Smart agriculture as a strategic alternative to climate change and sustainable development

Abstract

Algeria has recently witnessed a qualitative and quantitative leap in the agricultural sector, through the exploitation of the lands of the south, which has yielded impressive results to create a kind of competition between the regions of the south and north. Where the agricultural sector has recorded growth compared to a decline in other sectors by 1.5% in 2020 despite the corona crisis and growth of 3.45% is expected in 2021 and 5% in the period 2022-2025. The public authorities are betting on this sector more than ever through support and recovery programs, as agreements aimed at supporting and developing the agricultural sector. Focusing on technological development in order to reduce costs and mitigate climate fluctuations, the risks since agricultural is relate to climatic conditions. Smart agriculture comes as an excellent solution, which helps the farmer by providing the right information at the right time; this is the sort of development. The smart agricultural indicate the importance and necessity of moving towards sustainable agricultural development with modern uses of technology in the south of Algeria, which is rich in agricultural and clean energy qualifications making it a fertile environment for investment that bring wealth.