Programming for Agri-technology

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Release Date: Sept 2025

Lead Organisation: IBERS, Aberystwyth University

Digital skills are increasingly important in the agrifood sector, where they are becoming essential for achieving long-term environmental and economic goals. The availability of data from a wide variety of sources from drones to weather maps, accelerometers to soil moisture sensors provides huge potential for precision solutions, however the ability to integrate these tools to provide tailored solutions is not in everyone’s toolkit.

This introductory course on programming for agritech will delve into the foundational principles of programming and computational logic essential for navigating the dynamic landscape of agricultural technology. Whether you're a novice or have some prior experience, this course is designed to equip you with both theoretical knowledge and hands-on skills necessary to design and build your own programme to integrate agritech tools into useful systems.

Content

The module will provide a series of units focused on:

Fundamental programming concepts
Computational thinking
Reusable code: control statements and functions
Writing and running code
Understanding the interpreter and error messages
Storing and interacting with agritech data

Assessments and Learning Outcomes for this module can be found HERE

PLEASE NOTE: This module will only run if there are sufficient students