THE SMART AGRICULTURE SOLUTION Providing Nourishment for a Growing World CONTENTS 2 THE CHALLENGES OF FOOD PRODUCTION 4 THE RISE OF PRECISION AGRICULTURE 6 THE SMART AGRICULTURE SOLUTION 8 THE POWER OF COLLABORATION 10 DATA LIFE CYCLE Process Planning and Process Execution Process Control 11 12 13 MIS Integration 14 SOLUTION MODULES Virtual Path Module 15 16 Variable Rate Application Module 17 Web Portal 20 ABOUT HEXAGON SOLUTIONS SMART AGRICULTURE / 1 THE By 2050, the global consumption of food will have tripled to accommodate the world population, which is expected to grow by 50 per cent. Although individual consumption will more than double in some areas, 900 million people still will suffer from starvation or insufficient food availability. CHALLENGES OF FOOD When it comes to providing food for the world, there are a number of critical factors that affect production including availability of land, accessibility of water and sustainability in agriculture. Only 11 per cent of the planet’s land is considered ?t for growing crops. Increased occurrences of natural disasters such as droughts and ?oods have had a catastrophic impact on the availability of usable land. Further complicating the problem is soil degradation, which causes an estimated 20 per cent decline in food production in the world’s most fertile areas every year. In addition, the use of arable areas for food growing has shifted to other activities – cattle production and urban occupation are competing with agriculture. Smart Agriculture from Hexagon Solutions addresses these issues with a comprehensive solution that helps increase productivity, reduce waste and optimise processes and resources. PRODUCTION Smart Agriculture covers the entire life cycle of the agriculture process, keeping farmers abreast of crop management and production through digital work?ows created from geo-enabled data. With Smart Agriculture, information and action work