Automatization and digitalization in agriculture

Abstract

Summary. The fourth industrial revolution, which has begun couple of years ago, covers not only "smart" and interconnected machines and systems. It also coincides with further discoveries in various areas, from determining the genome sequence to nanotechnology and from renewable sources to quantum computing. The correlation between these technologies and their interaction in the physical, digital and biological field is what makes the fourth industrial revolution significantly different from the previous ones. The events should be faster, more extensive and radical, which will require the transformation of entire systems through (and within) countries, businesses, industries and society as a whole. We are already talking about switching from financing innovative projects to Comprehensive Innovation Ecosystems (AKIS). The paper describes some important research work from the field of automatization and digitalization of Slovenian agriculture.