Robert Tse: Broadband and the Future of Agriculture
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3. Global Context - Trends to 2050
• Global Population Increase
• Rapid Urbanization
• Growing Middle Class
• Rising Food Consumption
• Rising Demand for Protein, Fruits and
Vegetables
• Rising Global Tourism Economy
• Food and Health Intersect
4. California Agriculture
California Farm Gate
California Agriculture
Exports
• $21.59 Billion
• 14.3% of US $150.7
Billion Total
• Top Billion Dollar
Exports: Almonds,
Dairy, Walnuts, Wine,
Pistachios
• Top Billion Dollar
Markets: EU, Canada,
China/HK, Japan,
Mexico
• $54 Billion
• 13% of US total
• 400 Different
Commodities
• 1/3 US Vegetables
• 2/3 US Fruits and Nuts
• Top Billion Dollar
Products: Milk, Almonds,
Grapes, Cattle,
Strawberries, Lettuce,
Walnuts, Tomatoes,
Pistachios, Hay
6. RURAL BROADBAND
21st Century Entry Point Platform for Rural Prosperity
New Agriculture Technology
Production Environment Water Energy Food Safety
RURAL TELE-HEALTH / TELE-MEDICINE
Distance Learning FAIRS Public Libraries
TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS SMART ROADS RAIL PORTS
PUBLIC SAFETY - FirstNet
INTERNET - CLOUD CONNECTED –
TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISES – NEW MANUFACTURING
DIRECT MARKET ACCESS TO GLOBAL MARKETS
RURAL TOURISM AND RECREATION
8. Predictive Farming: Precision to Prescription
Enabled By DATA AGRALYTICS
Broadband
DATA
AGRALYTI
CS
Smart
Irrigation
Market
places
Sensor
s
Farm
Manage-
ment
Software
Food
Safety
Rapid
Diagnostic
s
Wear-
ables
People
Animals
Ag-
Gro-
Botics
13. USDA-NIFA Funded Precision Irrigation Project
(SCRI-USDA-NIFA-NO. -2010 – 01213)
§ Researchers at UC Davis have developed
a Continuous Leaf Monitor capable of
measuring plant water stress using sensor
technologies
• Leaf and air temperatures,
• Relative humidity (RH),
• wind speed and
• Photosythetically Active Radiation
(PAR)
§ It works well in Almonds, Walnuts, and
Grape crops.
§ It is being deployed as a part of wireless
network to implement Precision
Irrigation
• apply right amount of water,
• at the right place, and
• right time
to utilize our precious water resources
efficiently
Next Gen Sensors: Leaf Transpiration
Monitor
23. Wireless Soil Moisture and Climate Monitoring
Soil Moisture Sensor
Irrigation System
Today’s Ag Tech
Connecting Farm Field Data Stream
24. RURAL BROADBAND
New Agriculture Technology
Production
WaterR
ENERGYR
ENVIRONMENTR
FOOD SAFETYR
HEALTHR
NEW PERSPECTIVE ON FARMING
DRIVEN BY TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION, MULTI-
BENEFITS
HUMAN
ANIMAL
SOIL
26. A sea of greenhouses surrounds a farmer’s home
in the Westland region of the Netherlands.National Geographic, Sept
2017
27. A sea of greenhouses surrounds a farmer’s home in the Westland region of the Netherlands.
National Geographic, Sept
2017
This high-tech broiler house holds up to
150,000 birds, from hatching to harvesting.
28. Furrows of artificial light lend an
otherworldly aura to Westland, the
greenhouse capital of the Netherlands.
Climate-controlled farms such as these
grow crops around the clock and in every
kind of weather.
National Geographic, Sept
2017
31. Future of Ag Is There, In Holland ?
National Geographic, Sept
2017
32. Ruud Veloo monitors an experimental
“photobioreactor” at Wageningen
University & Research (WUR)’s
AlgaePARC. Light fuels the growth of
microalgae, which are used to produce
proteins and lipids, the basis of many food
chains.
National Geographic, Sept
2017
38. Information Technology Driven
Transformation of Manufacturing
Opens Door to Rural Manufacturing
Renaissance
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Cloud Based IT
Solutions
Reduce Administrative
Overhead for Small
Enterprises
Additive
Manufacturing
Reaches Commercial
Viability for Multiple
Materials
High
Performance
Computing
Enables Complex
Design
Open Source
Innovation Tools
Attracts Internet Savvy
Innovators
Four Trends Enabled by
High Speed Rural
Broadband
Opens Door to:
- Decentralized
Manufacturing
- Small Lot, One off
Products
- Artisan Style
Manufacturing
- Small Companies
- New Rural
Manufacturing