Friday
January 24
2020

China Looks to Robots, Big Data to Drive Agriculture Forward

By Lavender Au

China wants robots and big data to drive the rural revival, according to a digital agriculture plan released Monday.

Why it matters: The Xi Jinping leadership has vowed to bridge China’s urban-rural gap, which dates back to the Mao era. It has settled on digital agriculture as the answer.

  • Digitalizing farming can raise average incomes and mobilize the rural consumer class. The next wave of growth will come not from top-tier urban hubs such as Beijing or Shanghai but from lesser-known third and fourth-tier cities.

Photo courtesy of Global Water Forum.

Source: TechNode (link opens in a new window)

Categories
Agriculture, Technology
Tags
agtech, rural development