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The precision agriculture sector is growing rapidly, with an estimated annual increase rate of 12% for the European market. This trend is reflected in the rising demand for graduates specialized in the field. The Master's Degree in Agritech Engineering has been developed in response to the need expressed by many Agritech companies and associations that collaborate with Politecnico di Torino.
Upon completion of the Msc, you will have the opportunity to enter the job market, taking on managing and engineering roles in the following areas:
- Design and management of advanced sensor networks, remote monitoring systems (drones, satellites), and IoT solutions to optimize agricultural production and improve sustainability.
- Identification and management of advanced automation systems (mechatronics) in agricultural companies, ensuring compliance with environmental safety regulations and protecting workers.
- Design and management of irrigation systems, water-saving strategies, and circular reuse of water and waste. This could occur at the level of a single agricultural company (e.g., implementing low-water-consumption irrigation systems or systems for the energy valorization of waste) or on a larger scale, collaborating with consortia or local authorities for water resource management and pesticide use.
- Consulting to agricultural companies seeking to adopt innovative technological solutions, supporting them in managerial, regulatory, and safety aspects.
Some of the companies, consortia, and associations that contributed to the design of this new Master's Degree program or actively participate in its educational activities include:
- XFarm Srl (ICT services and technologies for precision agriculture)
- EPF Srl (industrial automation and robotics for agriculture)
- Lavazza SpA (coffee)
- Hortobot Srl (robotics for agriculture)
- OliveAir (drones for agriculture)
- Magnano (irrigation systems)
- Citiculture (viticulture)
- Zeocel Italia by DND Biotech (zeolite applications)
- Vive Crop (agrochemicals)
- C.I.A. - Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori – Cuneo
- Consorzio Tutela Nebbioli Alto Piemonte (Consortium for the Protection of Nebbiolo from Alto Piemonte) (139 producers)
- Fondazione Agrion (Founded by Regione Piemonte and Union Camere Piemonte, with participants from the Chamber of Commerce of Cuneo, Province of Alessandria, Unione Montana AltaLanga, AsproFrut, Lagnasco Group, OrtoFruit Italia, Piemonte AsproCor, ASCO Piemonte, Coldiretti Cuneo, Consorzio Agricoltori Italiani di Cuneo, ConfAgricoltura Cuneo, Municipality of Carpeneto, Vignaioli Piemontesi, Rivora Spa, RK Growers, Jolly COOP)