{"id":41149,"date":"2021-03-16T18:49:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T10:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=41149"},"modified":"2021-03-19T11:31:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T03:31:40","slug":"iag-blog-microsoft-farmbeats-for-students-kit-smart-agriculture-experience-for-school-and-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/16\/iag-blog-microsoft-farmbeats-for-students-kit-smart-agriculture-experience-for-school-and-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft FarmBeats for Students Kit, Smart Agriculture Experience for School & Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Agriculture is one of the industries that has the longest history on our planet. It’s essential to the continuation of human life and the development of civilization. According to FAO<\/a>, by 2050 the world\u2019s population will reach 9.1 billion, and our food supply must increase by 70% to meet the future demand. How can we meet this challenge while the arable land on earth is decreasing? Needless to say, the advance of technology should be adopted in empowering agriculture for the new era! Speaking of the future, one of the best ways for creating a sustainable future is through education, especially youth education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no doubt we need to integrate agriculture with technology and education. We are honored to collaborate with Microsoft<\/a> and the National FFA Organization (FFA<\/a>)<\/a> <\/a>on the FarmBeats for Students<\/a> program.  The program provides hardware, student experiences, and custom curriculums to teach students about artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things in the context of digital agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since 2019, there has been continuous communication between Microsoft and Seeed about bringing the FarmBeats to the classroom. Seeed is happy and honored to join hands with Microsoft and FFA on launching the FarmBeats Student Kit. With more than 1 year of testing, refining and optimization, we are excited that the FarmBeats Student Kit is now released. It consists of software, curriculum & resources, and hardware kits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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