Software and technology are transforming many industries, including agriculture. New technologies like drones, robotics, 3D printing, vertical farming, and decentralized farming startups are bringing about a revolution in agriculture. There are over 1000 agriculture technology startups working on applications of IoT, big data, climate change prediction, and more to address challenges in agriculture around the world like increasing food production to feed a growing population, improving sustainability, efficiency, food quality and health, and addressing issues like climate change and water availability. However, Germany appears to be lagging behind in agriculture technology compared to other regions.

1. Software is eating the world
Forum Zukunft Agrar @Bayer4Crops
Digitalisierung und Ihr Einfluss auf die Landwirtschaft
@ThomasHessler - Dad, Founder, Investor
welcome, Intro, story
Digitalisierung? > Revolution > up side down
> Why listen?

2. Is software eating Agriculture?
From Hardware based business to Software services:
Yesterday: Banking, Retail, News, Music, Travel, Movies, Photos, Books,
Smartphones, Games,
Today: Taxis (Uber), Hotels (Airbnb), Cars (Tesla, Apple, Self driving)
Tomorrow: Bitcoin (money, contracts, notary, lawyer, government)
Agriculture + Technology = AgTech
Revolution in many Industries
Revolution in Agriculture?
examples

3. urban farming
community farming
New York

4. Luxury segment
https://agfundernews.com/does-the-ritz-carltons-new-indoor-farm-mean-that-indoor-
ag-is-here-to-stay.html

5. Drones
Drones = Data, IoT
DJI = 1Bn company

6. Robotics
automated seeding, weeding, cropping etc.

8. 3DPrinting

9. vertical farming
towers, shelfs, walls, skyscraper,

10. decentralized farming - Agrilution

14. 2050 10Mrd people +70% food production

15. What are hot startups in AgTech?
1000 agriculture startups on angellist

16. 10 most popular AgTech Startups on Angellist
1000 startups listed

17. IoT

18. Grove indoor farming

19. 10 most promising AgTech Startups on Angellist
climate change 930M exit in2013 to monsanto - weather prediction and insurance

20. big data

21. going mainstream

22. several projects
local supermarket
just in time production
30 times a year
http://www.theplaidzebra.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FreightFarms-5-of-7-
750x400.jpg

23. Fiction or Reality?

24. startup contests full of agtech
agtech > fintech in 2014

25. The average deal size for drone and robotics companies was $10.58
DJI raised $75 million, 3D Robotics attracted $64 million and Pulse AeroSpace
brought in $23 million.

27. Germany is far behind

28. What are your challenges in Agriculture?
Together
http://www.greenfacts.org/en/agriculture-iaastd/index.htm#1
http://tagcrowd.com/
genetics, fish, algae, health, functionalfood, energy, bio mass., community farming,,
urban, indoor.., vertical.., samrt, hydroponic.., education, sustainability, efficiency,
quality of food, health, social businesses,
Big Data, Blockchain, Food waste, Soil regeneration, Foodtech, Agriculture
Technology, Drones, Vertical Farming, Sustainable Farming, Robotics, Bitcoin, smart,
smart, indoor, data, software, education,
local, organic, Sustainable, Equitable,
Health, Food safety, nutritional value,
Climate change, Water, Regulations, Profitability, climate, robotics