China may be the world's largest agricultural nation, but growing food there is still incredibly expensive. Compared with the US, the production cost for key agricultural products is 56–220% higher per unit. With the advent of IoT technologies, smart sensors, apps and data clouds developed by Chinese agritech startups like CloudYoung will soon transform China's traditional smallholder farms into smart micro-farms.Founded in 2013 by an ex-Huawei engineer, CloudYoung's mission is to design intelligent equipment for farmers. Launched in 2016, its AgriSmart is an integrated “whole-chain” agricultu...
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