Researches & Trends

Geneva | 14 October 2026https://www.global-agriculture.com/farming-agriculture/better-cotton-initiative-acquires-ai-powered-coplatform-to-scale-regenerative-agriculture 14 October 2026, Geneva: The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has acquired Co, an artificial intelligence-powered technology platform developed by Materra, to accelerate the adoption of regenerative agriculture across its global cotton sustainability programme. BCI CEO Nick Weatherill announced the acquisition at a launch reception in Vancouver, Canada, marking the organisation’s transition towards

Jennifer Marston | October 14, 2026https://agfundernews.com/perplant-lands-valtra-deal-to-put-its-ai-crop-sensor-on-tractors-straight-from-the-factory Danish agtech startup PerPlant’s AI crop sensor is now available factory-fitted onto new Valtra tractors through a partnership with Valtra Unlimited, the customization studio of the AGCO-owned tractor brand. The sensor will be offered on Valtra’s A105 and A115, G, N, T, Q and S Series models in selected

Mystic, Connecticut | 13 October 2026https://www.global-agriculture.com/ag-tech-research-news/enko-chem-uses-ai-platform-to-identify-new-fungicide-and-insecticide-modes-of-action 13 October 2026, Mystic, Connecticut: Enko Chem has used its ENKOMPASS artificial intelligence (AI) platform to identify new modes of action for fungicides and insecticides, expanding the technology’s application across all three major crop protection categories. According to the company, ENKOMPASS can identify new modes of action and lead molecules up

Hemendra Mathur | October 12, 2026https://www.global-agriculture.com/mechanization-technology/will-ai-work-for-smallholder-farmers 12 October 2026, New Delhi: Somewhere in Nagpur district, a farmer picks up a basic phone, dials a toll-free number and asks – in his own words, in his own dialect – whether he should spray today or wait for the rain to pass. He gets an answer in seconds.

核桃運算股份有限公司 | 2026/10/10https://news.taiwannet.com.tw/news/223216/bigobject-wins-2026-asocio-ai-in-smart-agriculture-award.html Agent-Ready data foundation connects fragmented public data, giving early warning of cabbage price swings about 90 days ahead.  TAIPEI, Taiwan, October 10, 2026 — BigObject Inc., a Taiwan-based data and AI company, has won the 2026 ASOCIO AI in Smart Agriculture Award for “AI Public Decision Infrastructure for Smart Agriculture,” a project

02.10.26https://tvbrics.com/en/news/indian-innovators-unveil-ai-driven-agricultural-solutions-and-precision-dehydrators/ The state-backed event highlighted grassroots technological advances designed to modernise food processing, safeguard crop quality, and empower smallholders Groundbreaking technological solutions for the agricultural and food processing sectors took centre stage at the Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conclave 2026, held in Raipur. The summit convened emerging engineering talent and agricultural researchers focused on solving

Munawar Hasan | October 03, 2026https://www.thenews.pk/print/1440678-croplife-chairperson-reveals-ai-driven-agenda-to-strengthen-agricultural-competitiveness LAHORE: Deploying artificial intelligence and modern technology is no longer optional but essential for overcoming Pakistan’s intensifying agricultural challenges, said Zeeshan Baig, CEO of Syngenta Pakistan and the youngest-ever chairperson of CropLife Pakistan on Thursday. Dubbing his vision as ‘The Moment That Matters’, which positions farmers as central stakeholders

Alan Morgan | October 2, 2026https://bioengineer.org/ai-reads-crop-photosynthesis-pixel-by-pixel-in-deep-learning-leap-for-farming/#google_vignette For decades, measuring how efficiently a crop photosynthesizes has meant clamping leaves into portable gas-exchange devices one at a time, a slow and painstaking process that limits how many plants a breeder can realistically evaluate. Now a team of researchers in China has built a deep learning framework that

Alan Morgan | October 3, 2026https://bioengineer.org/lightweight-ai-gives-harvesting-robots-a-sharper-eye-for-green-jujubes/ Robotic fruit picking has long promised to ease the labor crunch facing orchard growers, but the promise has repeatedly collided with a stubborn technical reality: a robot’s camera sees a chaotic world of overlapping leaves, dappled light, and fruit hanging at awkward angles. A study published in BMC Plant