Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks (CENGN)- Smart Agriculture Program

Overview of the Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks (CENGN)- Smart Agriculture Program program:

Leveraging technologies like Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence for agriculture solutions are the key to revolutionizing the agricultural industry, which will lead to stimulating job and economic growth, as well as solidifying Ontario’s leadership in Smart Agriculture. CENGN helps growing Canadian businesses overcome commercialization barriers and connect their innovations in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector with the country’s vibrant and powerful agricultural industry. By harnessing the transformative tech coming from Canada’s small and medium enterprises, CENGN supports the growth of farming revenue, efficiency, and environmental friendliness.

Benefits of the Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks (CENGN)- Smart Agriculture Program program:

• CENGN Project Streams
• Residential Broadband Program
• Smart Mining Program
• Smart Agriculture Program
• Commercialization Services
• Greenhouse
• Vegetables
• And Production
• Monitoring
• Disease Detection Harvest Optimization
• AI Video Crop
• Monitoring

Eligibility criteria of the Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks (CENGN)- Smart Agriculture Program program:

• Wireless IoT sensor deployments
• Mission-critical push-to-talk (PTT) and
• Push-to-video (PTV) services
• Low-latency edge computing for remote
• And automated operations and drone
• Surveillance
• Low-power sensor networks
• Robotic crop disease detection
• Financial or greenhouse business/
• Productivity optimization