Atos, a leader in digital
transformation, announces a worldwide first solution which captures
agricultural data directly via satellite to optimize farming practices.
Together with start-up TerraNIS, Atos is using its business analytics solution Atos Codex to convert data into valuable information for the
agriculture sector.
Growing consumer expectations (demand for new products and
practices, traceability and food security), regulatory requirements and
environmental regulations, and the rising cost of raw materials (seeds,
fertilizers, pesticides, water) all put pressure on the agricultural sector.
Crop genotyping has now become a priority to support the
selection of crop varieties that will be best capable of solving future food
and climate crises.
As leader of the SparkInData consortium, Atos uses the
power of its Atos Codex analytics platform to capture data via satellite which
has biophysical indicators to help farmers best optimise farming practices –
such as best crop choice, appropriate crop nutrition and the right
fertilisation and harvesting periods.
A revolution in business and technology
Extracting information that is useful to farmers from raw
satellite imagery requires an immense amount of computing power in order to
manage and process the large amounts of data. It also requires a great deal of
business expertise to give practical meaning to the images.
Capturing and optimising agriculture data has many
immediate and long-term benefits:
§ Optimization of raw
material management to achieve substantial cost savings of around 15%;
§ Elevated qualitative
results - agricultural yields and production quality become sustainable and
reliable;
§ Deepened knowledge of
operations, year-on-year evaluation of impact of different farming practices
helps farmers to continue to progress in their profession.
Case Study: European satellites for a major American customer
Atos is using the latest generation of satellites,
Sentinel-2 Earth observation, developed by the European Space Agency (ESA), which is
capable of providing views using visible and near infrared light with a
resolution of 10m to 60m, a perimeter of 290km and a revisit frequency of five
days, which is ideal for monitoring crops.
For one of its biggest clients in the U.S. Atos is
monitoring more than 100,000 hectares of crops and 6,000 plots of land
(including wheat, corn, soy and vegetables) to provide biophysical indicators
of plant development, such as the level of chlorophyll and the proportion of
green foliage. This monitoring can detect any anomalies or discrepancies within
and between plots of land. By connecting this information with data from the
field, thanks to Atos Codex business analytics solutions, experts can then
provide diagnostics and suggest adjustments to farming practices.
Philippe Miltin, Global SVP Manufacturing & Retail at Atos: “With
the power and flexibility of new analytical and cognitive tools, we are able to
access the full value of this resource. This allows our clients in
manufacturing to refine their practices and adapt to the new economic,
regulatory, social and environmental needs. Together with start-up
TerraNIS we meet this dual challenge by combining its advanced agronomy and
imaging skills with the capabilities of Atos Codex.”
Dominique Grelet, Head of Atos Codex at Atos explains: “The choice of Atos Codex technology brings a
great deal of flexibility to farmers, making it possible to deploy a similar
offering at any customer worldwide. We are proud to bring this cutting-edge
technology to customers, taking satellite imagery and relevant data and
transforming it into valuable information for immediate and long-term business
results.”
The new Atos Codex solution using business analytics via
satellite is available worldwide and can be deployed in a wide variety of
market sectors.
Atos experts will be on-hand at Hannover Messe up until April 28 to talk
in-depth about the Atos Codex solutions.
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