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concept of AgriFi entails how blockchain technology can provide cost-effective solutions to some of the key challenges facing agriculture in the Global South. Tórónet’s Bolaji Akinboro, a Nigerian co-founder of Tórónet, is one of the leading advocates of . AgriFi In the North Eastern part of Nigeria, Bolaji’s home country, thousands of smallholder farmers still use camels to get their farm produce to the market and the lack of access to credit facilities continues to hinder productivity. Across the Global South, there are millions of smallholder farmers who face such difficulties. Governments across the Global South, the UN, and NGOs have formulated policies to tackle these lingering problems but have failed to effectively address them. True to my conviction that enormous disruptive potential can change the status quo, I recently sat down with Bolaji to explore AgriFi and Tórónet, its underlying protocol. blockchain's Mr Bolaji, how did your journey to blockchain begin? Being a blockchain entrepreneur was the natural next step in my fintech journey. The first phase of fintech on the continent pertains to using technology to expand access and opportunities for people. This is where my journey started when I co-founded Cellulant back in 2004. The second phase pertains to embedding fintech to be part of business workflows, with a focus on enterprise customers. This is what we see today as most thriving, large-scale businesses rely on some form of fintech. The third phase of fintech is about communities, connections, and disintermediation. This is the phase we are pioneering, and only blockchains enable communities to bridge the divide between the physical world and the digital world in the most efficient way. What exactly is Tórónet? Tórónet, Africa's first Layer-1 blockchain protocol, was specifically designed to power the tokenized economies of the future. It sits at the intersection of decentralized finance and traditional finance, aiming to empower the many rather than the privileged 1% in achieving their aspirations for real-world assets. Tórónet delivers the necessary infrastructure and tools to create customized tokenized economies unrestricted by geography that foster shared prosperity. Just as Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) and mobile phones revolutionized communications, Tórónet (money over Internet protocol) will transform aspirations for shelter, energy, consumer electronics, food, a healthy environment (circular economy), healthcare, transportation, and an Ubuntu (equal opportunity) society through various projects on the chain. Tórónet is owned by a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) instead of a corporation or single entity; it is governed by community members holding TóróGs, the platform's governance tokens. These tokens represent the ownership keys of the layer-1 protocol. They enable users to propose and vote on initiatives, the ability to launch smart contracts, and effectively make their holders the owners of the network. Co-founding Tórónet must have come at a great price. Can you tell us how it all started? We observed that the majority of people in Africa and the Global South struggle to rise from the bottom of the pyramid to the middle class. They often live paycheck to paycheck, with daily or seasonal income, and face the challenge of realizing their aspirations. Acquiring real-world assets, enhancing household incomes, and ensuring family security remain elusive dreams for many. Although digital payments and financial services are gaining traction in Africa, the existing business model and system (high-interest rates, transaction costs, and currency debasement) perpetuate an unequal wealth distribution designed to keep millions in poverty. Web 3.0, powered by blockchain infrastructure, can change this. We looked at the current formulation of Web 3.0 infrastructure, and we decided that the Global South needed to build on the learnings from the Global North and create this addition to the global Web 3.0 infrastructure; that is what we call Tórónet. What were the early challenges you faced in building Tórónet? The project to launch an alternative layer-1 that is useful for everyday use cases in Africa came to us in 2017. One of the big challenges we have faced was explaining to people why we chose to build an alternative layer-1 and why it had to be different from existing ones. Some of our choices and criticisms of existing solutions were unconventional at the time. Remember, these were the days when projects raised gigantic amounts of capital based on nothing but promises about the future in a text document. We’ve advocated for solid tokenomics based on value creation instead of printing tokens out of thin air; we said from the start that without being connected to value creation in the real world, it would be hard to have a sustainable network. We’ve advocated for a Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism, a native token that is a stablecoin in order to provide stability, and a stakeholder model where users and value creators co-own the network instead of venture capitalists. Our focus has always been: how do we make this great technology readily available so that it can benefit people beyond speculative trading? It has been interesting to see that years later, a lot of the space has been moving toward our initial claims. Let's talk about AgriFi and how the Tórónet protocol is designed to serve it. What's AgriFi? Smallholder farmers often lack knowledge of available funding, market linkages, and how to access various forms of capital. AgriFi is addressing this issue by unlocking capital flows and opportunities in agriculture, leveraging blockchain technology to make millions of nano-farms investable. Unlike other sectors, agriculture provides investors with annual exits, making it an attractive investment option. Agriculture is a $125 billion sector in Nigeria, accounting for 25% of GDP. In comparison, financial services represent a $10 billion segment (2.5% of GDP), and oil and gas, including other extractive industries, account for $50 billion (10% of GDP). However, agriculture attracts less than 1% of capital inflows into Nigeria. AgriFi connects farmers to suitable capital providers and markets, enabling them to achieve the best value for their crops. What are the main challenges in AgriFi? The main challenge is identity management and trust. Smallholder farmers typically have problems with getting businesses to trust them. We solve this by bringing together a network of partners that serve as real-world validators to bring these farmers on-chain. We’ve got USAID extension service partners on the ground, local banks, food aggregators, crop insurers, input suppliers and tech experts all working together around AgriFi. How is blockchain technology capable of addressing them? We are using the concept of soul-bound tokens to create, for every farmer on Agrifi, a digital business profile. This is an NFT token that is unique to the farmer and serves as his global identity and business profile. The underlying data is created by validators who are extension partners that are based in the community. This construct makes the invisible farmer visible to everyone that needs to interact with the farmer. Tórónet as a layer 1 blockchain protocol is feasible in a growth market like Africa. How do you explain its potential for growth in your country? The potential is huge; this, in my view, is a trillion-dollar impact technology that will unleash economic opportunity that hitherto could not be unleashed. What, in your view, is the biggest challenge facing the implementation of blockchain technology? The bad stuff that has happened with the cryptocurrency use case is giving blockchain as a technology a bad reputation. We need to do a lot of user education so that people can realize that there are millions of other use cases. Many people think crypto is blockchain, but it’s just the first blockchain use case. Any parting words? At Tórónet, we believe the future will be tokenized, and that this is a natural evolution of the Internet. We also believe that African economies can use this technology to leapfrog their path of development to gain prosperity in the age of digitalization. Yesterday, the Federal Government of Nigeria approved the national blockchain policy. We make a call to the FGN to set itself up on Tórónet so that its vision of sovereignty can be achieved. We call on those who want to be part of this journey to join us in shaping the economies of the future.

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Welcome! See other Startups of the Year interviews here. Hey Hackers, Lualtek has been nominated in HackerNoon's annual Startup of the Year awards in Comiso, Italy. Please vote for us here: https://hackernoon.com/startups/europe/europe-sicily-italy Read more about us below to understand why we deserve your vote. Meet Lualtek . A , and , which involves the use of a transversal coverage and the integrated provision of the three main assets: , and . It’s the ideal tool to create sustainable and efficient cultivations; it doesn’t need pre-existing technological configurations and it can be implemented in completely isolated areas. allow to efficiently manage sensors and automations and to maintain the pre-established conditions in a cultivation thanks to the scenarios’ logic. Lualtek is the first solution able to monitor and automate changes in greenhouses and open fields without Internet and electrical supply full package plug-and-play ready to use LoRaWAN network sensors/actuators, artificial intelligence Lualtek’s web app and algorithm The company’s is therefore to provide entrepreneurs with the necessary tools to realize sustainable and efficient cultivation areas. Through data gathering and intelligent data analysis, Lualtek helps the entrepreneur to manage daily operations by guiding his or her choices and gaining trust and loyalty through time. Mission The company’s is to become a reference point in the technological transition of the agricultural sector through concreteness and continuous innovation. The goal is to become an essential partner in the decision-making process and in the management of one’s cultivations: we wish to change agriculture by innovating outdated paradigms and by becoming a real Vision Virtual Agronomist. How We're Disrupting/Improving the Agritech Industry We have made technology accessible to everyone. Our system is sustainable because doesn’t need installation, cables, computers on the field. A modular system that users can organize and implement at any time. Standing Out from The Crowd Current competitors who provide monitoring services use tools and technologies that require their in wiring and installation of sensors and also in Wi-Fi access points and in the configuration of equipment. installation through technicians who are specialized Solutions that don’t use Wi-Fi also have limits causing problems to the functioning of the system binding the positioning of sensors and radio signal, instead of positioning them in areas that consent to the crops’ correct monitoring (for example the analysis of the bord effect in several areas of the greenhouse, temperature analysis at different heights of the cultivation, analysis of the land values and of the environment based on possible slopes in big cultivation, etc.). For data transmission to software, competitors use and it allows the control unit to send data to software that is possibly usable even while moving. linked to distance and radio disturbances, Internet connection which must be available near the cultivated area , allows to overcome all the issues of the existing system, and, along with being in any situation and at any level, it also allows to transmit data and with maximum efficiency up to ten kilometres. Lualtek’s gateways receive the signal and send it in , where , who can now manage it in order to create automations and alerts. LoRaWAN’s protocol, implemented with Lualtek’s system easy to integrate without radio disturbance cloud the progressive web app elaborates data and it shows it to the user Thanks to the installation of the actuators, Lualtek (irrigation, opening and closing of the side roofs, anti-freezing, ecc.) without the need to connect wires to the equipment that needs to be controlled: , simply adding actuators that receive, through LoRaWan protocol, input provided by Lualtek’s algorithm along with the scenarios that the entrepreneur set. allows to automatize anything connected to electricity it integrates itself with the pre-existing electrical system Lualtek’s also allows the entrepreneur to thanks to data collected in one’s own cultivation and in nearby ones, in order to provide relevant advice referring to its situation and the place where the cultivation is. artificial intelligence improve production and foresee the development of illnesses or pathogens Our Predictions/Thoughts on the Agritech Industry in 2023 When we say “ what we mean is the evolution and progress of agriculture that has been made possible thanks to the automatic collection, integration, and analysis of previously isolated data coming from the field, and also from sensors and any other third part. agriculture 4.0.” All the above is qualified by the use of 4.0 industrial technologies, which make it possible to create knowledge and support for the farmer in the decision-making process concerning his or her own business and his or her relationship with other parties that are present in the supply chain. This way, he or she can overcome the boundaries of a single business. The ultimate goal is to increase profitability and economic, environmental and social sustainability. , agriculture 4.0. has continued its in Italy, despite the significant crisis due to Covid-19 pandemic. In the past few years development and growth The Smart AgriFood observatory from Milano’s Politecnico University has estimated that in 2020 the 4.0. agricultural market in Italy reached 1,3 billion euros. , it’s growth hasn’t stopped: agriculture 4.0. has generated a compared to 2020 (also supported by tax incentives granted in order to support investments that were made in 4.0. solutions). At the same time, increased and doubled in 2021 reaching . In 2021 1,6 billion euros income in Italy, with a 23% increase Italian companies’ surfaces that were cultivated with agricultural 4.0 tools 6% of total surface At a worldwide level, an Agritech business of 15 billion dollars was estimated (against 7,8 billion dollars in 2019). Italy is also among the “top ten” for number of start-up companies in the industry and it is currently among the leaders regarding cultivated surfaces. What word defines the state of Agritech in 2023? According to the Smart AgriFood observatory, among the by 4.0. agricultural solutions, the ones that prevail are the ones regarding with 71% of the solutions linked to their analysis (however only in a few cases there are linked to “big data”). technologies implemented data management, Consistently, a strong presence of solutions are found (58%) which are able to gather and transmit data, and also there is a strong presence of systems implementation (19%). Internet of things “on cloud” Lualtek addresses its business to agricultural entrepreneurs who are open to innovation and that feel the need to improve automation and optimize the use of their resources thanks to monitoring, gathering, and intelligent data analysis in order to make their own cultivations sustainable and efficient while improving their work conditions (by reducing intellectual and manual working hours). Hence, the company places itself at a level and the reference market can be defined as a when it comes to its target (the value of the offer, the distribution channels and the relationships must be Tailor-made following very “few” clients’ needs) but these solutions can also be spread out to other agricultural sectors. B2B niche Considering the object of agricultural industries’ production, the 4.0. the agricultural market can be divided in the following macro-segments: Farming, Forestry, Livestock Monitoring, Fish Farm Monitoring, and Smart Green House. Lualtek provides a vertical service dedicated mainly to the monitoring and automation of and , regardless the specific type of culture. This way, the company establishes itself as the In particular, Lualtek offers two types of technological solutions and it integrates them with each other: on one hand Lualtek provides (IoT sensors) that monitor crops and lands, and on the other hand it develops a ” that feeds itself with data delivered from the first solution. greenhouses (smart greenhouse) open field crops (farming) main actor in the development of “internet of farming”. “remote monitoring systems” “decision support system (DSS) The enabled technologies used by Lualtek are: Data & analytics, internet of things, ICT systems on Cloud and software platforms. Why we decided to participate in HackerNoon's Startup of the Year awards We’d like to share our project with other hackers in the world that could help us to improve our ideas and our technology! Final Thoughts We’d like to change agriculture innovating decades-old obsolete paradigms, and we are doing in Sicily. Lualtek is nominated as Startup of the Year in Comiso, Italy. Vote for us today!

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When the Chinese government launched a widescale crackdown on the tech industry last summer, valuations took a nosedive and venture capitalists zipped their pockets. Some speculated that the country’s innovation streak would fizzle out. But despite tightening regulations, China’s tech startups flourished in 2021, receiving a record $131.6 billion in VC funding, up 50% from 2020. Major investments were made into industries such as electric vehicles and semiconductors – the country’s chip startups raised a record $10.8 billion, up 47% yoy (by comparison chip companies across the globe raised a total of $19.4 billion). While Beijing might have a tougher stance in terms of regulations, it’s also clear that homegrown innovation and technological self-reliance are at the top of the government’s agenda. That’s why China’s entrepreneurial fervor and investor confidence is at an all-time high, with no signs of losing steam. So, what industries will be attracting the big money this year? 1. Agrifood China has over 1.4 billion mouths to feed, and a countryside that features only 0.21 acres of arable land per capita (by comparison, the United States has 1.23 acres per capita). and meeting this demand will require up to 12,000 square km of additional agricultural land within China and up to 175,000 square km outside of China based on projected reliance on imports. But further conversion of land to agriculture is incompatible with the nation’s goal of ending biodiversity loss and would result in up to 16% growth in domestic agricultural emissions. So, limited farmland coupled with official goals of “moderate (food) imports” and carbon neutrality means that investment in innovations across the food supply chain, from precision agriculture, crop and animal health to alternative proteins and nutrition are critical to ensuring the future population will be properly fed. China’s total food demand will likely increase by 16-30% by 2050 Alternative proteins will likely attract major investments in 2022, thanks to a new category titled “Optimizing the Development Strategy of Agricultural Science & Tech” in the state’s 14th Five Year Plan, under which the importance of innovation in the plant-based egg, milk, and protein spaces, as well as emerging technologies like cultured meat is highlighted. Alternative proteins serve two strategic purposes: first, China’s goal is to reach carbon neutrality by 2060 and alternatives to traditional animal products will be part of the solution. Chinese companies represent 40% of the market cap of the world’s 60 largest publicly listed protein producers, but of the 12 Chinese companies included, 10 ranked as “high risk” in the Coller FAIRR Protein Producer Index, which assesses firms on environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities (28 out of 48 companies outside China ranked as “high risk). But the other (perhaps more important) purpose of alternative proteins is to help in reducing China’s reliance on food imports. –the demand for ruminant meat and dairy products is projected to almost double by 2050, driven by rising incomes and a growing urban middle class. As demand for meat, eggs and milk increases, so does the need for traditional animal feed such as soybean meal and corn. But China can’t produce enough feed grains like soybeans and corn to support its large and rapidly growing livestock industry – that’s where the food imports come in. . Shifting a portion of demand from meat, eggs and dairy to plant-based alternatives would be able to reduce the reliance on imports. In 1990, per capita meat consumption in China was 25.8kg. In 2020, that number has risen to 44.4kg, and will continue to grow In 2021, China’s corn imports grew by 152% to a record 28.35 million tons, of which 65% was used for feed Recent raises – The Beyond Meat of China. A plant-based meat startup that has closed $100m USD in its Series B in January 2022, China’s biggest alt-protein raise to date. It’s partnered with over 100 brands and its products are now available both online and in more than 14,000 retail outlets across China. Starfield Food & Science – Closed $11m in Series A in October 2021. The first company in China to have successfully produced cell-cultured meat. They’ve created a FBS serum-free cultivated minced pork and invented a cultured meat production scaffold containing a micro-pillar array. Joes Future Food – Closed $4.3m in seed in September 2021. Recently debuted their 3D printed cell-based pork. CellX – Closed $2m in seed funding in February 2022. Founded in September 2021, Levinthal provides AI-driven protein design services for enterprises in the fields of food, feed, and environmental protection. Levinthal Biotech 2. Biotech As the world’s second largest healthcare market, China faces many health challenges, including high medical care costs, a rapidly aging population, and resource disparity between urban and rural areas. Healthcare reforms rolled out over the past decade have repeatedly listed biotech as a “strategic pillar” for meeting the state’s ambitious goals of broadening healthcare access and delivery. In addition, a growing affluent middle class that is willing to spend more on quality healthcare is also pushing demand for biologics, which have fewer side effects than chemical drugs. While biotech has attracted a good amount of investor interest over the past few years, developments in 2021 have set the stage for 2022 to be a breakthrough year for fundraising. US-China Relations There’s a misconception that the world relies on China for pharmaceuticals. While the country does account for a large proportion of the world’s generics and APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredients) exports, China is highly reliant on imports of finished drugs, particularly new generation biological drugs used to treat diseases like cancer – the leading cause of death in China. Here’s a pretty startling number: in 2020, 90% of cancer drugs in China were imported. In 2016, it was 94%. The rivalry between the US and China reached new heights in 2021, and it’s likely that tensions will continue to escalate in 2022. The growing geopolitical tension puts more pressure on China to accelerate its efforts to move beyond reliance on foreign imports in critical industries, and biotech pharmaceuticals is at the top of that list. Returns On Investment Early investors in Chinese biotech startups saw big returns last year. First, a record number of biologics approvals: the number of antibody drugs, recombinant protein drugs, blood products, and cell and gene therapies that were approved and launched in 2021 was 6 times that of 2020. The combination of approvals and hot IPOs has boosted investor confidence, and it’s evident that enthusiasm is spilling over to 2022 – in the first two weeks of January, 12 Chinese biotechs have already raised a combined $1.1bn. Biotech IPOs also hit an all-time high, with 121 companies going public, up 75% from the previous year. International Recognition The major out-licensing deals of 2021 are proof that China’s biotech sector is coming of age and have given investors a final confidence boost. In 2021, there was a total of 53 outbound out-licensing deals, more than double the amount in 2020. Major deals include the $2.6 licensing deal between Rongchang Biology (parent company of RemeGen) and Seattle-based Seagen and Novartis’ strategic collaboration agreement with BeiGene to in-license their PD-1 tislelizumab in major markets outside of China for $2.2 billion. Recent raises – Closed $15.8m in Series Pre-A in February. Founded in 2021, HemaCell focuses on stem cell therapy. HemaCell Therapeutics – Closed $36.4m in Series A in February. Imbioray aims to be a leader in the CAR-NK cell therapy space (a type of immunotherapy for cancer) Imbioray Biomedicine – Closed nearly $50m in Series A in February. Focuses on using molecular glue degraders to develop new-generation drugs. GluBio Pharmaceuticals – Closed over $20m in Series B in February. A clinical-stage biotech company focusing on the development of global next-generation anti-cancer therapeutics. Genhouse Bio – Closed $100m in Series C in January. A CDMO (contract development and manufacturing company) focused on monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), fusion proteins, and vaccines. ZhenGe Biotech 3. Metaverse China’s crackdown on big tech isn’t extending to the metaverse. The state sees the metaverse as the next internet battleground and big steps have already been made in the first two months of 2022 to signal their determination. In February, China announced the inclusion of 17 new companies to its Metaverse Industry Committee, a group whose goal is to “promote the healthy, orderly and sustainable development of the metaverse”. And while China may have shunned crypto miners, blockchain technology is still a high priority. On January 30, the Central Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced that the country is going to speed up blockchain development and innovation across 15 pilot cities and 164 entities. China also has its own infrastructure for NFTs, with the government-run Blockchain-Based Service Network (BSN) releasing its own NFT platform on January 25. Metaverse-related investment was pretty messy in 2021. Investors were throwing money at just about any venture that had the concept of the metaverse in their pitchbook, which culminated in a state-issued warning against metaverse fraud. 2022 should see a bit more order and structure, with capital being directed into four main areas: – companies that provide underlying technologies that form the basis of the metaverse, for example, blockchain, cloud and edge computing, AI, and 3D modeling. Key technologies – 5G, semiconductors, and chips are the main focus here, as low latency and computing power will be critical to the use experience. Tech giants including Baidu, Tencent, Meituan, and Alibaba have either been developing their own chips, or have invested heavily in semiconductors. Infrastructure – AR/VR gear, smart wearables, and omnidirectional treadmills are the most popular. Since investing in Magic Leap in 2016, Alibaba’s been extremely keen on hardware, and it sees the metaverse as the perfect chance to transform itself. Hardware – mainly games, social platforms, and digital marketplaces. 2022 could be the year that virtual humans take off in China, especially since a virtual broadcaster was featured in the recent Beijing Olympics. Tencent, Bytedance, and NetEase have all made significant investments into metaverse applications and are continuing to develop their own. Applications Recent raises – Closed $126m in Series A++ in January. A semiconductor start-up focused on developing advanced AI chips for computer vision applications. Axera – Closed $50m in Series A in February. A 10-month-old startup focused on making 3D content creation easier, and one of the few open-source projects in China. It operates Taitopia, a cloud-based platform for 3D graphics creation – a sort of “Figma for 3D content”. Its open-source programming language Taichi offers a high-performance computation on spatially sparse data structures like those from 3D visual graphics. Taichi Graphics – Closed a few million in its angel round in February. A marketplace for digital art and collectibles. Mysterious Oasis – Closed over $15m in Series A+ in January. A startup focusing on the development of consumer AR glasses that fuse advanced optical tech with AR. Released Holoswim holographic smart goggles in September 2021. Guangli Technology 4. Robotics The labor market in the world’s second-largest economy faces some big challenges. After decades of growth, rising wages are eating into profits and pushing manufacturing to Southeast Asia. For example, Shanghai’s minimum monthly wage (the highest in China) has more than doubled over the past decade to around $367 USD. An aging demographic also necessitates automation. China currently has a working-age population (people between 15 and 64) of 998 million, but this number could drop to 800 million by 2050. But automation serves more than just a replacement for low-skilled labor – it’s also a strategic move to transform and upgrade China’s production capabilities to attract more advanced and higher-end manufacturing and leave the days of cranking out labor-intensive goods behind. The Chinese robotics industry has grown at a rapid pace since President Xi called for a “robot revolution” back in 2014, averaging 15% growth yoy between 2016 and 2020. But 2022 could be the year the nation gets into full gear. In late December 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced its 2025 goals for the robotics industry: Double China’s manufacturing robot density from 246 units per 10,000 people (almost double the global average) to 492 units per 10,000 Reduce imports of robots from 60% to 30% Become a global robotics innovation hub Here’s the thing about China: quantitative KPIs aren’t often released, but when they are, it’s basically the government signaling to the private sector to throw everything but the kitchen sink to ensure that those KPIs are met. Automation has been concentrated in the automotive, electronics, and e-commerce industries, but going forward we’ll likely see the focus shift towards developing more advanced robots for agricultural, medical, aerospace, and mining purposes. Recent raises s – Multi-million Series B+ in February. Focused on exoskeleton rehabilitation robots. Milebot Robotic – Nearly $16m in Series A in February. Focused on developing medical robots for tumor surgeries and precise puncture robotics systems. Ruichu Technology – Closed $62m in Series D in February. Specializes in neurorehabilitation robots, and also runs an intelligent healthcare robotic platform called RehabHub. Fourier Intelligence – Multi-million Series A+ in February. The company makes smart agricultural machinery and robots leveraging AI and its own autonomous driving technology. AIForceTech With Chinese startups raising $6.5bn in VC funding in January alone, 2022 is already on track to being a record-breaking year.

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The cannabis business is growing at a rapid pace, and this means these businesses need a steady stream of cannabis plants, whether hemp or marijuana, to be grown in order to keep up with the supply. As cannabis is an agricultural product, an increase in demand doesn’t mean the supply can be accommodated overnight. What’s more, there are some challenges to growing cannabis plants which has necessitated the intervention of technologies such as robotics and artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence and robots work in tandem to grow cannabis plants. The robotics are able to monitor things like moisture, nutrients, growth, and problems like mold in the physical world. Meanwhile, the AI uses the data fed to it by the robotics to make adjustments in nutrient and moisture levels in order to maintain optimal growing conditions. Companies like Farmbot, Seedo, and Agrify all produce technologies that aid in the indoor production of cannabis plants. Currently indoor growing is the best option for both hemp and marijuana plants for a number of reasons. First, cross-pollination between the two types of cannabis plants can lead to contamination - either hemp with too much THC to be legal or marijuana with not enough THC to be saleable. Second, these plants are bioaccumulators, which means that exposure to air or water pollution will remain in the plant through human consumption. Even the processing and extraction of these plants is benefiting from the use of technology. While the extraction of CBD from hemp plants is somewhat dangerous, manufacturers have found help in the form of artificial intelligence that can monitor tedious tasks that humans often tune out. This makes the process much safer in general. Artificial intelligence, robotics, and other technologies are the future of the cannabis industry. Learn more about tech for growing cannabis from the infographic below. The cannabis business is growing at a rapid pace, and this means these businesses need a steady stream of cannabis plants, whether hemp or marijuana, to be grown in order to keep up with the supply. As cannabis is an agricultural product, an increase in demand doesn’t mean the supply can be accommodated overnight. What’s more, there are some challenges to growing cannabis plants which has necessitated the intervention of technologies such as robotics and artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence and robots work in tandem to grow cannabis plants. The robotics are able to monitor things like moisture, nutrients, growth, and problems like mold in the physical world. Meanwhile, the AI uses the data fed to it by the robotics to make adjustments in nutrient and moisture levels in order to maintain optimal growing conditions. Companies like Farmbot, Seedo, and Agrify all produce technologies that aid in the indoor production of cannabis plants. Currently indoor growing is the best option for both hemp and marijuana plants for a number of reasons. First, cross-pollination between the two types of cannabis plants can lead to contamination - either hemp with too much THC to be legal or marijuana with not enough THC to be saleable. Second, these plants are bioaccumulators, which means that exposure to air or water pollution will remain in the plant through human consumption. Even the processing and extraction of these plants is benefiting from the use of technology. While the extraction of CBD from hemp plants is somewhat dangerous, manufacturers have found help in the form of artificial intelligence that can monitor tedious tasks that humans often tune out. This makes the process much safer in general. Artificial intelligence, robotics, and other technologies are the future of the cannabis industry. Learn more about tech for growing cannabis from the infographic below. tech for growing cannabis

Hacking the Cannabiz Market [Infographic]

How will Blockchain Agriculture Revolutionize the Food Supply from Farm to Plate? With 40% of the global workforce, agriculture sector and its total worldwide production is $5,084,800 million. If you have ever visited a farm, you would have seen that farmers have complicated ecosystems with seasonal financing structures, careful timing and a lot of moving parts. presents 6.4% of the entire world’s economic production After the food leaves the farm for the market, it becomes a part of the vast supply chain involving a lot of intermediaries. Everyone would like to know where the food has been produced before it is served on the plate. What if you could check the quality of food before you eat it? It could become possible with the use-cases of blockchain in executing contracts and tracking information transparently. Blockchain agriculture is one of the compelling use cases that makes the process of growing and supplying food simpler. The agriculture supply chain can provide all involved parties with a single source of truth. Read the article further to how blockchain agriculture will revolutionize the food supply from farm to plate. Applying Blockchain to Agriculture According to ReportLinker, the blockchain in food supply chains and agriculture is estimated to be USD 60.8 million in 2018 and is projected to reach USD 429.7 million by 2023. The , “Blockchain for Agrifood” that has been proposed to explore blockchain implications for agrifood. that blockchain technology enabled food to be traced from farm to grocery store in just a few seconds. Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality financed the first research project Pilot studies indicate Blockchain also helps to keep tabs on abundant commodities and reduce cases of illegal harvesting and shipping frauds. that food frauds cost the global economy around $40 billion per year because of illicit trades. The United Nation reveals Following are the key ways for how blockchain is transforming the agriculture industry: Procurement Tracking The challenge for the agriculture sector is to track and pay for the delivery of foods. Nowadays, the process depends on a third-party for coordinating the goods delivery. The sellers usually have an agent who ensures that the goods are delivered safely and buyers have an agent to recommend payment and audit the delivery. The involvement of multiple agents add high costs to the system and makes the entire process time-consuming. With the blockchain, the whole process can be simplified to a single distributed ledger. Commodity buyers can directly interact with the supplier that speeds up the process and reduces the time to settle a payment. Also, the companies can save on additional agent fees and farmers can receive a larger share of sales directly with a blockchain based solution. With the features like traceability and auditability, farmers can directly sell crops or food to the restaurant or individuals without the need for intermediaries. Crop and Food Production With the help of smart farming, IoT sensors could fetch important information like the temperature of the soil, water level, fertilizer details and more and send it to the blockchain. Based on the data saved in blockchain, smart contracts could trigger and execute the specific actions. It will help in enhancing the quality of the farming process as well as produced crops. Weather crisis control Farmers have to face the issues of unpredictable weather conditions throughout the year. Monitoring and predicting such factors can be crucial for better crop survival. Due to excessive rains, it becomes difficult for grown crops to tolerate flooding. Consumers are never aware of when did the crops suffer bad weather conditions and why did market face high surge pricing. As it is possible for the involved members to trace the weather conditions from the blockchain solution, farmers can quickly request and receive insurance claim through smart contracts. Managing Agricultural Finance Lack of transparency in credit history and agreements are some of the significant problems confronting between smallholders and financial inclusion. Today, financial services do not only allow smallholders to invest in farming but also help them in resolving liquidity constraints. As a result, it becomes challenging for buyers to pay farmers, restricting smallholders to sell crops at comparatively lower rates. With blockchain, the agricultural finance process becomes more transparent and fair, yet enables shared control accessibility. The agriculture industry needs to do a lot of work to maintain and build consumer trust when it comes to the food quality check. A blockchain based agriculture solution holds a lot of promise for the agribusiness industry with its ability to bring transparency in the system. <a href="https://medium.com/media/3c851dac986ab6dbb2d1aaa91205a8eb/href">https://medium.com/media/3c851dac986ab6dbb2d1aaa91205a8eb/href</a>

How will Blockchain Agriculture revolutionize the Food Supply from farm to plate?

New business requires new data It was early 2017 and it was only weeks after my start at the new institute for that I began to lose hope. Tons of companies had shown their interest to collaborate in research or with students on company assignments, the interest was truly overwhelming. But all of them had datasets that were supposed to turn into gold. data science and entrepreneurship existing we In this post I will argue that: Companies should strive for additional revenue streams that have on their continuity. a positive impact Additional or requires , and this requires a new approach to data science projects. new business new data I have never created something meaningful new with old data. Yes, you can optimize existing processes, cut a lot of costs. But in a time of change, when new technologies emerge in a fast pace, your companies has to innovate. You want to create additional revenue streams, disrupt your industry if you will, to make sure no one disrupts you. New questions require new data What is the most relevant business question you need to answer, or what is the most meaningful business goal a company can have? In case of a you are testing your raison d’être, your reason to live. Would be nice to have one, right? And in case of an existing company you are focused on the continuity of your organization. How will I survive? startup From my workshop “ ” inspired by former Booking.com colleague Designing Intelligent Disruption Lukas Vermeer In both cases you need additional revenue, and enough of it. Startups start with nothing, so they will have little data. The need for new data is pretty obvious then. But for existing companies this is different, the data that you have comes from your current operational, marketing or sales process. You have to see that the data you have is strongly connected to your . current business model Yes, I have also done data science projects optimizing current business models based on existing datasets. I have worked with insurance companies, energy companies, travel tech companies, agrifood startups and many more. Cutting costs went rather easy; often with enormous impact on the current bottom line. But I’d deem them irrelevant. The data was already collected, it was next to impossible to answer new questions with these datasets. Also, if I was a cynical analyst I could say that entrepreneurs/intrapreneurs should take their responsibility. In stead of letting the technical data scientists solve their problem (here is my data), they should be part of asking the right questions (what data do we need?). As their CEO I wouldn’t feel much better about the long term fitness of my company, of our ability to survive and our bottom line. But new business with new data projects are less easy. Innovation based on data science (or anything for that matter) isn’t easy. But this is the challenge we are faced with. future Solving new questions with data requires creativity How exactly to go about using data science to create new business is something I want to discuss in a follow up post. What I set out to communicate with this post was: Companies should strive for additional revenue streams that have on their continuity. a positive impact Additional or new business requires new data, and this requires a new approach to data science projects. To do this well, we will need people to work together. And we should foster creativity in data science projects. It is not about solving technical data science problems, it is about solving the most meaningful business problems. https://upscri.be/hackernoon/

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So you’ve decided on a career in dev. You already picture your impeccably designed business card in smooth, bold, font, “Soft_ware Developer Extraordinaire, Your Name”_, slickly removed from your blazer pocket and passed along to the CEO of Google/Activision/One of the … 50 Tech Companies in Australia Everyone Wants to Work for Right Now But wait. What kind of software developer are you going to be? A front-end developer? A back-end developer? Or do you want to be the hybrid: the full-stack developer? That big-name CEO on the other end of your business card gifting is probably going to want to know where your skills lie! Today we take a close look at each of these 3 types of development areas: front-end, back-end and full-stack. By the end of this read, you should have a better idea of where your skills and interests lie, so which developer career you might naturally gravitate towards. Here to help you along, we have some words of wisdom from , Head of Web Development at , and , Developer at . Rale Chung Winning Group Ray Dai AgriDitial What key skills are needed to be a front-end vs. back-end vs. full-stack developer? Key front-end development skills Explains Chung, “(A front end developer’s) main concerns relate to the presentation layer, they need to have some artistic vision to present the data; this generally implies mastering HTML, CSS, some CSS pre-processor like SAS, and some (mainstream) JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, React or Vue.” Dai adds another important aspect of front-end development: “A good front end dev will also have an understanding of event-based interaction, security, and performance.” Consider yourself quite creative? Front-end development might be your calling. Key back-end development skills As an overview, Chung outlines that, “Backend developers work implementing the business logic. They have to have knowledge of frameworks, software architecture, design patterns, databases, APIs, interconnectivity, DevOps, etc. They need to be able to manage abstract concepts and complex logic.” In terms of the technologies involved, says Dai, “A skilled dev will have a deep understanding of servers and databases (SQL or no SQL), API layer and program languages such as Java, python, PHP, C#, go and scala. With increased demand for microservices and serverless, back-end devs should be across these too.“ Prefer the logical side of programming or love working with data? Back-end development might be more your speed. Key full-stack development skills A full-stack developer will have a combination of both front-end and back-end development skills. Says Dai, “Being a full stack developer means taking a holistic view — comparing the pros and cons of both back-end and front-end before determining where the logic should sit.” For a full-stack developer this means not just being able to know the front-end and back-end technologies and how to apply them correctly. It also means being able to engineer a full solution — and see where the separation of logic should lie. true What are the key differences between back-end and front-end dev? Is it really as simple as front-end = look & feel and back-end = logic? Well, not quite, there’s a little bit more to it than that. As Ray explains, “Front-end dev requires interaction with users and logic, working with varying browsers and capabilities and an understanding of the way content is presented on platform desktops and devices.” Essentially, front-end development is all about User Interface (UI) design and development and (UX), through ensuring an intuitive, responsive interface that works across browsers/devices. User Experience “Back-end development, on the other hand, involves interaction with clients and an understanding of how to model business domains and relationships. There is also a strong focus on data, with back-end developers working across numerous databases and integrations from different service providers.” In back-end development, you never have to worry about how something looks — only about how it works, and making sure functionality and underlying design fits the brief. It also pays to note this: According to Stack Overflow’s , skill in back-end dev technologies generally command a higher salary than front-end techs. Full-stack developer roles often go higher still. But hey, money isn’t everything. latest survey How do you go about finding your niche/focus area? If you haven’t yet started your studies, then the world is your oyster. “Think about what interests and excites you, and stay on track with the current trends in role requirements. Have a play in both front- and back-end to get a feel for what you like,” says Dai. Before deciding on a niche in either front-end or back-end dev, give both a go. Seek out some short courses. Build your own project where you need to do it all. Try out a full-stack bootcamp such as on Udemy. If you’re going to do a degree course, pay attention to which units interest you most. this one Many developers fresh out of university simply fall into whatever area they’re thrown into in their first role post-studies. If you’ve landed a gig at a great company or in a rotational grad program, then it’ll probably work out just fine — you can find your niche after starting out in the role you’re given. But if you’re tactical in job applications, you can in the niche/focus are that appeals to you most. start out For the most viable career trajectory, align yourself with either front-end or back-end first, then once you gain a deeper knowledge in practice, you can think about trying out full-stack. If you move into full-stack too soon, you can spread yourself thin in your knowledge of all relevant techs. Think you have what it takes to start out your career as front-end, back-end or full-stack developer? Check out our page for junior developer and graduate roles, and get set to put those fresh tech skills into action. job search

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