Fresh water is the most important resource for human life on earth. People can survive far longer without food than without water, and virtually all of our food sources require fresh water to grow or create.

Australian company Myriota supplies remote farmers, who don’t have access to the internet, with low-cost connectivity solutions.

A new breed of robots with humanoid hands capable of performing delicate tasks such as picking soft fruit has been made possible after a technological breakthrough from scientists at Stanford University.

It has gone mostly under the radar, but the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by African tech startups is on the rise, with the sector becoming bigger by the week and attracting more funding.

India will eat more butter and drink more milk. Africa’s sweet tooth will grow bigger. But China’s appetite for pork is on the wane. Each of these trends will reshape global trade flows in agriculture, creating new winners—and forcing companies to adjust their food chains to serve shifting tastes.

Unless there is substance and actual data being connected then we just get into this whole other pile of hype the AgTech industry can’t seem to rid itself of.