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Although one might think that farming would benefit the environment by providing people and animals with food sources, it often does more harm than good.

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In the era of social networks, opinions and debates are increasingly taking on the shape of duels between slogans, black-and-white worldviews in which the infinite shades of grey of real life do not exist.

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The world population is expected to hit a whopping number of 9 billion by 2050. What is expected to follow is a dramatic rise in agricultural production, doubling to meet the coming demand.

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With the advancement of technologies and robotics, as well as the increasing challenges facing the agricultural industry (e.g., labor shortage, high labor costs, etc.), robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are widely considered as an approach to revolutionize farming.

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Artificial intelligence may play an important role in combating low grain markets, increased costs and less profits in agriculture. AI applications such as precision agriculture, autonomous tillage and harvest automation are not just in the future, but happening now.

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I can well see how farmers in five years’ time will insist on interaction between data providers, service providers and consultants visiting their farms,” says Coenraad Fraenkel, CEO of Agrimotion Consulting, soon to be based at the University of Stellenbosch’s AgroHub at Welgevallen experimental farm, where they are the only commercial consultancy present amid leading research institutes.