This chapter compares the traditional farming methods in South Africa with the high-tech agricultural jobs in China, emphasizing the use of technology in modernizing agriculture. It explores how institutions like China Agricultural University are implementing smart orchard management using IoT and big data, and discusses the implications of technology on food quality, poverty reduction, and labor burdens in the agricultural sector.
Picture this: robots are planting seeds, drones are flying overhead, monitoring crop health, and all the while, farmers are managing it all from a smartphone app. Sounds like a scene from a sci-fi movie, right? But this is happening today in China, where the agricultural landscape is, step by step, being transformed by some seriously smart tech. On the show: Niu Honglin, Xingyu & Brandon Yates