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Bern, 27. Agroscope and the private research and technology company CSEM plan to intensify their collaboration. The two research organisations want to tap into the potential synergies that microand nanotechnologies, microelectronics, photovoltaics and communications technologies can offer for industry, agriculture, and the environment. The plan is to work together to create instruments and processes that will improve agricultural productivity while conserving natural resources. 'Innovative technologies can help to make agriculture and the food industry more sustainable,' explained Bernard Lehmann, Director of the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG), in his opening address at the event marking the signing of the memorandum of understanding on closer cooperation between Agroscope and CSEM. Production processes will increasingly be managed using new information and communications technologies, and sensors will collect data to feed into the process control system. Michael Gysi, CEO of Agroscope, and Mario El-Khoury, CEO of CSEM, agree that 'there is a great deal of untapped potential in the agricultural sector.' For example, the exact conditions in a particular field can be determined by using sensors in the ground and on plants in combination with aerial photography.
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