Both man and beast are largely absent in Pinduoduo’s Smart Agriculture Competition, where teams of data and plant scientists handle the growing remotely through smart greenhouses located hundreds of miles away.
The “2020 Global Agrilnno (Agriculture) Challenge,” co-sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Zhejiang University, supported by Pinduoduo, was held in China to promote innovative business models.