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Transforming sustainable agriculture: The Nature Conservancy Centre and IBM unite to reduce crop residue burning in North India

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CRM Connect, championed by TNC – The Nature Conservancy Centre (TNCC), India, offers valuable intelligence to farmers, agriculture sector leaders, and decision makers. Promoting sustainable agriculture in India In North India, not too far from the Himalayas, is Punjab.

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Leveraging partnerships, technology, and design to enhance water quality through the inaugural Aquality app

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The Aquality app leverages technologies such as machine learning to help communities detect nitrate pollution and other quality characteristics in water and is experimenting with artificial intelligence to provide feedback and recommendations to farmers.

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Examples and uses of GIS

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Integrating GIS, artificial intelligence (AI) , the Internet of Things (IoT) , cloud and mobile technologies into field service management (FSM) makes the most current information available to field service technicians. Agriculture GIS technology makes productive, sustainable farming possible by providing accurate, comprehensive data.

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IBM and Texas A&M AgriLife provide data, technology and expertise to farmers in need

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With failed crops, low yields for farmers and diminished grazing for cattle, the Texas Department of Agriculture identified climate change as a potential threat to the state’s food supply. ” That’s where digital agriculture comes in. In Texas, 2022 was one of the driest years on record.

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Renewable energy in action: Examples and use cases for fueling the future

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In the agriculture sector, innovations such as solar-powered irrigation systems are reducing reliance on fossil fuels and decreasing operating costs. They’re using that renewable energy for a wide variety of things, including: Powering operations : In manufacturing, wind energy and solar power are fueling warehouses and factories.

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Turning climate risks into business opportunities 

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Artificial intelligence (AI) can play an important role in many solutions for tackling climate risk. Therefore, the states worked with Mercados EMI , a consultancy firm specializing in the energy sector, to build an AI-based demand forecasting system that uses weather pattern data and electricity demand data.

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Sustainability trends: 5 issues to watch in 2024

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Governments, businesses, and non-profit organizations globally are implementing initiatives such as establishing protected areas, restoring degraded ecosystems and promoting sustainable agriculture and forestry practices. They’re also turning to a new perspective: “nature positive.”