Smart Farming

Visual computing is a valuable aid in all areas of agriculture, be it in plant cultivation, animal husbandry, paludiculture (peatland management) or mariculture.

In developing digital solutions for agriculture, the Fraunhofer team makes use of remote detection, sensor technology, modeling, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Team members are constantly wrestling with the challenge of how best to combine the technological push from research with the demand from practice. The aim is to drive forward the digital revolution in the agricultural sector in the long term, acting in the capacity of partner for industry and research.

Through scientific and practical collaboration, we ensure effective and profitable integration of our solutions into existing infrastructures.

• Our focus is on visualization and on digital intelligence as applied to agricultural practice, with the aim of promoting sustainable, resource-conserving, emission-reducing agriculture.
• In our particular regional context, we also want to be a general contact point for innovations in biogenic value creation.
• We have access to a network of agricultural practitioners, companies, investors and scientists (both internal and external to the Fraunhofer institutes).
• We have the capacity to support ideation processes and develop business concepts.
• With the aid of appropriate analytical tools and/or digital data-based support to the decision-making process, farms are able to operate more efficiently and sustainably.