Agriculture

International food commodity prices do not translate one-for-one into supermarket prices, but they remain an important signal for farmers, processors, traders and consumers.

Climate-resilient farming begins before a shock arrives. Drought, heat, flooding, pests and changing rainfall can turn a normal production season into a difficult one, and farmers often have limited room to recover after a major loss.

Smart farming is moving beyond the image of futuristic fields filled with robots. In practice, it can mean something as simple as using weather information to plan planting, recording field performance on a phone, monitoring soil conditions or using satellite and drone images to identify problems earlier.