Agriculture 4.0 is a term for the next big trends facing the industry, including a greater focus on precision agriculture, the internet of things (IoT) and the use of big data to drive greater business efficiencies in the face of rising populations and climate change. Makerspaces or Fab labs around the world can contribute in big margin to make prototypes reducing cost and makerspaces will be actions towards IR 4.0 in Bangladesh
Agro IR 4.0-smart and next generation agro-farming-Fab labs to make anything
1. AGRO 4.0 IR-
Smart and Future agro-farming:
CHALLENGES AND ACTIONS TOWARDS
SUSTAINABILITY
ABUL HASNAT M SOLAIMAN, PhD (Japan)
Professor, Dept of Horticulture and
Founder Fab Lab SAU (Funded by: The World Bank Group)
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
E-mail: ahmsolaimanhort@sau.edu.bd; solaimansau@gmail.com
Call: +8801711054215 (Whatsapp)
www.fablabsau.com
Innovation
matters
2. Tools and ways to future
farming-Precision Farming, AI
and IoT in Agriculture
Innovations for sustainable Farming
targeting SDGs
How Fab Labs / Maker-space work
for smart Farming
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Objectives of the session
Participants:
triggered to think different Agricultural
Complexes-
triggered to think about innovations
strategies to address local agriculture
problems of Bangladesh
11. IoT is used in agriculture?
A system is built for monitoring the crop field with the help of sensors (light, humidity, temperature, soil moisture,
etc.) and automating the irrigation system
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IoT-based smart farming
The Internet of Things refers to the ever-growing network of physical objects that feature an IP address for internet connectivity, and
the communication that occurs between these objects and other Internet-enabled devices and systems.
15. Selected climate smart options to assess farmers' preferences.
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WATER-SMART
A. Rainwater Harvesting (RH)- Collection of rainwater not allowing to run-off and use for
agricultural in rainfed/dry areas and other purposes on-site.
B. Drip Irrigation (DI)- * Application of water directly to the root zone of crops and minimize
water loss
C. Laser Land Levelling (LL)-Levelling the field ensures uniform distribution of water in the field and reduces
water loss (also improves nutrient use efficiency
D. Furrow Irrigated Bed Planting (FIBP)-This method offers more effective control over irrigation and
drainage as well as rainwater management during the monsoon(also improves nutrient use efficiency)
E. Drainage Management (DM)- Removal of excess water (flood) through water control structure
F. Cover Crops Method (CCM)-Reduces evaporation loss of soil water (also adds nutrients into the soil)
16. Selected climatesmart options to assess farmers' preferences
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2. Energy-smart
A. Zero Tillage/Minimum Tillage (ZT/MT) - Reduces amount of energy use in land preparation. In long-run, it also
improves water infiltration and organic matter retention into the soil
3. Nutrient-smart
A. Site Specific Integrated Nutrient Management (SINM)-Optimum supply of soil nutrients over time and
space matching to the requirements of crops with right product, rate, time and place
B. Green Manuring (GM)-• Cultivation of legumes in a cropping system. This practice improves nitrogen supply and soil quality
C. Leaf Color Chart (LCC)-• Quantify the required amount of nitrogen use based on greenness of crops. Mostly used for
split dose application in rice but also applicable for maize and wheat crops to detect nitrogen deficiency
D. Intercropping with Legumes (ICL)- Cultivation of legumes with other main crops in alternate rows or mixed. This
practice improves nitrogen supply and soil quality
17. 4. Carbon-smart
A. Agro Forestry (AF)- Promote carbon sequestration including sustainable land use management
B. Concentrate Feeding for Livestock (CF)- Reduces nutrient losses and livestock requires low amount of feed
C. Fodder Management (FM)- Promote carbon sequestration including sustainable land use management
D. Integrated Pest Management (IPM)- Reduces use of chemicals
Arun Khatri-Chhetri, P.K. Aggarwal a , P.K. Joshi b , S. Vyas. Farmers' prioritization of climate-smart agriculture (CSA)
technologies, Agricultural Systems 151 (2017) 184–191
Selected climate smart options to assess farmers' preferences
Interventions that improve energy use efficiency
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18. Climate Smart Housing for Livestock (CSH)-Protection of livestock from extreme climatic
events (e.g. heat/cold stresses)
Weather based Crop Agro-advisory (CA)- • Climate information based value added agro-
advisories to the farmers
Crop Insurance (CI)- Crop-specific insurance to compensate income loss due vagaries of weather
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5. Weather-smart
Selected climate smart options to assess farmers' preferences
19. 6. Knowledge-smart
Contingent Crop Planning (CC)- Climatic risk management plan to cope with major weather related
contingencies like drought, flood, heat/cold stresses during the crop season
Improved Crop Varieties (ICV)-Crop varieties that are tolerant to drought, flood and heat/cold stresses
Seed and Fodder Banks (SFB)-Conservation of seeds of crops and fodders to manage climatic risks
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20. SDG’s
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More than any other sector, agriculture is the common thread which
holds the 17 SDGs together. Investing in the agricultural sector can
address not only hunger and malnutrition but also other challenges
including poverty; water and energy use; climate change; and
unsustainable production and consumption.
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Agro-tech:-
Following areas have been identified and project proposals may be submitted for development
of Sustainable & Innovative Technologies in Agriculture in the following areas: -
Development of advanced production technology;
Development of rural resource management strategies;
Food Processing technologies or devices;
Pre-processing technologies on land management
Farm mechanization;
Post harvest management, storage and processing
Technology for Agribusiness and marketing of produces
Development of Sensor based applications in agriculture/ irrigation.
28. Future agri tools- AGRO 4.0 IR
Digital agriculture
Technological Agriculture
Industrial agriculture
Precision agriculture-GPS, GIS, GNSS, UAVs, VRT
Future Farming/Smart farming
AI and IoT in agriculture
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29. Agriculture Innovation Trends In 2021
For the Future Hub at the Interpoma Connects Event 2020 in Bolzano, 300 most promising start-ups
out of more than 2,700 actives in this sector were selected and looked at more closely. During this
analysis, nine trends were identified linked to the megatrends digitization, IoT and sustainability that,
are going to shape the branch in the upcoming years:
Software-as-a-service solutions for orchard management
Yield monitoring and estimation
Farm management platforms
Utilization of drones
IoTs in farming
Smart agriculture machines
Water management
Packaging
Eco-friendly plant production products
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30. Scope
Smart Agrometer- use digital farming techniques to monitor and improve the nutrient balance
of crops?
Taranis is an ag innovator and precision scouting pioneer that combines high-resolution aerial
imagery, state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI), and comprehensive diagnostics to allow crop
advisors and growers to make better, more informed crop management decisions.
SenseGrass Inc. is an artificial intelligence and web-based soil intelligence system for fertilizer
management
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31. From scarce resources management over waste recycling, to new solutions for pesticides and
fertilizers: many topics related to sustainability play a huge role in agriculture.
Let’s have a glimpse on the recent developments in water management, packaging, and plant
production products.
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edible-biodegradable film
Packtin is able to get packagin
material from industrial and
agricultural waste and get new
material with a circular
approach.
use bio-cellulose and
natural material to produce
resistant and reusable
packaging.
Sustainability
32. 1. Bees and drones
2. Artificial intelligence, automation and
the Internet of Things- AutoCart software
3. Blockchain technology-Traceability
4. Urban agriculture and vertical farming
5. Genetic editing
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Recent Agricultural Inventions
Laser Scarecrows- adopted by pest control
companies who claim the device can prevent up
to 90% of crop losses.
Bee Vectoring- bee vectoring to be effective in
integrated disease management and pest
control.
Harvest Quality Vision - HQV-Scanning
Product Testing In-field or On-site
Crop & Soil Monitoring & Management
RFID-Barcoding
Real-Time Kinematic
Vertical Farming
Minichromosome Technology-Biofortification in
fruits
33. Safe Farming
Safe Farming Scenario in Bangladesh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Yh7V1u8D4
Bangladesh GAP
HAACP
ISO
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IPR/Accreditation/BAB/BFSA
35. Safe Farming
Safe Farming Scenario in Bangladesh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Yh7V1u8D4
Bangladesh GAP
HAACP
ISO
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IPR/Accreditation/BAB/BFSA
38. Footprint-Bangladesh
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GEOPOTATO alerts allow farmers
to protect their crops before blight
occurs, reducing their uncertainty
and losses. Our goal is to scale
this system to provide alerts about
weather and cultivation practices
to reduce farmer risk and increase
inputs, yields and profits.
Theoretically, the service can be
expanded to other crops like
tomatoes.
Digital Agriculture 2021: Bringing Innovative Technology to
One of the Oldest Industries
41. Innovations-APPS
AgCode: growers track harvests, field conditions and grape maturity in order to
maximize yields and manage labor
AGERpoint: This startup produces nut and citrus orchard management software that
uses satellite data. provide tree-specific information, like the size of the canopy or the
trunk diameter
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42. CropX: An startup, CropX sells cloud-based software which aims to boost crop
yields by focusing on saving water and energy.
◦ With in-field sensors, the system automatically delivers the correct amount of water
to each plant instead of watering a whole field at a time.
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43. Farmer’s Business Network:
◦ This big data company connects over 3,400 small farms with open data about yields,
supply prices and other information that lets them compete with large operations
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44. FarmLead: An online marketplace for grain. Buyers and sellers can register for free,
and deals are negotiated anonymously.
Full Harvest: Full Harvest is trying to reduce that waste by building a B2B
marketplace where growers can connect with food companies to offload surplus or
imperfect produce.
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45. Produce Pay: Founded at Cornell University in 2014, this supply chain startup aims to fix cash-flow problems
by paying for the product the day after it is shipped, rather than the typical 30 - 45 day waiting period
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46. Spensa Technologies: its Z-Trap hardware allows farmers to track pests in the fields by
trapping and identifying bug species.
Strider: A Brazil-based ranch management startup that sells a pest monitoring
application which allows farmers to monitor and decide how to treat infestations
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SWIIM: The patented process behind SWIIM, or Sustainable Water and Innovative Irrigation
Management, monitors water budgets and computes data
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Drones
Internetof Things
Block chain
Agri-tech
Afynarie
BIGdata
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Agriculture 4.0 will no longer depend on applying water, fertilizers, and pesticides uniformly across
entire fields. Instead, farmers will use the minimum quantities required and target very specific areas.
The report further states that, farms and agricultural operations will have to be run very differently, primarily
due to advancements in technology such as sensors, devices, machines, and information technology.
Future agriculture will use sophisticated technologies such as robots, temperature and moisture sensors, aerial
images, and GPS technology. These advanced devices and precision agriculture and robotic systems will allow
farms to be more profitable, efficient, safe, and environmentally friendly.
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Flow-chart: Agro-Industry 4.0 framework and contributing digital
technologies (Prepared by: Prof Dr. AHM Solaiman, July 27, 2021)
52. What to do…..
To meet these challenges will require a concerted effort by governments, investors, researchers and innovative
agricultural technologies.
Agriculture 4.0 will no longer depend on applying water, fertilizers, and pesticides uniformly across entire
fields.
Instead, farmers will use the minimum quantities required and target very specific areas.
Farms and agricultural operations will have to be run very differently, primarily due to advancements in
technology such as sensors, devices, machines, and information technology.
Future agriculture will use sophisticated technologies such as robots, temperature and moisture sensors,
aerial images, and GPS technology.
These advanced devices and precision agriculture and robotic systems will allow farms to be more profitable,
efficient, safe, and environmentally friendly.
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56. Technology-cross-industry partnership
So what are the new technologies and solutions in the agriculture 4.0 that can give hope to the food
scarcity problem?
We see 3 general trends where technology is disrupting industry that we will address: showing specific
examples of solutions with high potential to disrupt the system.
1) Produce differently using new technologies
2) Use new technologies to bring food production to consumers, increasing efficiencies
in the food chain.
3) Incorporate cross-industry technologies and applications
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64. Afynerie
Afynerie is a technology to convert non food biomasse into bio-based chemical
compounds for food and cosmetic applications.
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65. Smart bees
BEEODIVERSITY (BEEOMONITORING)
BeeOmonitoring combines nature (bees acting as drones to collect billion of
environmental samples on large surfaces) and technology (software processing the
data).
Through the analysis of samples, BeeOdiversity can identify, source and assess the
level of pollutants (25 heavy metals, 523 pesticides, nitrates, PAH, dioxins, GMO,
radio-activity) and take stock of biodiversity.
BeeOmonitoring makes it possible to
(i) monitor industrial and agricultural pollution;
(ii) assess the quality/diversity of plants;
(iii) make targeted improvement decisions; and
(iv) involve local communities to enhance biodiversity.
No other method can monitor so many pollutants and provide biodiversity metrics as
efficiently.
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77. Future agro-ventures
Partnerships
Maker-space/Fab Labs in the field- ready in the field-everybody is an ideator
Local inputs for local solutions-Innovations
Problem based solution
Input efficiency
CSA small ventures will enhance competency
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83. Precision farming-AI and IoT in agriculture
Agriculture 4.0 will no longer have to depend on applying water, fertilizers, and
pesticides across entire fields.
Instead, farmers will use the minimum quantities, or even completely remove
them from the supply chain.
70% production increase by 2050
They will be able to grow crops in arid areas and use abundant and clean
resources such as the sun and seawater to grow food.
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88. UHV-VHF
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UHF stands for “Ultra High Frequency” while VHF stands for “Very
High Frequency.” UHF can range from low band (378-512 MHz) to
high band (764-870 MHz) while VHF ranges from low band (49-108
MHz) to high band (169-216 MHz)
104. Vertical ‘container farms’ can produce bigger and better natural
crops
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NTU's Professor Chungui Lu
inside one of the container farm
Each container farm is
capable of producing three to
five tonnes of crops a year.
Only about 30%-40% of
nutrients are taken up by the
roots when grown in soil.
Produce is grown vertically on racks
using various LED light and nutrient
‘recipes’ to stimulate growth, depending
on the particular species, variety of
crop and its different developmental
stages.
122. Development of high efficiency forced circulation solar drying unit
Presented by
Md. Wadud Ahmed
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Agricultural Engineering
Faculty of Agriculture, SAU, Dhaka-1207.
123. Development of high efficiency forced circulation solar drying unit
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
• 35-40% POST-HARVEST LOSS (PHL)
OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN
BANGLADESH
• SCARCITY AND HIGHER PRICE IN
OFF-SEASON
IMPACT OF THIS RESEARCH
• FULFILLING FOOD REQUIREMENT
BY REDUCING PHL
• INCOME GENERATION
• NEW FOOD BUSINESS
124. 1
1. UV stabilized plastic film, 2. Solar Panel 3. Air Heater 4. Blower 5. Dehumidifier 6. Drying racks 7.
Insulating material , 8. Heat Absorbers
Forced circulation solar drying model
2 4 5
3
6
6 7
8
125. Expected outcome
HIGH EFFICIENCY FORCED
CIRCULATION SOLAR
DRYER FOR
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT (
FREE FROM EXTERNAL
CONTAMINATION, UV RAYS
ETC.)
126. Solar Dryer- Agro Food Tech- Mr Wadud
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How Internet of Things (IoT) In The Solar Dryer
Can Improve Profitability And Productivity
127. Animal Tracker-AHVM
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Industry-leading Energy Harvesting
Technology From e-peas Enables Accurate and
Continuous Animal Tracking (4.0 IR)
Anti-theft GPS tracker for cow For Real-time Mapping
128. Aquaculture 4.0: applying industry strategy to fisheries management
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Real time monitoring and wave energy in fish farms
Smalle Technologies wants to contribute to the global
food, energy and natural resources sustainability through
innovation in Blue Growth sectors such as Aquaculture or
offshore clean energy. We are part of the Blue Economy,
aligned with Aquaculture 4.0 strategy.
focused on research, development, and
innovation.
University of Barcelona
129. Smart City Village-PM in UN
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Digital Village Initiative: A Step Forward to 4.0 IR
Source:
133. What is fab lab ?
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A Fab Lab is a technical prototyping platform for
innovation and invention, providing stimulus for
local entrepreneurship. A Fab Lab is also a
platform for learning and innovation: a place to
play, to create, to learn, to mentor, to invent. To be
a Fab Lab means connecting to a global
community of learners, educators, technologists,
researchers, makers and innovators
PROF. NEIL A. GERSHENFELD
Director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms
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Credit-Prof Dr Md Nazrul Islam,
Treasurer, SAU
144. BSF
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Prof Dr Shakhawat, Entomology
Solar Powered BSF Production Box, Handed Over to renowned
entomologist Prof Dr Shakhawat Hossain. It will help in Kitchen waste
management with BSF and Maggot will be used as feed for Fish and
Poultry. First Prototype made. Another two types will be made soon.
Made in Fab lab SAU. MS student-Sunonda will start her research
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1. Establishment of IR
4.0 Agro-Park:
2. Information and
communication technology
(ICT) ICT/mobile tech, IT
infrastructure, big/geo-data
3. Precision
Farming and Smart
farming
4. Traceability for Consumerism
shapes products
5. Agriculture Robotics 6. Sensor technology (
Including molding and
Casting)
7. Smart water 8. Bioinformatics
9. Unmanned aerial
vehicle technology (UAVs)
and drones
10. Protein transition 11. Nanotechnology 12. Food preservation technology
13. Renewable energy 14. Artificial intelligence (AI)/
Machine learning (ML)
15. 3D and 4D
printing
16. Genetic Editing/Engineering
17. Bio-refinery/Afynerie 18. Vertical agriculture 19. Aquaculture,
hydroponics and
Aeroponics
20. Waste management and
recycling
21. Synthetic biology 22. Smart materials 23. Bio-refinery and
biofuels
24. Capacity Building for
Scientists, Faculty members,
Students:
25. Intelligent/Smart
Transport technology
26. Food design, smart
packaging, food tracking
27. Internet of
Things (IoTs)
28. Development of
Software/websites/Apps
29. Conservation
technology (food
preservation technology)
30. Weather modification 31. Maker-space for
Kids
32. Smart Fish-tech
33. Smart livestock
monitoring
34. Cloud-based event
Software and platforms for
data management
35. Global training
facility with hands-
on activities
(University-industry
collaboration)
IR4.0cellINSAU
A2ipartnersjip
156. Taking AGRO 4.0 IR to sustainable future
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Documentations
Standardization/IP
Traceability
Bangladesh
GAP/Global
GAP
What is next?
Future/smart
farming
Sustainability partners
Lead
and
Share
Make
Consumer
trust
Horticulture entrepreneurship
/Make agent like agent
Banking ??
Digitization
159. Acknowledgement
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Golam Mohammed Bhuiyan,
National Consultant (Deputy
Secretary)a2i
Mr. Faruk Ahmed Jewel,
head of technology, a2i Professor Dr. Md. Shahidur Rashid Bhuiyan
Vice Chancellor
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
160. It’s a beginning-
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www.fablabsau.com
solaimansau@gmail.com
ahmsolaimanhort@gmail.com
We may not have known it was called IR
4.0, but we've been doing it for years.
The only success of IR 4.0 is that it’s on
everyone’s lips.
In SAU,Dhaka