Crop Types Based on Their Purposes
More than one billion people around the world make their living through agriculture and livestock husbandry, which has made the agricultural industry worth $ 2.4 trillion in the global economy. In 2018, agriculture contributed 4% to the world’s gross domestic product (GDP), while it contributed more than 25% in some developing nations. Innovations in plant […]
6 Facts about Wheat and Corn
Can you imagine a world without bread, biscuits, muffins and cakes, donuts, pasta or crispy snacks? It is almost impossible! Preparing all these foods, as well as other materials like some cooking oils, syrups, lotions, and even providing an important portion of the grain and fodder that feeds livestock and poultry, requires planting and harvesting […]
Agriculture Drought from Different Aspects
Climate change is expected to have an impact on global, regional and local food security. It can cause agriculture drought and thus affect food production, reduce access to food, and also affect food quality. The world needs to prepare for a new and different era in food supply, as predictable rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns […]
User Guide for Cropinno
This user guide provides an explanation of how the Cropinno web app works and how it can help farmers and agronomists in farm management at different stages of farming. After logging in to your account, you need to add your fields. There are two ways that enable you to add your fields including drawing fields […]
Yield Increase: The Combined Effect of Precision Agriculture & Proper Land Management
There are many regions over the middle-east map where farming is the occupation for the livelihood of the majority of people; such as the region where “Behrouz” lives in as a farmer. The special geographical conditions and climatic diversity of that region have provided an extraordinary capacity for planting and cultivating various crops, & the […]
Winning Award at Space Hubs Network’s Space Hackathon: Over-fertilization Challenge
We are very excited to announce that our team at Cropinno participated in Space Hubs Network’s Space Hackathon challenge: “Identification of Agricultural Over-fertilization Using Satellite Data” and won the runner-up award at the final stage of the competition. In this challenge, contestants were asked to take a closer look at the problem and come up […]
A Farmer Story: Early Detection of Aphid Infestation & Improving Wheat Yield
There is no doubt that the agriculture career is full of both predictable and unpredictable challenges, and there are cases in which significant plant damage and reduced crop productivity can only prevent if the issue is addressed in a timely manner. Early detection of potential plant stresses in a field is one of the most […]
How does climate change affect agricultural pests?
What are the consequences of a warmer and wetter world for insects and for what agricultural pests feed on? A new report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shares the results of the latest research on how the earth is changing by climate change and how the future of the earth would […]
Optimizing Input Costs and Other Benefits of Precision Farming
The increase in costs of agricultural inputs is a real challenge in today’s agriculture that significantly reduces farmers’ profit margins. Throughout every year, a farmer tries to bring his land productivity to a point of stability by constantly struggling with the unexpected and managing an even crop growth at his farm, but in the end, […]
Introducing New Feature: Non-uniformity Detection
Today, the space industry & its applications have found a significant role in many aspects of human life. The field of agriculture has also made significant progress due to the facilities and possibilities provided by satellites. Satellites equipped with remote-sensing abilities fly over any part of the earth at regular intervals, and by sending specific […]