The CIGR Newsletter 125 is now available at: this link  In this issue: 1. Invitation to the CIGR World Congress: Kyoto, Japan 2022 2. A look back at the 5th CIGR International Conference 3. Technical Sections Report 4. CIGR Workgroups Report 5. CIGR Journal Editor’s Report

6. New Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence and Data Science 7. New Process for the Creation and Publishing of CIGR Handbooks 8. Courtesy CIGR Membership Awarded to Student Organization, ALEIA 9. AfroAgEng To Release Report on Agricultural Engineering in Africa

10. New CIGR Web Page 11. BDS Widely Used in Agricultural Mechanization in China 12. CIOSTA 2021 Held in Krakow 13. Modernizing the African Agri-Food System 14. Positions Available 15. Upcoming Conferences

CIGR Newsletter 125 can be found at cigr.org/node/775

Emerging #Biotechnologies & informatics technologies Food and Agriculture Organization Global Conference with Vittorio Venturi, ICGEB & guest speakers Kassahun Tesfaye Ebti TERI School of Advanced Studies CIGR Jack Heinemann Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfram Weckwerth Mark Watne WFO 📝Register👉bit.ly/3GPSQZ0

Prof Dr. Noboru Noguchi gives an interesting keynote on the future of robotics in Japan. The future looks bright. Questions on connectivity, data security and ownership need to be addressed before realisatie is possible. #CIGR2022

Interesting keynote by Prof Dr. Indra Mani about the latest agricultural developments in India. Major steps forward in machinery manufacturing, water management and energy security in the last years. #CIGR2022

Plenary speaker Carolyn Florey (Carolyn Florey) explains why digital agriculture should not only "consider the target populations’ needs, constraints, and appropriateness, but also to ensure that digital technologies do not exacerbate social and economic inequalities." #CIGR2022

Interesting entertainment at the congress banquet this evening. The leadership of CIGR did their very best!! #CIGR2022

In todays plenary, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) discuss the potential applications of their network and information processing infrastructure IOWN.

Keynote of CIGR Technical Section II. Prof Dimitris Manolakos discussed the defossilisation of Agriculture in the EU. Interesting cluster of EU projects are now running

Second Keynote of CIGR Technical Section II. Prof Atsuo Ikeguchi discusses the latest developments in Japan regarding Smart Technology applied to livestock farming.

Plenary. Ryu Nishihara PwC_Japan discusses "a new perspective on new community development using agriculture and technology, looking at the entire range of technologies that can be applied not only to the production site but also to the smart food chain as a whole." #CIGR2022

WSU WSU CPAAS director Dr. Qin Zhang giving a plenary talk on #AgCybernetics at CIGR world congress here in Kyoto, Japan. Our #AgRobotics work was well represented with additional presentations by Uddhav Bhattarai on robotic thinning and by @RanjanS81364188 on pollination.

session on #digitaltwin - programs have been started in most places active in horticultural research capturing #CFD #LiDAR #photogrammetry - first practical solutions coming soon according to Q&A of the ongoing session #CIGR #CIGR2022 Tomas Norton Pieter Verboven

Congratulations to Mr Zheng Yu from Chonnam National University, Korea for winning the Armand Blanc award. He was selected from 30 abstracts and gave a very strong presentation. The award was collected by Prof Sakae Shibusawa. Well done Zheng Yu! #CIGR2022