A Course at the College of Agriculture Explains Smart Technologies in Sustainable Agriculture
The College of Agriculture at the University of Samarra organized a week-long scientific course titled “Smart Agriculture and Future Technologies for Sustainable Production,” presented by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul-Monem Hassan Ahmed and Assist. Lect. Daham Badri Abdul-Hadi.
The organizers of the course sought to introduce the concept of smart agriculture and its role in achieving sustainable agricultural production based on modern technologies.
The lecturers addressed the use of the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and remote sensing systems in managing crops and agricultural resources with high precision, while focusing on improving the efficiency of water, fertilizer, and energy use, and reducing costs and environmental impact.
In the same context, the course focused on the applications of digital agriculture, agricultural data analysis, and the prediction of production and diseases to raise crop productivity and improve quality while preserving natural resources.
For their part, the participants expressed that they gained scientific and practical knowledge qualifying them to adopt smart agriculture technologies in practice, emphasizing the importance of these technologies in supporting farmers and decision-makers to achieve sustainable and environmentally friendly agriculture.
