| | March 20206CIOReviewThe agriculture landscape as a whole is facing numerous challenges in terms of rising costs of supplies, shortage of labor, and changes in consumer preferences for transparency and sustainability. Luckily, many are finding solace in AgTech. Today, technologists and entrepreneurs are working shoulder-to-shoulder to solve the most significant pain points facing modern-day farmers. Major technological innovations in the space have focused around areas such as indoor vertical farming, automation and robotics, modern greenhouse practices, precision agriculture, artificial intelligence, and blockchain.Innovations like precision agriculture technologies, on the other, allow farmers to maximize yields by controlling every variable of crop farming such as moisture levels, pest stress, soil conditions, and microclimates. By providing more accurate techniques for planting and growing crops, precision agriculture enables farmers to increase efficiency and manage costs. Alongside, blockchain's capability of tracking ownership records and tamper-resistance can help solve vital issues such as food fraud, safety recalls, supply chain inefficiency, and food traceability in the current food system. Blockchain's unique decentralized structure ensures verified products and practices to create a market for premium products with transparency.Highlighting these new developments in the agriculture sector, this edition of CIOReview features a list of prime vendors that are at the top of their game, along with insightful articles from several thought leaders. We hope the valuable information and the innovative solutions from leading companies will help you in effectively in making informed decisions for your business endeavors. Let us know your thoughts!EditorialEmbracing the Next Agricultural Revolution Copyright © 2020 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewContact Us:Phone:510-230-0395Fax:510-894-8405Email:sales@cioreview.comeditor@cioreview.commarketing@cioreview.com March - 10, 2020, Vol 09, Issue - 13 (ISSN 2644-237X) Published by ValleyMedia, Inc.To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com CIOReviewEditorial StaffAaron PierceCarolynn WaltersShirley FaithRussell ThomasVisualizersIssac GeorgeScott Juasy*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staffJustin Smith Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.comManaging EditorJustin SmithSalesStephen Thomasstephen.thomas@cioreview.com Dean Winchester
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