“At the opening last month of Pace Port Toronto, the fifth global research and co-innovation centre operated by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a presentation took place following the formal speeches and ribbon cutting ceremonies. Chiranjib Adak, head of the company’s BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance) Canada Business Technology Solution, outlined some of the farming advances researchers are involved with globally.
An example of local high-tech advances was on display at the Pace Port Toronto event from an organization called SoilOptix Inc.
Based in Tavistock, Ont., the company’s technology offering, it says, “involves a standard four-step process that includes soil mapping, extraction of soil samples, processing and the retrieval of results.”
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