Pandu Wira Yuda

22266/SEA
English Practicum

My innovative idea about agriculture as modern farmer/young generation

The modern, “digitized" farmer’s day looks very different from that of his father and
grandfather’s. Instead of waking up at the crack of dawn and heading out to the fields for
hours of tedious labor, he can glance at his smartphone, check updated data on his crops and,
with the swipe of a finger adjust irrigation, fertigation and other farming activities. Sweating
it out in the fields is a far rarer.
The younger generation is tech savvy and efficient. They actively seek solutions that
are data-driven, time and energy efficient, while enabling maximum benefit. Elsewhere
around the world other technological innovations, such as precise agriculture and drip
irrigation, are generating a buzz among young, future farmers. Over the years, advances in
drip irrigation technology have enabled an even greater degree of precision and control in
both water and nutrient delivery for growing crops and elevating farmers above the poverty
line.