Agriculture 4.0 – The Agriculture Industry in Industry 4.0

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction to the Course

Chapter 2: Introduction to the Agriculture Industry

Lecture 1: Introduction to the Agriculture Industry

Lecture 2: Types of Agriculture

Lecture 3: Agriculture 1.0 to Agriculture 4.0

Lecture 4: Key Statistics of the Agriculture Industry

Chapter 3: Key Insights about the Agriculture Industry

Lecture 1: Introduction to Key Insights of the Agriculture Industry

Lecture 2: Key Insight 1 – Population Growth and Increase in Urbanization and Ageing

Lecture 3: Key Insight 2 – Climate Change, Food Wastage and Sustainability

Lecture 4: Key Insight 3 – Agricultural Productivity and Innovation

Lecture 5: Key Insight 4 –  Food Security, Inequality and Poverty

Lecture 6: Key Insight 5 – Digital Transformation and Increased Shared Collaboration

Chapter 4: Challenges of the Agriculture Industry

Lecture 1: Introduction to the Challenges of the Agriculture Industry

Lecture 2: Challenge 1 – Managing the Supply and Demand

Lecture 3: Challenge 2 – Unsustainable Farming Practices and Productivity Issues

Lecture 4: Challenge 3 – Climate change

Lecture 5: Challenge 4 – Availability and price of land for expansion

Lecture 6: Challenge 5 – Policies and legislation on Agriculture

Lecture 7: Challenge 6 – Poor infrastructure, Food Safety and Quality Assurance

Lecture 8: Challenge 7 – Agricultural Education

Lecture 9: Challenge 8 – Limited access to agricultural inputs and equipment

Lecture 10: Challenge 9 – Access to market and credit

Lecture 11: Challenge 10 – Low elasticity of the agriculture supply chains

Chapter 5: The Opportunities for Innovation in the Agriculture Industry

Lecture 1: Introduction to the Opportunities for Innovation in the Agriculture Industry

Lecture 2: Opportunity 1 – Increased Agility in Agriculture Supply Chains

Lecture 3: Opportunity 2 – Reducing Waste and Improving Productivity

Lecture 4: Opportunity 3 – Improving Agriculture Education

Lecture 5: Opportunity 4 – Democratizing access to Inputs, Marketplaces and Credit

Lecture 6: Opportunity 5 – Mitigating Climate Change Risks

Chapter 6: Evolution of Industrial Revolutions and Industry 4.0

Lecture 1: Evolution of Industrial Revolutions

Lecture 2: Industry 4.0 Environment – In Summary

Lecture 3: Industry 4.0 Environment – In Detail

Lecture 4: Industry 4.0 Design Principles

Chapter 7: Introduction to Cyber Physical Systems

Lecture 1: Introduction to Cyber Physical Systems

Lecture 2: Benefits of Cyber Physical Systems

Lecture 3: Benefit 1 – Integration

Lecture 4: Benefit 2 – Interaction between Human and CPS

Lecture 5: Benefit 3 – Managing uncertainty

Lecture 6: Benefit 4 – Better system performance

Lecture 7: Benefit 5 – Scalability

Lecture 8: Benefit 6 – Agility/Flexibility

Lecture 9: Benefit 7 – Faster response time

Lecture 10: Drawbacks of CPS

Chapter 8: The Impact of Industry 4.0 on the Agriculture Industry

Lecture 1: Introduction to the Impact of Industry 4.0 on the Agriculture Industry

Lecture 2: Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality and Comparison

Lecture 3: Impact 1 – Applications of Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality

Lecture 4: Impact 2 – Digital Supply Chains, Blockchain and Cloud Computing

Lecture 5: Impact 3 – Precision Agriculture (PA) and Smart Farming

Lecture 6: Impact 4 – Automation, Drones and Robotics

Lecture 7: Impact 5 – Real-time Monitoring and Big Data Analytics

Lecture 8: Additive Manufacturing

Lecture 9: Impact 6 – Applications of Additive Manufacturing

Lecture 10: Impact 7 – Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Lecture 11: Impact 8 – Urban and Vertical Farming, Hydroponics and Aquaponics

Lecture 12: Impact 9 – Genetic Engineering and Nano-Technology Applications

Lecture 13: Impact 10 – Online Marketplaces

Lecture 14: Smart Farm

Chapter 9: Real World Outlook

Lecture 1: Innovative Startups and Businesses in the Agriculture Industry – Part 1 of 2

Lecture 2: Innovative Startups and Businesses in the Agriculture Industry – Part 2 of 2

Chapter 10: Adoption Challenges of Implementing Industry 4.0

Lecture 1: Introduction to the Adoption Challenges of Implementing Industry 4.0

Lecture 2: Adoption Challenge 1 – Data Leveraging Challenges

Lecture 3: Adoption Challenge 2 – Organizational Challenges

Lecture 4: Adoption Challenge 3 – External Environment Challenges

Lecture 5: Adoption Challenge 4 – Legal and Regulation Challenges

Lecture 6: Adoption Challenge 5 – Cyber Security Challenges

Lecture 7: Adoption Challenge 6 – Infrastructure Challenges

Lecture 8: Adoption Challenge 7 – Inter-Operability and Standardization

Lecture 9: Adoption Challenge 8 – Technology Challenges

Lecture 10: Adoption Challenge 9 – Financial Challenges

Lecture 11: Adoption Challenge 10 – Skillset Gap and Related Challenges

Chapter 11: Introduction to the Drivers of Implementing Industry 4.0

Lecture 1: Introduction to the Industry 4.0 Drivers of Implementation

Lecture 2: Driver 1 – Faster Time-to-Market (TTM) and Matching the Supply-Demand

Lecture 3: Driver 2 – Organizational Drivers

Lecture 4: Driver 3 – Better CX

Lecture 5: Driver 4 – Increasing Efficiency, Productivity and Reducing Wastage

Lecture 6: Driver 5 – Demand for Better Quality

Lecture 7: Driver 6 – Labour and Skill Shortages

Lecture 8: Driver 7 – Need for an Agile and Resilient Supply Chain

Lecture 9: Driver 8 – Technology Drivers and Enablers

Lecture 10: Driver 9 – Financial Drivers

Lecture 11: Driver 10 – Competition and Market Drivers

Chapter 12: Industry 4.0 Implementation Framework

Lecture 1: Introduction to the Industry 4.0 Implementation Framework

Chapter 13: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Summary of the Course

Lecture 2: Conclusion

Chapter 14: Bonus Lecture

Lecture 1: Bonus Lecture