ICTs-Driven Agriculture Contributes to the Mission of Carbon Reduction

International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology. 2023. Vol. 12. No. 03 (March 2023).

Ji H., Bi W., Yan J., Wu S.

 ICTs drive agriculture to be more productive, sustainable and green. In the context of the global carbon reduction mission, how the agriculture industry will contribute becomes the main target of our observation. This paper surveys the global research findings on how digital technologies can contribute to modern agriculture and provides an in-depth discussion on the key technologies, key approaches and methods for digitally driven agriculture to help reduce carbon emissions. The study finds that ICTs-driven digital agriculture has an impact on carbon emission reduction from two main perspectives: digital technologies improve agricultural production efficiency and reduce carbon emissions; digital technologies better enable the measurement, labelling and trading of agricultural carbon sinks, which indirectly has a positive impact on global carbon management. The main ICT technologies mainly include the Internet of Things, blockchain, big data technology and cubic planting technology, on top of which we designed an agricultural resource management platform that can support the overall management of carbon resources and the measurement of green efficiency in agriculture.

Keywords: ICT, Internet of Things, digital agriculture, Carbon Reduction