“ WHAT HAPPENS IN THE VALUE STREAM FURTHER AFTER THE HARVEST HAS BEEN ACCELERATED BY THE TRANSFORMATION USING DIGITAL SYSTEMS ”
SYNGENTA GROUP
BIODIVERSITY SENSOR PROJECT : TRANSFORMING HOW WE MEASURE BIODIVERSITY IN A CLIMATE- CHANGE CONTEXT
Biodiversity is declining at a precipitous rate , threatening our economy , societies , and shared natural environment . This decline has serious implications for agriculture , given farming ’ s reliance on biodiversity to sustain a healthy balance with nature and ensure the resilience of food production . However , to understand biodiversity , and how best to protect it , the world needs more on-the-ground , in-the-field data than is currently being captured . This information gap is the impetus for the Biodiversity Sensor Project crew , who built a lowcost , solar-powered , state-of-the-art motion-capturing system that would draw on artificial intelligence ( AI ) and machine-learning algorithms to identify and quantify most moving species — automatically , autonomously , reliably and at scale . Together with our partners IIT , Fraunhofer Institute , TDWG and Tumbling Dice , we invite the agriculture community , researchers , policymakers , and NGOs to join us in this journey to accelerate the accuracy of biodiversity measurements across our collective home , Earth . Here is a short preview of the biodiversity sensor :
“ WHAT HAPPENS IN THE VALUE STREAM FURTHER AFTER THE HARVEST HAS BEEN ACCELERATED BY THE TRANSFORMATION USING DIGITAL SYSTEMS ”
FEROZ SHEIKH CHIEF INFORMATION AND DIGITAL OFFICER , SYGENTA GROUP
74 July 2022