Radek Tesár 8. 7. 2025 clock 3 minutes video
There is a quiet revolution in agriculture. With smart sensors, artificial intelligence and accurate data collection, a new era of cultivation is created. Effective, sustainable and ready for climate challenges.
With the growing number of population and the intensifying effects of climate change, modern agriculture is faced with a difficult challenge. How to grow more foods with less water, soil and energy? Traditional methods are no longer enough in many places. Smart agriculture, which combines advanced technologies, sensors and artificial intelligence, becomes the answer. It’s not just a technical toy. These tools bring specific solutions for higher yields, more gentle treatment of soil and more efficient work of farmers.
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Smart fields full of sensors
Sensors are the cornerstone of smart agriculture. Today they monitor almost everything, from soil moisture to plant health. For example, moisture sensors can determine exactly when the plant really needs watering. The result is up to tens of percent lower water consumption, without a negative impact on the crop.
Optical sensors that measure the reflection of the leaves from the leaves help reveal the lack of nutrients or beginning diseases before they are visible to the naked eye. As a result, the farmer can intervene in time and targeted, for example, by applying fertilizer only where it is needed.
In addition, temperature, humidity and position sensors also play a key role. These allow you to monitor the microclimate in different parts of the field, optimize irrigation or accurately navigate robots while sowing and skin. For example, a robotic assistant to the French company Technologies uses GPS with a centimeter accuracy and can decide where to sow or weed.
Artificial intelligence as a new agronomist
Collecting data is one thing, but the real benefit comes only when someone can evaluate them. Here comes artificial intelligence. Machine learning algorithms can predict when thousands of sensors are threatened when pests are at risk of sowing a certain crop or how much fertilizer is ideal to use. Some systems can also recommend specific crop varieties according to soil quality and expected climatic conditions. This increases the chances of successful harvesting even in more demanding areas.
Technologies such as vertical farming or regenerative agriculture show that it is possible to grow food without pesticides, on a smaller area, while improving the quality of soil. Sensors play a key role here as they monitor not only plants’ health, but also the ability of soil to retain water or store carbon.
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The garden of the future will not only be about the tractor and spade, but mainly about sensors, algorithms and data. Although technology still encounters challenges, from high costs to the need for professional service, development is aimed at their wider availability and robustness.
For farmers, this means not only higher yields, but also more certainty in the time of climate uncertainty. And for the planet the hope that we can manage the soil smarter, more gently, as long as the future generations.
