Working together to digitise the Swiss agri-food sector
The digiagrifood.ch communication platform is open to all players in the Swiss agri-food sector and aims to promote knowledge in the field of digitalisation.
Renewal of TVD: Rethinking animal transportation
27. November 2024
The current animal traffic database (TVD) dates back to 2011 and, despite ongoing improvements, its system architecture is no longer state of the art. Identitas AG will therefore be gradually renewing the TVD by 2030, thereby also optimizing usability and mobile capability.
0 Like0 Comments3 Minutes
Agroscope: Intelligent technologies for sustainable agriculture
4. November 2024
Two innovative approaches being developed by Agroscope: intelligent camera systems to ward off crows and dendrometers to optimize the water supply to trees. Both technologies aim to increase efficiency while offering environmentally friendly solutions.
0 Like0 Comments2 Minutes
Harvest forecasting with artificial intelligence in fruit growing
11. October 2024
Every year, the Swiss Fruit Association produces a harvest estimate for dessert pome fruit. Today, the PreApPear smartphone app makes it possible to estimate the harvest of dessert pome fruit using artificial intelligence (AI).
0 Like0 Comments2 Minutes
Smart technology in fertilization to improve nitrogen efficiency
26. September 2024
At the decentralized experimental station, smart technologies have been running promising on-farm trials on site-specific or even sub-area-specific nitrogen fertilization with winter wheat since 2022 as part of the Smart-N project.
0 Like2 Comments3 Minutes
Added value from data
30. July 2024
Data is playing an increasingly important role in modern agriculture. It helps farmers to work more efficiently, sustainably and profitably. But how exactly can added value be created from data? Here you can find out how you can optimize your agricultural processes by understanding and using data.
0 Like0 Comments3 Minutes
Smartfarm, the new field calendar from IP-SUISSE and Agrosolution
22. July 2024
IP-SUISSE has been offering an electronic field calendar as an app since 2016. For various reasons, the Executive Board decided to reprogram the field calendar from scratch in 2023. Even the name is new, namely smartfarm. Smartfarm is much more comprehensive than a field calendar.
0 Like0 Comments1 Minutes
eCH expert group on agricultural data: initial results
15. April 2024
After around two years of work, the first four data standards for the agricultural and food sector were published on April 15, 2024.
0 Like0 Comments1 Minutes