siliconindia | | JULY 20219farmers can now analyze a variety of things in real-time such as weather conditions, temperature, water usage or soil conditions collected from their farm to better inform their decisions.IOT IN FOOD SAFETYIoT is a system of interrelated computing devices with unique identification tags. It has the ability to interact with each other by transferring data over a network with the help of embedded sensors, processors, and communica-tion hardware. In the food and beverage sector, IoT helps in gaining greater visibility in each stage of manufacturing, production, and transportation. Even though it affects the privacy of the companies, IoT improves food safety and traceability. It also helps in the reduction of wastage and costs. It combines sensors, artificial intelligence, and trace-ability services like blockchain.ROBOTICS IN AGRICULTUREMachinery is meant to decrease the human intervention in any field and the same is the scenario in the food industry as it is reducing the concerns related to safety. Robotic and automated machines can help to eliminate safety issues for the more dangerous jobs in the food industry. For instance, in 2016, a tech company rolled out a program for butchery. By using robots to cut the more difficult of the meats, they can save many work injuries. This is just one of the many ways technology can improve the industry. Apart from that, nowadays, smart robots are being included in every sec-tion of the food supply chain, including agriculture to food processing and delivery. Intelligent farming techniques and precision agriculture operating with the help of automation are gaining importance among Indian farmers and agricul-tural researchers. Robotics is already established in food processing, particularly in mixing and sorting applications, and also in food packaging at different levels. Repetitive and arduous tasks are well handled by robots with preci-sion. Some Indian restaurants even have robot chefs and automated facilities to serve foods that attract customers.ONLINE FOOD DELIVERY SERVICESAnother prominent impact in the Indian food sector is in the field of online food delivery services, with annual revenue of $7 billion in 2019. The increased dependency on mobile phones augmented convenience, and the numerous options offered to make these food aggregators an indispensable part of our daily life. The virtual restaurants, which provide delivery, only dining experience, are also growing with the help of these digital applications.CLOUD KITCHENSame is the concept used here, but the difference is these kind of kitchens heavily rely on the online delivery tech-nology. A Cloud Kitchen is a restaurant that is designed Machinery is meant to decrease the human intervention in any field and the same is the scenario in the food industry as it is reducing the concerns related to safety
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