mar 27, 2014
"Can big data crunching help feed the world?" - An article by BBC News | E-Agriculture
CGIAR Climate's insight:
"War on waste" – Food waste represents one of the major issues: globally, roughly one-third of the food produced for human consumption, about 1.3 billion tonnes per year, is lost or wasted [see BigFacts by CCAFS-CGIAR]. For instance, thanks to a combination of GPS and sensors ( which can monitor humidity, temperature, etc.), ICTs can help monitoring food while it is moved from one location to the other, so to minimize food loss because of poor transportation conditions.